CURRENT MISSION

A challenging one: to be getting up earlier in the morning...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Pretty obvious reasons - staying at hostels while travelling can be fun, but couchsurfing at a local's place is a completely different experience and it allows you to get to know the place and its vibe better. Also, I'm a massive fan of travelling cheap, so feel free to send me a request even if your main motivation is simply saving money.

I'm grateful to all the lovely people who have hosted me in the past and I'd love to reciprocate, in a karma-like manner.

PLEASE READ MY PROFILE BEFORE SENDING A REQUEST.

Interests

Reading words, rollerblading, ice-skating, coffee, going places, the structure and evolution of language, playing piano, eating (I take it very seriously), Radiolab, more reading, dancing salsa, cha and hip-hop, ping-pong, ultimate frisbee and recently hula-hoop.

• dancing
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• piano
• hula hoop
• rollerblading

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll just give a few examples, otherwise no one would be bothered to read it all.

Music: classical, minimal electronic, drone, prog rock, doom

Books:
'The Savage Detectives'
Proust
Kundera
'Catch 22' and Heller in general
Steinbeck
'Metamorphosis' and everything else by Kafka
'Disgrace' by Coetzee
Hesse, especially 'Steppenwolf'
Vonnegut
Guy Deutscher
Borges

Movies:
'Mustang'
'Buffalo 66'
'Arizona Dream'
'Another Year' and Mike Leigh in general
Kubrick, especially 'Full Metal Jacket' and 'Dr Strangelove'
'Stalker'
'Sexy Beast'
'Rusalka'
'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
'Twelve Monkeys'
'Waking Life' and Linklater in general
'Eraserhead' and 'Blue Velvet', though I have a love-hate relationship with David Lynch's movies
Wes Anderson

TV series:
'Mad Men'
'The Wire'
'Horace and Pete'

Teach, Learn, Share

Take a look at the 'Interests' section. I'll be happy to share the knowledge or my poor skills mentioned there.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Poland, United Kingdom