Hi, I'm Monika :)

I'm 34 years old and after few years of traveling I decided to come back to Poland and work as a coordinator of international volunteers in European Solidarity Corps.

Few years ago I've walked Camino de Santiago (French Way) and then I decided to not waste my time anymore. Life in one place, buying a flat for 30-years credit, working until death it's not for me. Life is too short and I wanna enjoy it. So after that I left Poland and I was living in Spain, Portugal and Italy, using workaway and exploring. Last year I spent in Sicily, in my old camper named The Beast.

But now my new adventure is polish Sosnowiec. I'm trying to live in Poland again. Which is difficult because I hate the cold, dark and grey, so I'm trying to focus on my professional development and getting positive energy from people I meet.

And as I'm new in Sosnowiec I would like to also meet local people here.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet people from the whole world, experience, learn, exchange.

Interests

music, movies, books, travel like everyone ;)
and also: democratic and alternative education, my dog, trying new things for a while or longer (e.g. I've learning belly dancing and djembe playing, I'm after massage course, I was in the choir)

• dogs
• books
• education
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Florence and the Machine, Tom Odell, Mumford ana Sons, Dawid Podsiadło, Krzysztof Zalewski, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Of Monsters and Men, Birdy, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Oasis, Placebo, Stereophonics, George Ezra ...

Movies: Dirty Dancing (I love Patrick Swayze ;)), X-men, The Others, Interview with the Vampire, Forrest Gump, Girl Interrupted, The Green Mile, What We Do in the Shadows, The Hunger Games
and every movie of Wes Anderson
o, and I love movies about Zombies :)

Books: The Witcher saga of Sapkowski, I read a lot of everything

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've walked the Camino de Santiago and I quit my job after that.

Traveling alone by an old-always-something-broken-camper from Poland to Sicily. And back, after 10 months.

I went to the wedding of people that I didn't know and I was pretending to be a guest. Just for a while, but it counts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain