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Navapolatsk, Viciebsk Region, Belarus
@SVETLANA-PHOTINI
Member since 2012
ABOUT ME Inquisitive, adventurous, open-minded. PHILOSOPHY Nothing is by chance. Sharing pleasures doubles their joy!
Interested in Hiking
Interested in Reading
Fluent in Belarusian
Learning Turkish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I have very little experience on CS, but I hope it will change... starting now. I like meeting new people and believe that sharing is caring ;)
Music, Movies, and Books
Modern Indian movies with Aamir Khan: Like Stars on Earth (Taare Zameen Par); Rang De Basanti; 3 idiots, Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) BBC documentaries Music: Tom Waits, Elena Kambourova, Elena Frolova. Books by Gerald Durrell and Kurt Vonnegut; Catch-22; poetry
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Witnessing my niece being born; visiting St Herman's Monastery in Platina, California; flying in a hot air balloon in New Mexico, USA.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can tell you about Belarus, the country that most people recognize only after you tell them that it's close to Russia :)
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can cook a traditional Belarusian meal, be a hiking companion, play board games like 'Dixit' or 'Apples to Apples'
My Interests
Reading, listening to the BBC, hiking, travelling, doing yoga, quilting, psychology
