CURRENT MISSION

To collect a word "butterfly" in as many languages as possible :)

ABOUT ME

I was born in a magic border town, somewhere at the fringe of Poland, where the unusual microclimate exists. This town is known as Happy Town - Cieszyn (Cieszyc sie in Polish means to be happy) and I? I think I am open-minded; curious about life, other cultures, other people; brave and determined. I love discovering, experiencing, laughing and smiling. And there is a thousand other things making me up but there is no point in writitng them all here ;)

Here you have a sample of me:

I am of the ebbing waterof the leaves which tremblenudged by the sound of windwhich flies by in hasteI am of the eveningwhich cannot fall asleepit stubbornly stareswith the hungry eyes of stars(by my favourite poet Halina Poswiatowska)

PHILOSOPHY

"If you want to have an opinion about something, you have to go there" Bronisl‚aw Malinowski (in my translation)Well, I strongly believe that dreams do come true, we just have to work on it a little bit.A smile is the best thing you can share with other people. It simply makes our lives brighter and happier.

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart ! :)

Live here and now !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, sometimes I attened CS weekly meetings. I was hosted by some great people a few times, too. Now, it is time to give back all the goodness I have received on CS so far :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Good ones only!

Interests

Cultural anthropology, psychology, languages, literature, music and how all of them influence our lives.

Polish poetry.

Translation.

Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden.

Making soups, baking cookies and cooking in general - if your are lucky and visit me when I feel inspired to cook, maybe you will get some :)

Talking, reading, listening to music, spending hours in a cafe or a tea-house.

Tea: I love drinking, preparing and reading about this wonderful brew.

Collecting words...

Looking at the sky...

Being a devoted and keen fan of "Anne of Green Gables" and "Moomins".

Making bubbles.

Writing stories...

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• cooking
• baking
• drinking
• reading
• knitting
• drawing
• magic
• music
• anthropology
• languages
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Sigur Ros, Olafur Arnalds, Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground, Pink Floyd, Lamb, Dikanda, Flunk, Mari Boine, Annbjørg Lien, Miriam Makeba, Angélique Kidjo, Florence and the Machine, Stacey Kent, Bjork, Mum, Worm is Green, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, Leszek Mozdzer, Nils Frahm, Grzegorz Turnau, Anna Maria Jopek, Bonobo, CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Jazzpospolita, St. Germain, Jazzanova, National, and many more.

Books:

E.Fromm, J.Gaarder, R.Kapuscinski, U.Eco, M.Kundera, R. Tolkien, A. Sapkowski, W. Gombrowicz, S. Mrozek, G. Orwell, A. Huxley, and many, many more.

Movies:

Jasminum, Dancing in the Dark, Another Earth, Angels of the Universe, Cold Fever, Hair, and many, many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The moon over a cute cottage in the Masurian Lake District.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, Polish, how to smile a lot.Learn: Icelandic, Finnish, drawing and knitting Share: my discoveries about the world...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom

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