CURRENT MISSION

learn languages and meet friends

ABOUT ME

I have now spent half of my life in Taiwan and half in the US, with extended stays in Poland and Russia. I consider myself citizen of the world. When I return home from a trip, I plan for the next one. I got my PhD from UC Berkeley and now I teach Polish and Russian languages and literatures.

PHILOSOPHY

one should try anything at least once in life.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

met several good friends through CouchSurfing in Germany and Poland and would love to continue doing so!

兴趣

I am a concert pianist and I love classical music. I go to concerts/operas regularly. I also love traveling, going to movies (mostly drama, foreign movies). I also like sports very much - I play tennis and swim (beginner level, but I am enjoying it!) regularly.

• concerts
• movies
• traveling
• music
• classical music
• piano
• sports
• tennis
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• languages

音乐、电影和书籍

any Russian/Polish literature, any classical music (Shostakovich, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin are my favorites)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

30-hour bus ride from Greece to Poland (probably won't do again lol)

waited for 8 hours on the Polish-Ukrainian border, in a bus full of smugglers!

教，学，和分享

I have been a teacher for many years and I love teaching music (playing the piano, theory and history) and foreign languages. I have taught Polish and Russian at universities and Chinese informally. I know several languages but am always interested in learning more!