Hi, I am Elena. I live in Germany, but I am from Russia (from the Republic of Karelia, which is very similar to Finland, where I did my bachelor degree).

I am friendly, kind, honest and direct and I am happy to meet people who have similar attitude (:

I am totally in love with life and the more I learn the more I feel like I don't know nothing. Learning, exploring, trying, doing - these are my passions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I don't like traditional way of traveling, I prefer to have a real local insight, I want to feel the life of a place. Therefore, I am happy to stay with the locals and meet local people and I am happy to be useful for people traveling to my home.

Interests

Reading, traveling, drawing, painting and almost everything from handcraft, science, cooking and eating (food is love food is life), walking, having fun, playing board games, meeting people, being alone, nature, watching movies and series, doing sports

• arts
• culture
• literature
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• walking
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• sports
• business
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything, I have to try everything. I am discovering and I hope it is never gonna end. But my very favourite so far:

Music. Hip-hop, Rock (particularly Indie Rock), Blues, Jazz, Electronic music, Classical music, Soul music ... actually literally everything.

Books. Every book is a masterpiece: someone has made it. I love Dostoevsky, Remarque, Ayn Rand, Palahniuk, Mayakovsky, Stephen King, Murakami, how can they be so great?

Series: Friends, Twin Peaks, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Scrubs, How I met your mother, House M.D, Family Guy

Movies: Mostly I love documentaries or movies which have a real story behind, but I also love watching something interesting, motivating and fascinating (Pulp Fiction, Léon, movies with Will Smith, Intouchables, Yes man!, The Bucket List and so on). I think Lynch and Tarantino are geniuses.

Ah! I love biographies, I think it is the easiest way to learn starting from history and finishing with beekeeping, you can picture and memorize anything via someone's life. One more reason why I like meeting people, everyone has a story to tell.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think the entire life is just amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would be happy to teach people I meet everything I know. It is difficult to name all of it, but it could be for example Russian / Finnish / German culture, drawing, gym training for girls, nutrition, cooking (especially Russian cuisine).

As for me, the main thing in couchsurfing is meeting people, having a great time, enjoying communication and sharing experience.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Unfortunately, currently I don't have any place for stay to offer, but I would be happy to meet a person and have a great time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Russian Federation