CURRENT MISSION

Work with kids, teach ethnography, travel and enjoy life :)

ABOUT ME

All about me... hmm... I like this kind of questions, really ;) Well, I'm still searching for an idea what to do in life in a long term perspective, currently experimenting with being a teacher. I live in Warsaw renting a flat with two friends but I'm a village girl in the heart and I try to take every opportunity to get out of the city. I am open to meeting new people, learning about different places, lifestyles and cultures. I like sharing ideas, long conversations, getting inspired by others.

PHILOSOPHY

Be faithful to myself and my values.
Give a chance to my dreams, do something rather than sit and wait for a miracle.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I both hosted and have been hosted and I participate in some CS events.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Almost always positive: both as a host and as a guest I met great people and had loads of fun with them.

Interests

Traveling - in Poland (especially to the mountains) and overseas. Reading. Cultural Anthropology (identity issues) . Anything with movement: zumba, aeroboxing, pilates, bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance). Baking.

• baking
• pilates
• reading
• traveling
• camping
• anthropology
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The last of the Mohicans, The Three Musketeers, Winnetou, Madame, The Plague, The Little Prince, Szymborska, Twardowski, Gone with the Wind
Music: African, Jewish, Polish sung poetry: SDM, Piwnica pod Baranami, Katie Melua
Movies: Labirynth of a Faun, Good Will Hunting, Gorillas in the Mist

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Being a counsellor on a summer camp for individuals with intellectual disabilities in the US: learning to communicate with them, to understand them, learning from them how to enjoy every moment and be happy of your achievements no matter how small they may seem.
- Spending an African Chrtistmas with a Zambian community in Portland, Maine: being wonderfully hosted by people that I'd met a day before, eating kasawa and goat instead of traditional Polish Christmas stuff.
- Doing an ethnographic research among Native Americans: living on the reservation, participating in a Powwow and a Full Moon Ceremony - when women worship the moon which is considered to be a great grandmother of all women.
- Living in a Thai village: helping to build a hospital, working on a corn field and participating in a harvest ceremony, communicating with the locals in a sign language.

Teach, Learn, Share

Baking, handicrafts, stuff about Native Americans.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, Rwanda, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland

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