CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy my life!

ABOUT ME

I work for a medical company and sometimes as a freelance translator. I love travelling and meeting new peoples, visiting interesting places and learning . I usually try to learn a little bit of the language of the country I visit. I love eating and enjoy food tourism. Yes, I'm a person who comes back home with 3 kilograms of Turkish delight, pepper for menemen, big pack of baklavas and spices...

I'm a proud member of the Warsaw eco food cooperative, we have a small garden on the balcony and enjoy the eco life style. I make preparations of vegetables, fruits and wild flowers almost every year.
We are a friend family (mentors) for international EVS volunteers working in Warsaw.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy hosting people in Warsaw and I invite only guests, who I would like to meet and spend time with. Sometimes it feels like having a big international family.

Interests

- different games: board games, city games, escape rooms
- phillumeny - collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, etc. I have a big matchbox labels collection 1950s-70s, mostly from Poland.
- volunteering, abroad and in Poland. I spent my EVS in Gambia, I worked with refugees in Sweden, in former concentration camps in Germany and I was involved in many different projects in my country
- sport: cycling, cross-country skiing, swimming, canoeing
- LGBT and human rights topics
- learning new languages
- vegetarian/vegan cooking
- furniture renovation, DIY

• diy
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• board games
• traveling
• cycling
• canoeing
• skiing
• sports
• swimming
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Amelie Nothomb and crimes stories: Alicia Gimenez Bartlett, Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Joanna Chmielewska, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Jussi Adler - Olsen, Kristina Ohlsson, Patricia Cornwell , Tess Gerritsen - I adore her Rizzolli and Isles books

Music - DTH, Rosenstolz, Element of crime, RotFront, Sister Fa, DAAD, khmer music, Ceca, Tarkan
I love the worst kind of disco polo, when you laugh until you cry because of the lyrics

Movie & TV- Hebrew Hammer, Cabaret, Burlesque, Grey's Anatomy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked as a volunteer in a small Gambian village and I really loved it!
I worked in a nature reserve with crocodiles, where I got an offer to smuggle a baby crocodile to Poland (don't worry, I refused)
I renovated a small yacht, together with Ania and my father

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Polish or German, playing board games

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm not experienced as a surfer, but I would like to offer exactly the same things I get from our guests - nice company, long discussions, playing games, going out together, typical food or drinks.
If you like to participate in any kind of city game, I'm always up.
I can cook for you, if you like, bring my famous walnut and date cake (it can be even vegan, I have recently veganised the recipe for the cake) or something else.
If you are intersted in phillumeny (I have never met such a person, but I hope it will happen one day), I have some original Polish matchbox labels for you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Poland, Sweden