My name is Misia, I was born in Poland but I consider myself more of a global citizen :) I love adventures, traveling and meeting new people. That's why like learning foreign languages.

Chris is French, he loves sports and nature, if you lose him on the way that's probably because he found an interesting plant to observe! He gratulated in project management and works in Payroll.

We have 2 girls -Emma born in May 2019 and Mathilda in December 2022. Emma after getting to know a bit of her both home countries, visited 4 continents by the age of 8 months :) she is a cool and cheerful kid, very easy to travel with. Mathilda went to France at age of 1 month and Mexico at 3 months. Between 5,5 and 9 months of age she travelled around the world with her crazy parents and 4yo sister.

PHILOSOPHY

"I am the passenger.. and I ride and I ride and I ride"

"Who Dares Wins"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been on CS for over 15 years already and have shown it to Chris when we met. Ever since we have been hosted many times on 5 different continents from US, UK or Iceland to Ethiopia, Vietnam, Japan to New Zeland and we love when locals show us around. That's the best way of travelling for us.

Interests

Misia : good books, good music, movies, snowboarding, ice-scating, jogging, politics, culture; art, painting/calligraphy (my instagram- lbbcalligraphy),sightseeing, hitchhiking, travelling, trekking, scuba diving, PEOPLE(I love that we are all the same but so different and getting to know new people and other cultures better is on of things I enjoy the most).

Chris: Sports (especially Football and Tennis), Gardening (palms, succulent plants, orchids), politics, sightseeing, nature, travelling, trekking, diving, new technologies, social media.

• arts
• culture
• books
• crossfit
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• music
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• sports
• international relations
• languages
• volunteering
• sightseeing
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

Misia:
Milan Kundera "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
Antoine de Saint Exupéry "the Little Prince"
Bruno Schulz "The Street of Crocodiles"
Fiodor Dostojewski "Crime and Punishment"
Tolkien "The Lord of Rings"
Suskind "Perfume"
Haruki Murakami "Norwegian Wood"
Frank Herbert "Dune" (whole series)

Chris:
Robert Louis Stevenson ''Treasure Island''
John Grisham "A painted House"
Emile Zola "Germinal"
Ryszard Kapuscinski ''The Shade of the Sun''
Alexandre Dumas "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo"

Music

Misia:
Metal, Rock, Reggae, Berlin style Techno, classical Music (Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss der Sohn)

Chris:
Electro (Ratatat), House (Crookers) , Hip Hop (Kid Cudi), Alternative (Gorillaz)

Movies

Misia:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Red Violin
Amadeuss
Dexter
Coffe and Cigaretts
Day Watch/ Night Watch

Chris:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
RocknRolla
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill
Modern Time
Life of Pi
Gladiator
Full Metal Jacket

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*my trip to Malaysia when I was 19
*sleeping in a cave in one of the oldest jungles in the world
*eating weird things like fried cockroach, crocodile, ostrich, kangaroo, jellyfish
*seeing one of world natural wonders- Ngoro Ngoro and Serengeti big migration
*driving across overseas highway to the Florida Keys, USA
*seeing 63 lions, 3 rhinos, cheetah, leopard and loads and loads of elephants, hippos, zebras, gnus, oysters and antelopes in 4 days
*swimming with dolphins in Honduras
*floating in the Dead Sea in Izrael
*ride a scooter in Ho Chi Minh Citi
*working as a volunteer in 2nd biggest slum in Nairobi- Mathare
* visiting Stonehenge in England, Taj Mahaj in India, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Petra in Jordan, pyramids in Giza and Lalibela in Ethiopia
* free dive with whale shark in Maldives
*create life
* travel around the world with a baby and a toddler

Teach, Learn, Share

Misia:
I like sharing opitimism and good energy. I like listening to the people and learn from their experience.

Chris:
Share: Experience, a meal
Learn: Anything you are willing to share and teach
Teach: How to make greener and happier the vegetal life arround you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Poland, United Kingdom

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