I love exploring new cultures and getting to know people from different backgrounds. The best thing ever when travelling is when I meet locals who show me around and take me to non-touristy places so I can kind of experience the city life as its citizen. It's much better to explore a city through the eyes of a local!

I prefer reading in English even the Russian books and then compare them with the original composition) Among the British my favorite are Arthur Conan Doyle's works. I've read already all the novels about Sherlock Holmes. Also I like watching American and British series such as "The Mentalist", "Orange is the new black", "House M.D." and many others. I also liked the book written in German "Wir Kinder von Bahnhof Zoo".