CURRENT MISSION

To promote Human Rights and European integration

ABOUT ME

I work as an engineer in Oslo. I live in the eastern part of the city.
I have spent almost all my life in my homeland Poland. I grew up on the outskirts of Wroclaw (largest city in southwestern Poland, the capital of Lower Silesia region).
In 2009 I moved to Norway.
I have always been socially involved and worked quite a lot as a volunteer. I enjoy to contact new people form different cultures/countries and exchange views and experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh never mind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded "
Baz Luhrmann

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I attend Couch Surfing's meetings in Oslo. I would like to be much more active participant.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Since January 2013 I organize in Oslo Language Café. This is a social activity where everybody is welcome to come and exchange languages. We meet every Monday in the evening in Asylet restaurant. We have also Facebook group for that (Language Café).

Interests

International relationships
European cultures
Non-violence communication
Football

• beauty
• human rights
• coach
• clubbing
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• soccer
• teaching
• engineering
• international relations
• languages
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy documentary movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2000 I established together with my friends the youth organisation Semper Avanti (www.semperavanti.org). In the years 2001-2009 I co-organized and took a part in numerous youth initiatives in Poland and many other European countries. Thanks to that activity hundreds of young people had opportunity to discover another counties and cultures.
In 2002 I co-established a local football club Długołęka 2000, where I also worked as a volunteer.

Places and moments I remember particularly well are:
hitch-hiking trip from Poland to Spain in the age of 17.
3 travels to the Balkans in 2003-2004
Travel to Guadeloupe in 2003
summer language course in Moscow in 2005
work as a volunteer in Selbu (Norway) in 2009/10.

In 2013 I was volunteer in rural Africa in Mozambique (3 weeks) wher I was a football coach/teacher for youngsters.

In 2015 I participated in peace project about communication between Israelis and Palestinians, in the area of Death Sea in Palestinian Autonomy.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach Norwegian on the basic level and my mother tongue Polish
I can give some practical advises to people who move to Norway and have to make first steps in the new society (formalities, accommodation, ways to find a job)

Learn: I learn Portuguese language (intermediate) and spanish (begynner). I would like to meet somebody who could help me to learn that beautiful languages.