Currently, I am a student living in London and studying sociology and languages. I am interested in how language shapes the way we think and how people constantly miscommunicate on an everyday basis. It largely explains why I enjoy finding myself in unusual cultural settings and CS offers such possibility. I enjoy cycling with my road bike and I don't think that any other mode of transport can make you as happy as simply riding a bike. Also, like most people, food is the thing I enjoy eating and I can prepare a thing or two.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

Meeting with locals is probably the best way to feel and indulge in the culture. Travel guides and traditional tourist attractions are rather limited and I think that CS offers a more authentic and unique travelling experience.

Interessen

• literature
• photography
• politics
• chess
• cycling
• basketball
• rowing
• history
• philosophy
• food
• cinema
• nature
• techno

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Music-wise, my taste differs depending on my mood. I would listen to ambient, hip-hop or jazz if I want to relax and I'd listen to techno or punk to pump myself up. I don't have a specific music genre, which I'd always listen to, and I consider myself to be open-minded when it comes to music. However, there are certain genres, which I am not a big fan of, such as heavy metal or country.

Talking about films, I enjoy watching classics, such as Godard or Pasolini, but from more modern directors my favourite is Jim Jarmusch.

Literature allows you to put yourself in somebody else's shoes and I try to read as much of it as I can. Russian literature, like Limonov or Dostoyevsky, appeals to me and the novel I'm reading right now, K. Ishiguro 'Klara and the Sun' is great.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Cycled across Lithuania

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Teach: Play chess; some phrases in Lithuanian or Russian; or how to make Cuba Libre
Learn: Учиться учиться и еще раз учиться - I'm ready to learn anything
Share: My hitchhiking experiences or the secrets of the Lithuanian cuisine

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Lithuania, United Kingdom