CURRENT MISSION

learn about starfish eggs

ABOUT ME

I am a scientist in molecular biology (looking at how cells organize and move things around). But I am also a Christian, an avid art observer, a reader, a vegetarian, a listener.

PHILOSOPHY

One day I would love for my home to be a place where people feel comfortable spontaneously stopping by for a tea or a bowl of soup, any day, any time, where different ideas are discussed freely or where silence is enjoyed in company. I also firmly believe that we live in the kind of world that we create daily.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately, I live in a small studio by myself and do not think it's a good place to host CSers but I hope to do so in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I've mostly hosted friends who have passed through Washington, DC. And I have loved having every single one of them here not just because I love them but because when I have guests we usually end up doing a lot of the things in the city that I don't always take time for. I also really like cooking for/with others and I usually get to do that when somebody stays with me. Once when a friend visited from out-of-town we made an omelet out of an ostrich egg :) A few of my friends are Couchsurfers and I've met their guests before and hung out together. I've also interacted with some other Couchsurfing community members in Washington,DC.

Interests

friendships (really knowing somebody), science, art, religion, philosophy, museums, exploring new cities (I love to just walk for hours in a new city to get a feel for it), nature.

• arts
• cooking
• vegetarian
• flying
• hiking
• christian
• biology
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I really love to read literature, classics as well as contemporary. Some of my favorites: Brothers Karamatzov, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Anna Karenina, Age of Innocence, Pride and Prejudice, Possession (Byatt), The Children's Book (Byatt), History of Love (Krauss), Everything is Illuminated (Foer)...

Music: I listen to lots of different things, indie rock and classical most often. Some favorites: Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bjork, Lana Del Rey, Lisa Hannigan, Bon Iver, Sia, Coldplay, U2, Chopin, Mozart, Mahler...

Movies: Fight Club, Pride and Prejudice series, Amelie, The Decalogue (Kieslowski), The Dangerous Method, Inception, Spirited Away, Memento, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Stalker, La Haine...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last spring I went for an amazing hike in the vicinity of Yosemite. It was breath-takingly gorgeous. Also, I've been to Prague, the most magical city in the world! And over the summer I saw an extensive Picasso exhibit at the Art Institute in Chicago that really captured the breadth of his work and gave me a wonderful feeling of saturation with art.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could tell you about: molecular biology, telomeres, fruit fly research; some Polish cooking; Orthodox Christianity, where to see a good art exhibit

I would love to learn: about meiosis and how lipids work in the cell, cooking, German (!), nature

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, United States