*Live each and every moment of your life* Being originally from Russia, I've been always eager to see the world. I started with my own country as it's so big you can spend your whole life just to see all of its beauty. And then shaping myself as a true explorer, I got to travel abroad as much as I could. Working for a large international company as a public relations and communications professional for the last 9 years, I've always had the dream to dive into a big journey, something that can be hardly imagined with a 9-to-5 office schedule. Getting older is getting more honest with yourself, and that's the present I gave to myself when turning 32 this November. Taking my passion up to the next level, I've decided to take a break from my office routine and discover that new horizons I felt once back in 2011 while traveling to Samui for a small vacation. So the last couple of years I spent discovering beautiful Asia, time of great learnings, people and nature. At this very moment my destination is Moscow; WHAT ELSE...1) Reviews about me on AirBnB: https://www.airbnb.ca/users/show/51113386?locale=en

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I see travel and every trip as a new life. And life is nothing without new friends and acquaintances. When you travel some old-fashioned way, staying at hotels, going touristic ways everybody else goes - it is what I used to do - you never know the true spirit of place and its people. And, thus, you can hardly say how each new country you visit differs from the last one you've been to. I'm done with this approach;-)

Interests

• books
• photography
• meditation
• hiking
• camping
• languages
• road trips
• mindfulness
• russian literature
• movies and series
• saint petersburg

Music, Movies, and Books

Leo Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Anton Chekhov, Irvine Yalom
Movies: I watch tons of movies, these are those I can watch endlessly - In Time, Drive, Wild, Young Adult

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Say No to the routine I'd sticked to and have the courage to listen to my inner self and go for the big journey.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Russian Federation, United States