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St Petersburg, St.-Petersburg, Russia
@olga-qnichenko
Member since 2018
I'm a graphic designer, calligrapher, and sometimes a painter. I also teach watercolor painting and drawing once a week. I was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and live here most of the time. I do not know anything about Russian archaic traditions, our city is a European one. So I can talk about politics, culture, art, psychology, but, please, do not ask me about dull stereotypes of the country I live in. Traveling is one of my biggest passions. The others are my work, snowboarding and swimming in the sea. I do not like to sit still for a long time.
Interested in Art
Interested in Dancing
Fluent in English
Fluent in Russian
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To be more than just a tourist
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: Jon Hopkins, Four Tet, HVOB, Marvine Gaye, Nina Simone. Movies: Incenses, Maelstrom, My Life Without Me, the Coen brothers movies, Hayao Miyazaki's cartoons Books: Kim by Kipling, Albert Cohen, The Golden Notebook
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Drive a car through a serpentine road. It can sound ok, but not for an ordinary driver from the absolutely flat city like mine.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you watercolor painting. I've got a utopian dream to learn how to play any musical instrument. Especially cello which sounds even more unreal.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can share my life experience for sure. Or I can share my meal if you have space to cook it.