Howdy!

My name is Monika and I'm Visual Designer currently living in the Netherlands. I love exploring new places and learn about everything that surrounds me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like new faces and see new places, from the big cities to the small unknown villages. Exploring foreign countries in a local way is the best way!

I'm quite curious about surrounding world and I love to broaden my knowledge on various topics. I'd love to learn something new from you :)

Interests

I love to cook, doodle, discover new places, learn, play games (video and board), read, camp, watch movies, do yoga, go to music festivals and take pictures (dSLR, old analogs, phone's camera - whatever is on hand. I'd love to try medium-format and camera obscura!).

I upload my photos online from time to time. You can check it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36634156@N05/

• design
• photography
• technology
• video games
• reading
• music
• science
• art
• food
• cinema
• doodling

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
I'd say my music preferences are quite... eclectic. Check out my Last.fm profile: https://www.last.fm/user/mmona

MOVIES
I totally love movies, especially seen in cinema. Some of my favs: Arizona Dream, The Darjeeling Limited, Children of Men, Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina, Kill Bill (vol. 1 & 2), Naked Lunch, Breaking the Waves, Synecdoche, New York, Melancholia, White Lightnin', Vozvrashchenie, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich, The Dreamers, Freaks, Waking Life, Rushmore, Dead Man, Contact, Inglourious Basterds, American Beauty and much, much more.
I also love documentaries!

BOOKS
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Waking Up by Sam Harris, Contact, Moonwalking with Einstein, Thinking Fast and Slow, Stumbling on Happiness, Brave New World, Food of Gods, Sophie's World, On the Road, The God Delusion, Breaking Open the Head and many more.
And some of my favourite comic books: Black Hole, El Borbah, X'ed Out, The Hive and everything by Charles Burns, Incal, Understanding Comics, Watchmen, Ghost World.

PODCASTS!
I absolutely love podcasts. Some of my favourites: The Tim Ferriss Show, Radiolab Waking up with Sam Harris, You Are Not So Smart, The Joe Rogan Experience, StarTalk Radio, Design Matters

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will gladly cook for/with you!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Poland, Portugal