My name is Zuza and I'm 23-year-old medical student from Poland. Medicine is something that consumes a lot of time so it can be sometimes tiring, but still, it's such an extremely interesting thing – and it becomes more and more with each year of studies! I'm particularly interested in neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry, as those fields are still a little bit enigmatic and there's still a place for thorough research through all the mysteries of human being ;)

But as quite an open-minded, adventure-seeking person, who loves people not only when they're lying on a doctor's couch, I have some other interests, too, don't worry! :D

First of all, I LOVE travelling (who would guess, yeah? :D). And by travelling, I don't mean just going places with check-list of main places for sightseeing. I find my travels an opportunity to feel the atmosphere of place I go to, by wandering through small streets, meeting people, eating local food or trying to learn at least few words in foreign language (oh, by the way, I love foreign languages, if I had enough time I would learn every single one existing). And I truly believe that every single place in the world has something. Even if it sometimes looks like very grey, old, devastated place – I always try to think about the story hidden behind those features, about people who live there. Then, it can be understood – at least a little bit.
And as I discovered hitchhiking, I started to believe also, that sometimes even the road to the goal can be a very valuable experience ;)

I love meeting new people, I love discovering similarities and differences between me and them, and I love exploring new cultures. If I find any similarity between me and you, I will be able to talk very long hours on many subject – both some funny things to chit-chat while drinking beer in the pub, or very deep and serious thing. I'm very open also for dissimilarities and differences in looking at the world – I doesn't matter for me which country you come from, what gender you are, how old are you, whether you are heterosexual or gay. I'm curious about all the people. People mainly go beyond the expectations and it's wonderful. And we can learn from other people's view on the world, even if we didn't expect it at all.

I also love all the things connected with art. I've been singing in a choir as mezzo-soprano since I was in high school. I also like to write some things, mainly for myself, but if you would be very interested in showing you some pieces, we can negotiate about it :D also, reading books. I don't know if I should put in part of artistic things? But, yeah, I really like it.
I used to dance latin and ballroom dance for few (like 8?) years, had also some experiences with dancing jazz, now I do not train dancing anymore due to lack of time for it, but I still enjoy dancing (both by myself and watching other people dancing).
I'm also a big fan of theatre – musical is the best thing ever for me, as it is mix of acting, dancing and singing, but I enjoy every good play. I feel like I'm in another kind of world! When I was younger, I also liked to play, even I made two or three amateur movies with my friends, but only for fun :)

Oh, and maybe I should mention, that in pastime, sometimes I'm computer geek. I mean, I'm not spending my whole life in front of computer screen :D but I really love playing games. Especially Dragon Age, it's my favourite of them all. If you like it, prepare yourself for me being excited and asking multiple questions about your in-game decisions and so on :D

I don't think I have any particular philosophy in my life. Well, maybe one thing, in which I will quote J.R.R. Tolkien: „Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”. I believe it is true – the thing is, to be brave enough to open the door and take a step ahead.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As I said before, I believe travelling is not only about museums, castles or beautiful beaches (though, I like sightseeing, too :D ). The major thing is to try to discover the city or the country we travel to - and meeting the people is one of the most important parts of it :)
And hey - I just like people! Isn't it also good reason? :)

Interests

literature, theatre, music, travelling, medicine, cinematography, dancing... many, many more, read "about me" and "my favourite music, movies and books" for details :)

• arts
• books
• literature
• singing
• acting
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• pub crawls
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• languages
• medicine
• hitchhiking
• sightseeing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I love a lot of authors and I can spend a lot of time reading, but I'm especially big fan of J.R.R.Tolkien, Haruki Murakami and Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Actually, yes, the thing is, there is J.R.R. Tolkien before them all. I read The lord of the Rings, Hobbit and Silmarillion about million times and I'm still not tired :)
I like also some other writer and poeths, including Polish ones, some of them, just by quick look on my bookshelf: Witold Gombrowicz, Stephen King, Erich Maria Remarque, Jacek Dukaj, Frank Herbert, Ignacy Kasprowicz, Marcin Świetlicki, K.I. Gałczyński, Roger Zelazny, Glen Cook...
I also admire Hannah Arendt and her works are very important for me.
Oh, and Sigmunt Freud. Maybe that's why I became interested in psychiatry ;)

Favourite movie director? Lars von Trier. Generally, Scandinavian cinematography is what I like. I'm not watching a lot of movies, but if you ask about some I really enjoyed last few months, I could mention movies by Charlie Chaplin (yeah, I know it's classic, but I started watching them this year and I'm totally in love!), Whiplash, Återträffen, Angels of the universe/Englar alheimsins, Grand Budapest Hotel, the Hobbit or Nymphomaniac by Lars von Trier.

I'm not really into TV series, but I'm a big fan of Skins, Grey's anatomy, Sherlock and Games of Thrones.

Music is one of the most important things in my life. I love listening to it, singing, going for concerts and so on... I'm not listening only to one genre, there are a lot of them, so it's easy to find something in common with me - and I'm always really willing to listen to some new music :) My "very top", which are not being dethroned for long enough to be sure about their brilliancy, are: the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Nightwish, Eric Clapton and System of a Down. I'm also totally in love with Bastille, Bigbang, Adele, Therapy?, alt-j, Björk, Soko, the Brew, Lindsey Stirling, Parov Stellar, Selah Sue, Skubas, Noir Desir, Sigur Ros, Olafur Arnalds, Strachy na Lachy, London Grammar, Lykke Li, Mela Koteluk, Kyla la Grange, Leszek Możdżer, Nick Cave, Patrick Wolf, Hozier, Emeli Sande, Fink, Fallulah, A Great Big World, Hey, Portishead, Świetliki, Fisz Emade, BANKS, Chet Faker, Ed Sheeran, Dawid Podsiadło, Kult, Stromae, Years & Years.
I like also some classical music: Chopin, Bach, Prokofyev, Mozart, Wagner, Smetana, Schubert, Szymanowski.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

well... maybe hitchhiking to Rome will count for this. but I hope it's not the most amazing thing in my whole life and still there are many things in the future :)

Teach, Learn, Share

wanna learn some simple moves of ballroom or latin dances? here you are!
wanna sing a song with someone else? here I am!
wanna eat a best ginger bread in whole universe (or some crazy way of serving pasta, rice or couscous)? just wait a minute!
wanna learn some simple words in of the most difficult language in the world, it means Polish? jasne, nie ma sprawy! (fine, no problem!)
wanna tell me about something very important for you, even the current situation of the ladybirds in the west part of New Zealand? ok, I will only check some words for our discussion :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can help you with cooking (I heard I'm quite good at it). Also, I can teach you Polish, as it is my native language, or practice English with you (also German, I'm not as fluent with it as with English but still, for a chit-chat it's totally enough :) ). And you can find a great fellow for dancing and singing everything :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Poland, United Kingdom