I’m Mike from Poland

Hi! I'm Mike. People say that I bring them good luck. I'm fairly tall, slim, deep-eyed, sometimes smiling, sometimes serious, usually thoughtful and optimistic, always supportive and willing to help out. Open-minded, honest, friendly, considerate, empathetic. On travels more easy-going, at work more serious. Responsible and reliable. I like friends, getting to know people (fewer but more in-depth rather than more but only superficially - hence I prefer one-on-one hangouts to group meetups), listening, teaching, helping out. Challenges, winning, and watching others win. Open-air activities and sightseeing. Not a pub-crawler or party animal type (though I'm in for ballroom dances). When abroad, I prefer to get a feel of the place's atmosphere and go to spots which the locals frequent rather than queue where tourists flock. I attempt to cook (or, when that's impossible, at least taste) the local specialities, try out new foods and their combinations. I like good white and green tea, blue cheese, dark chocolate, and vine-ripened tomatoes drizzled with good olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt and herbs. Organic produce. Sweet Polish plums and apricots and Italian amaretti morbidi di Sassello. Greek grapes and German Pulsnitzer gingerbread. Taiwanese dried mango and premium Turkish hazelnut-rich lokum. Moist baked cheesecake and crumbly apple pie. The smell of rain, sea breeze and white snow. The aroma of conifer needles heated up by the sun and of freshly baked cake from the remoska. The clanking of cutlery on the veranda in the morning and live piano music at dinner. The chirping of birds at dusk. New Year's concert by the Wiener Philharmoniker. Paperback belles-lettres, hardback cookbooks, and long hand-written letters. Weeklies, feuilletons and interviews. British, dry, sarcastic and quick-witted humour. Goodness. Road trips. Trains and double-deckers. Mountain peaks and valleys. Forest tracks and clearings. English-style gardens. Pristine islands. Day and night. Learning new things (e.g. the steps of a new dance) and life wisdom. Acting on stage and teaching in class. Languages and linguistics. A good, meaningful conversation. Silence. My friends say that I am a good listener. I can listen to you, talk with you, or play a medley of the two (usually with a prevalence of the former). I can use sharp humour, ask curious questions, offer helpful hints, straightforward answers, simple solutions or insightful silence. I can fix many things. I am more than the sum of my parts.
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