CURRENT MISSION

sharing

ABOUT ME

"if god wanted us to be hitchhikers he would have given us bigger thumbs" graffiti in Paris.

i studied philosophy just to find out that it's people not abstract ideas i love. i'm a journalist every now and then, but most of the time i'm a teacher who belives that:

The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
- William A. Ward

PHILOSOPHY

maybe we wont meet again but as we're talking now you're the most important person for me

birds sing to save themselves from strangling which is exactly why i'm travelling

cheap wine shared, served in a plastic cup tastes better than the most expensive one served in a fancy restaurant as the former is a beginnig of a conversation and friendship

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

you're more than welcome to use my couches:)at the moment i can share my knowledge about countries i've already visited as well as my own country or help you contact other travelers, journalists, experts not from couchsurfing community but sharing couch surfing ideas

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

the hospitality of people suprised me most in romania where i slept in churches, private houses, sheds and barns. people were open and friendly and they helped us a lot - showed places we wouldn't have reached otherwise;

i hosted 3 people from ukraine during the hospitalityclub winter camp 3 years ago and many other from cs since then

as for hosting experience - see the reference part

couchserfed in India
participated in cs meetings in Warsaw
met people from cs in Turkey, India,Poland, Georgia

Interests

travelling, climbing, scandinavian and russian movies
storytelling, dance theatre,ayurveda,massage, democratic education, writing, meeting new people and sharing expieriences

• birds
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• education
• wine
• dieting
• movies
• traveling
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• teaching
• journalism
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

scandinavian movies "allegro", "reconstruction", "adams apples"
russian movies by A.Konchalowski
mountain movies
documentaries - portraits - e.g "the taste of soil", "no restraint", "cooking history"
books by edi pyrek,ryszard kapuscinski,michail bulhakov, orhan pamuk, milan kundera, herman hesse
and all the other journalists and travelers' books
jazz from all over the world, music inspired by folk
music;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hitchhiking from Turkey to Poland in 48h:)
helped to build a school in the Himalayas

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you ayurvedic massage and diet/ nutrition principles & if you're up for it a little bit of Polish:)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nepal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Poland

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