I'm really easy-going and talkative person, who loves to just sit and talk for hours. I love people with passion and love hearing some funny and inspiring stories about their interests. I also love board games, so I will be so excited if you wanna play some too! I have a "chillout" attitude towards life, but that doesn't mean I'm just busy chilling, I love to be active, love to explore some new fields of interests :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Simply because I really love to meet new people and make new friends, especially from all over the world. When I lived in the dorm in Shanghai I meet a lot of crazy weirdos and I realized that getting to know other cultures is the best thing in travelling, that's why I start my couchsurfing experience :)

Interests

Languages
I studied chinese (both simplified and traditional characters) for three years in Cracow and managed to pass HSK5. I've been studying business chinese in Shanghai Normal University. I was learning french in high school but forgot a lot, so I will be glad to catch up some words. In China I also met a lot of spanish speakers, so I started to learn spanish with them :) Now I'm living in Porto and learning Portuguese.

Sport
I'm really into extreme sports, especially those connected to water and snow. I've been skiing since i was 4 years old, but three years ago I switched to snowboard, it's so much fun! Every year I go twice or three times for a snowboarding trip, mostly to Austria, France or Italy. Italian pizza on a slope is the best thing ever!

I also windsurf, dive and two years ago started to learn how to kitesurf. It's not easy to be honest, but it's so amazing that I want more and more. I go to polish sea to master kitesurfing skills every holiday. In China I also tried paragliding in Hangzhou, it was so much fun, everyone should give it a try!

I'm also an amateur photographer, in high school I was attending some courses so during travels I love going to some landscape places or just simply walk around some busy streets :)

• books
• photography
• dancing
• movies
• music
• windsurfing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• wakeboarding
• extreme sports
• languages
• travelling
• kitesurfing
• boardgames
• tvseries
• stand up paddle boarding

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
I love every kind of music, starting from Metallica, Disturbed or Iron Maiden, going through Nirvana, Pearl Jam, reggae beats, Die Antwoord, The Prodigy, ending with hip-hop classics, like Dead Prez, Guru, Outkast etc.

I'm more into books than into movies. My favourite books are those based on facts, biographies etc. I also watch some tv series, I highly recommend watching The OA, Black Mirror and ofc Game of Thrones, it's such a masterpiece.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I managed to finish most demanding chinese studies in Poland and didn't die in the process, so for me that's the huge success.
I got a scholarship to study business chinese in Shanghai - one of the most amazing cities in the world!
I moved to Porto alone.
I can kitesurf more or less on my own and that's not easy!
I am a master in cooking lazania :) I also bake pretty awesome cakes.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have two favourite Kurt Cobains quotes, my favourite vocalist on earth and I think they are so beautiful in their simplicity that really describe my attitude towards life :)
- Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
- I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- My attitude towards life
- Funny stories (I talk a lot, so there is no worry it will be quiet xd)
- Some language skills
- Maybe I'll even cook something delicious for you, if not we can buy snacks and alcohol

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Poland, Portugal