CURRENT MISSION

Finding a way for days to be longer.

ABOUT ME

I'm a 29-year-old girl in a love-hate relationship with this beautiful city I live in. I came to Kraków 10 years ago to study, greatly enjoyed the crazy student years and decided to stay. Now I work quite a boring office job dealing with anti-money laundering, I guess the adult life got me!
I live with my boyfriend, Michał, and our two rescue cats in the north-western part of town. Cats are total opposites - one black, one white; one fat, one thin; one lazy, one hyperactive - but they are the best buddies.
Travelling is a big part of my life and I love it. I used to hitch-hike with a tent a lot in the past, now there is always a flight booked and a plan in place, but it's still exciting.
I love sports, and I surprisingly found out about it as an adult. As a kid I was a total nerd, a bookworm in big glasses and you could have scared me off with the word "sport" itself. Now, I couldn't imagine life without my bike, my inline skates, my skateboard and too far from a swimming pool. I am still a bookworm, though, always carrying a book or my Kindle around.
Apart from that I enjoy all the good stuff, like music festivals, cooking with my friends, speaking foreign languages, long pointless walks, yoga, taking bad quality photos and growing a small vegetable garden in my balcony.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing a lot, hosting from time to time, always wanting to go to CS meetings but never doing so ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I learned about this project in the summer of 2008 and instantly loved the idea. So when a year later I was planning my first hitch-hiking trip through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia I signed in and started to learn how it worked in practice. And it worked great - I was hosted by wonderful people along my way, all of whom showed me great hospitality, friendliness and trust. Since then I had a chance to surf couches in several countries in Europe and in Morocco. I was also happy to host some good souls here in Kraków.
From 2014, I had a little break from couchsurfing, but the spirit never dies! Now I'd love to get back in the project and meet new wonderful people.

Interests

Culture and nature, science and fiction, arts and crafts.

• cats
• arts
• culture
• books
• music festivals
• cooking
• baking
• yoga
• crafts
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• skateboarding
• swimming
• languages
• law
• science
• hitchhiking
• inline skating

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: electronic, jazz, folk, and all that cannot be classified. Even better if played live!
Books: contemporary Polish reportage and novels that are too good to put down and go to sleep.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surviving Guča Festival. I've discovered a few fun things, like: that I do speak Serbian, that after a sleepless and drunken night I am able to hitch-hike for 14 hours without stopping, and that there is a point at which you just can't take any more trumpets and rakija.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, Slovenia