CURRENT MISSION

no ego no religion no mission

ABOUT ME

good company is more important than the best of sights
no-ego philosophy, easy going with the right people, respectful, used to have lots of energy, and now am more zen

PHILOSOPHY

no-ego, respect, religion is crime, to be honest I dont know why we live. Life seems to have no purpose, but since we are here, might be a good idea to do our best or meet up for wine or coffee and see what happens.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

with different degrees of involvement depending on what life brings, but appreciate the idea, will will be more involved in the future

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted five CS guests! A Polish guy from the north east of Poland and a Pakistani friend from Sweden. That was in Warsaw, and then Gregory and Sophie from Germany when I lived in Edinburgh, as well as Yann from France. And I have been to the CS NYE party, everyone was so welcoming. Went to a few parties, good they are there for us to go to. And a CS person I met 4 years ago is now one of my good friends :-)

Interests

none, or maybe quality of light, cioccolata fondente icecream perhaps, beauty around...

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• writing
• books
• beauty
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• breakfast
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• gardening
• reading
• magic
• music
• piano
• cycling
• religion
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

unbearable lighteness of being, moulin rouge, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, intouchables, now watching anything about tuscany or shot in tuscany, La Vita e Bella, perhaps should find out more about Italian cinema. Books... recently Fury by Salman Rushdie and Two Brothers by Ben Elton. Also Psychopath Test by JOn Ronson.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-afternoon on the roof of a Sevilla hotel with Kasia, Damien, Jacek and wine
- market in Barcelona with Marta
- long drives in Spanish mountains with Ramon
- walk in the forest and birthday dinner with David
- Glasgow with Sheldon, especially champaigne in George Square hotel, magic
- walking the dog in the morning
- every time I visit Gosia is like being in a spa
- Sunday pancakes with kids
- Dublin at Kishans long time ago
-Cyprus with a good friend and meeting Costas, a man with no country who told me the story of his family for which am grateful
- evenings with Kasia and Marek in Krakow
- breakfast that became lunch with Lukasz
- cafe in Paris with ex
- Chopin concert in park with Mia
- top of Marriot hotel with Richie and Donal
- actually every moment with Richie
- Kati making bread for us... the smell of bread...
- Cadiz with ex and Cadiz with Damien
- Italy with Maciek
- tea at Edyta's home
- meeting Pietro, Frediano and Stefano in Italy
- dinner with Chris, his friend and Mariola
- Glasgow piano bar with Chris and Richie and others
- weekend in Berlin with Gabi, Hog, Hannah and Edyta
- trip to Gardzienice with Łukasz, Maciek and Richie
- klub szeroko pojętej moralności
- watching unbearable lightness of being with Richie
- Prague with Amelia and Richie
- Pietro's birthday
- dancing with Richie and Łukasz at the ZOO
- walk in forest with Marcel and dog
- endless chats with Amelia and Richie in Warsaw
- drunk pseudointelectualising with Maciek and Łukasz
- chats with Marta, Ignacy and Marcel
- working and playing with Tonya
- New Years Eve with Marta
- Portobello with Michael and Mark
- Edinburgh festival with Ignacy, Marta and Gosia
- Portobello with Mariola
- wine with Georgina
- time in Edinburgh with Evert
- tapas with Vic
- fooling around with Steve
- king of heaven
- meeting Scottish people in general
- fb chat with ignacy
- seeing art with Marcel and Ignacy
- listening to music written for me
- human interconnectedness
- German beer from Gregory and Sophie and going to the Stand together
- breakfast with Jean
- joy of Yann's views on life and red wine together with George
- emails from Łukasz always
- Gloria's Brazilian friends and them adopting me
- definitely vino in Piazza San Francesco
- eating ice cream
- sitting on a sofa with Marta and dog and doing nothing
- train journeys to San Giovanni with Gabi
- my birthday party with Brazilian, Italian, Irish, NZ and Polish friend this year
- anything to do with Gloria
- Bangladeshi boy who gives me roses
- Vienna with granny and Mum
- not having to bake cakes
- working with Kamila and Sim
- Halloween at Inga's
- La Terazza with Lorraine
- randomness of wine and cigarettes with Gloria and her friends
- randomness
- rolling cigarettes
- buying tabacco with Marcel and Ignacy
- reading Marta
- Edinburgh walks and coffees with Colin
- Edinburgh with Johanna, Francesco, Georgina and all the others
- being on my own
- listening to Numa Numa
- moving in with my new flatmate in centro storico
- even before coffee time with flatmate
- cat in the garden
- not having wine
- getting the Veraldi coffee from Giulia
- creating a starter, strawberries, Tuscan bread, olive oil and balsamico
- all of 2014 with Valerio (Talia and Dulce visiting)
- making friends with Paolo, celebrating with champagne, our love and his books
- falling in love with Howard, and Howard falling in love with me, that's truly amazing
- talking to Lukasz almost every day, my oldest CS friend, regardless of geographic distance
- biking with Howard to South End or Ace Cafe in London
- working from Malta with Kamila and Howard in April 2015
- leaving Howard and leaving the engagement ring at Waterstones, and then finding it again, and forgiving Howard
- working with Stuart, best partner ever, rolling fags and drinking wine
- last evening in Paolo, when he could not say goodbye
- London coffee with Neil and every time I meet Neil
- being invited to coffee by strangers Jorgos and Stavros in Cyprus
- Ostia citta antica with Marta and drinks for breakfast on the beach
- looking at Marcels drawings
- walks in Monte San Savino with doggy
- timesharing Krakow home with Marcel

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching and learning overrated. Sharing green tea, black coffee or red wine should be ok. On the other hand like introducing people to Khan Academy and coursera.org
Having said that, if anyone there could teach me how not to give a f, it would be great.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can have a chat, and maybe what we say to one another will be of interest. Maybe not. But we can share respect towards other people and cultures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, England, Italy, Poland, Scotland

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