⚠️ Dears, for winter season I decided not to host people during working days. Only weekends are possible... Please, don't send a request if it's from monday to thursday. If you still send i will decline without reply or further explanations. I am very busy with my job during working days, light days are very short, and my place is such located that no where to go out in the evenings in the winter nearby. Also my apartment got very cold, i am not able to warm it up well, so i dont feel comfortable to accept people often in a cold place. Even me in my apartment feeling frozen and passive bcoz of cold🥶
You can find instead either better host or really cheap hostels in the center of Durres city and enjoy more lively places😏

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❌🗣️⚠️‼️📛 Please, don't:

- Send me boring message like 'hi', 'how are you' - do you think i have nothing to do just reply this, you not to be bored?🙃... If you send me a first message pls be precise and specific with purpose of your message, and you'll definitely boost your chances to get reply from me😀 (i am a bit tired being loyal and replying this 'hi', so i won't do anymore:) )

- Don't add me to your 'friends list' if we did not meet in person or at least have some meaningful interaction in messages... As you'll read below, i dont care about quantity...

- Don't ask my whatsup, telegram or other messanger linked to phone number, if we did not meet in person or at least arrange meeting appointment/hosting/hangout... Also, pls, know, that if you leave your phone number in cs message before me asking it, i will contact you outside cs app sharing my phone only with the initial purpose of arranging hosting/hang out. I don't collect stranger's phone numbers with just 'hi' messages😊...

- Pls, don't judge me if during my travel i stay with a host and dont manage to meet you for hang out. I am not indifferent. The thing is, if i stay with the host, then for some reason this person selected me as a guest, and i selected this host, therefore, i give time with the host more priority, than hanging out with other ppl, so, if my host is busy, and/or i have spare time, i will meet other people for sure:) Just i dont care about quantity of ppl i will meet, my preference is to build connection, and when i leave the place to have a friend, not only 'some host' 😀...

Thank you for understanding~

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Temporarily moved from Ukraine to Albania in December '22.
Stayed in Tirana 3 months, in Vlore 8 months. Now in Durres.
Looking forward to find out to where the life will throw me next😂

My life moto is ✨'Impossible is Nothing!'

I prefer quality to quantity.

I am an extraverted introvert.

I like and I am open to new experiences and trying new things, esp. adrenaline raising ones, but if it's not obviously harmful for my health and threatening for life.

I have many dreams, and looks like i need to be radical to follow some of them, and so far i am not.. Hope one day i will have enough courage.

Wanna know more about me? - host me, hang out with me, or be my guest when i will be open to accept guests again, or simply send me a message, and feel free to ask what you are interested in~

Participated in one episode of CS Robert's (Robert Olczyk) project "Like a Local"
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7etvnZYbM

IG: evgenius.travels, evgenius.grace

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I sincerely believe in this proverb 'Don't have 100 banknote, have 100 real friends'.
Having Friends you can give and can receive much more than 100 banknote can provide you, right?

Interests

• poetry
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• business
• mountains
• learning languages
• friendship
• sea
• workout
• people's stories
• video editing
• bible
• digital marketing
• enterpreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

I like different music, movies, books and arts with good meaning (of course as per my taste ;) )...
I don't like rude and vulgar modern art (songs, clips, movies, plays etc...)

Some of the movies that i like:

'L'uomo che disegno Dio'(The man who drew God), 'Schindler's list', 'Freedom writers', 'Fireproof', 'Pay it forward', 'Yes Man', 'Silence' (2016, by Martin Scorsese), 'American factory' (interesting documentary about contrast of american and chinese labor and not only culture), very romantic 'Pride and prejudice', comedies with Luis de Funes (all😂), 'Mar Adentro' (The Sea Inside), and for sure it's not an exhaustive list...

Some of my fav poetry:

ENG: 'Still i rise', 'phenomenal woman' (by Maya Angelou); Ellen Everett's poetry (dont know exact names, just from first lines: 'they say if you kiss a wound' ; "if you are looking for forever")

RU: N.Zabolotskii 'Unpretty girl' (original 'Некрасивая девочка'); B.Pasternak 'Winter night' (original 'Зимняя ночь')

KOR: 방문객 ('Guest' by 정현종), 내가 너를 ('I - you' by 나태주), 사랑을 위한 일곱가지 필수 비타민 ( '7 essential vitamins for love' - collections of 7 poetries, where each one represents 1'vitamin' - author is unknown)

Some of the books i like:

-'Little Prince' (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

-'Three friends' (by Erich Maria Remarque)

-'Three colors of the time' (historical book about Stendal's biography and how he participated in the Napoleon's troops when they wanted to capture Moscow in 1812 (book is written from the perspective of main character Stendal), by russian author Anatolii Vinogradov)

-'Vanina Vanini' (small novel), 'Red and Black' (by Stendal)

-'Crime and Punishment' (by Dostoevskii)

-'An american tragedy' (by Theodore Dreiser)

-'25 surprising marriages' (by William J. Petersen) - very interesting stories, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, at times mix sad+funny.. when i started reading it after about 10 stories i thought there are no perfect marriages.. But.. The more stories I read, the more i changed my point of view... There are no IDEAL marriages, but, PERFECT marriages do exist, and they are not about lacking of challenges and arguments and imperfections, they are all about overcoming and completing smth to achieve and to keep good relations, ideal - is a state, perfect - is the result of some actions... Ideal≠Perfect.. Think about english grammar like '* perfect tenses', do you feel and recognize some analogy, why it's called 'perfect'? Btw, my fav story from this book is about Martin Luther and Katharine von Bora☺️
And also, after reading this book, i already have the list of books📚 to (re-)read, since some stories are about very famous, worldwide, writers😅~

-and of course - BIBLE - you can't imagine how many interesting and wonderful life stories and good life lessons are there in this so far best seller Book!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*once was born into this beautiful but often hard and cruel world

*i passed final Math exam instead of my friend who studied in other university

*not being a dancer at all, took part in cultural dances contest in South Korea in 2018

*at 25 y.o. I entered municipal music school to learn playing piano and studied with children of 8-12 y.o. solfeggio during 5 years...🎼🎵🎶

Teach, Learn, Share

I am not very talkative, but with pleasure I can share some of my life stories and listen to yours, I can explain Bible a bit (if you're interested), cook some ukrainian meals, answer questions about Ukraine you are interested in, and give some help if i can.

What i would like to learn? - it depends on who I interact with. If I come to a new country I would like to get some tips - to know some rules of behavior and traditions, interesting sightseeings, local food and drinks and so on...maybe couple of phrases from local language to at least have some vocabulary for dummies😅

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, India, Nepal, South Korea, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Albania, Ukraine