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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • I am an artist and a dancer.
  • I have finished a private school for girls in the UK and ...
  • From Born in Moscow, live in London!
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To find myself and spread love and joy around the world!

ABOUT ME

I am a really fun, crazy, random, spontaneous person! I am a citizen of this planet and loving every minute of it!

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that there is only love on our planet! I live to experience, and everything counts, no matter how big or small, positive or...not so positive. I believe in the flow of life, and think that if everyone followed their heart without fear or judgement, the world would be a wonderful place. Even more wonderful than it is already! I'm a big hippy really :D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well I haven't had any experience yet, however I was inspired by a couple of friends who have travelled alone around the world with the CS project and absolutely loved it!

Interests

I am a painter and photographer. I am very interested in human beings and love to capture their individuality on camera or canvas. I have also danced all my life and tried everything from: ball room and salsa to street jazz and pole dancing. I currently dance Argentinian Tango and Modern Jive!!

  • arts
  • books
  • dancing
  • tango
  • walking
  • reading
  • jazz

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite movies: Amelie, Forest Gump, The curious case of Benjamin Button, Gataca, Mama Mia, The notebook and of course... Yes Man!

Music: anything happy

Books: my favourite book in the entire world is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, it is a wonderful love story, written beautifully, definately worth reading!#
Also "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran is also a wonderful book!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is actually quite a long story, but I'm going to tell it. It was Valentines day 2008, however that was totaly insignificant, could have been any other day. I was dating an artist at the time, and we had aranged to meet in London and go see an art exhibition. Earlier on in the week I had bought what I thought was a present for him. It was a little book, which was very beautiful. It told a story about an orphan girl whom nobody liked, and she was all alone in the world. The orphanage thought her odd because she was always alone. They desperately wanted to get rid of her and were looking for any excuse to do so. One day they saw the girl put something inside a tree in the play ground. They thought she was hiding something, and decided this was enough to get her removed from the orphanage. They sent her away, never to be seen again. Later on somebody decided to go down and have a look at what she had hidden in the tree. It was a little note which read:

"To whoever finds this....I love you"

.................when i read this book it almost made me cry, and so I bought it in the hope that my boyfriend might understand it, which i knew he wouldnt. I had wrapped it up and was carrying it with me on the train to London.
At the time I was reading "The Prophet", another wonderful book. The train had just pulled into another station and the doors opened. Some people came in, and I felt the energy of a man walk past me into another carriage. I didn't think much of it, until I felt the same energy come back again, and sit a few seats away on the other side of the train. I looked up and smiled at the man, he smiled back. There was something wonderful and mysterious in his smile. I was flooded with a feeling of recognition, even though I had never seen this man before in my life.
Then something magical happened. It was as if a portal had opened up and I could hear him talking to me, as if telepathically. He saw what I was reading and smiled knowingly. He asked me if the book was good and I said yes. He asked me about my life, if I am happy etc. and I answered, without ever uttering a single word. My stop was next on the train and I realised that the book I was carrying in my bag was not for my boyfriend....no, it was for this man. As the train stopped, I stood up, walked over to where he was sitting. As I handed him the book, I simply said "I think this is for you", he smiled at me and said "thank you"......I walked out of the train and never saw that man again. I felt as though I was walking on a cloud all day long...I was so high on life and love. The contents of the book were so important, because I had basically told the stranger that I love him, and in that moment, I really did. A segment of a cake realises it is part of a whole.

It was the best day of my life...I will never forget that day.

Teach, Learn, Share

-You can change your life in an instant, all you have to do is make the decision and you are half way there.
- anything is possible! Literally anything, all you have to do is desire it and it shall unfold in a magical way.
- In my experience, everything happens for a reason, which means you can live without regrets or worries, knowing that every moment of your life is exactly as it should be.

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