Hi! My name is Anastasiia, I am from the central part of Russia, the city called Perm, it's situated near the border between Europe and Asia. I studied in St.Petersburg but now I live and work in Moscow. I've lived in Potsdam, Germany for 5 months during my exchange studying there. I love travelling, learning about new cultures and languages and observing different traditions and people's life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Actually, I've been a member of the volunteer organisation called AIESEC while studying where I helped to make international exchanges for young people. I think it is a great opportunity to make a cultural exchange, to learn truth about different countries and traditions, to break a couple of stereotypes. I want people to be more world citizens and to accept other people accordingly.

Interests

I am an alpine skier myself, I participated in different local competitions back in Russia. I also like watching sports, especially winter ones, e.g. figure skating, hockey and biathlon.

I like reading books and watching films but the ones which can fully catch my attention. I like this feeling when you are trying to read every free minute you have.

Despite the fact that I did not travel a lot around the world, I like to learn about new cultures and traditions. I have not visited many countries yet but I travelled quiet a lot around Russia which is also amazing!

The last thing I want to tell is that I am a computer linguist and have worked for a year for a machine translation company before going to Germany (yes, I was that very person who makes these translators, namely I've built a Ukrainian-Russian translation model). Now I work in Moscow and create chat bots for a big IT company. I am also trying myself as a sport journalist.

• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Books and films:
Gone with the Wind,
The Lord of the Rings,
Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Do you know the sport called ski jumping? As a training we used to do it in autumn to get into shape, so I've jumped from a 15-meter hill (not so big for a professional sportsman but for me it was risky). Still alive!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation