Hello everybody!

I'm Natalie, 30-years Ural girl. I'm easy-going, communicable and friendly.
My philosophy: Today I'm better than yesterday!

At May of 2019 I decided to leave my comfort zone and my job to live abroad.
Volunteering in hostels over the Europe for a few months I've decided to work and live in Croatia. And since 2020 - day by day learning how to be an expat in a Balkan country.

For 7 years my speciality was HR-management (human resourses), so as you already guessed – l'm interested to connect with people, especially with extraordinary and creative people.

I started with CS to simply see what locals see, and was insanely lucky to meet amazing people and friends in the community

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There are five the main reasons for couchsurfing:
1) to see the world
2) to meet new people
3) to start the brightest life ever
4) to have a practice in English
5) So it's time for adventure!

Interests

• arts
• contemporary art
• cooking
• meditation
• partying
• movies
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• extreme sports
• psychology
• mountains
• spirituality
• sea
• harry potter
• adrenaline
• meeting new people
• spicy food
• russian literature
• arthouse

Music, Movies, and Books

books: Ray Bradbury, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Lev Tolstoy, Fedor Dostoevsky, John Steinbeck
cinema: by Emir Kusturica, Pedro Almodovar, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Andrey Zvyagintcev etc.
also I like Tim Burton's fairytales , 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the rings' films
TV show: Game of thrones

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not only one!
I jumped with a parachute without an instructor, climbed to the top of the Ural mountain Iremel without any special preparation, jumped over a bonfire (haha that's some russian spring tradition)..
Quit my job to travel!
Got to the top of Olympic mountains alone at my birthday. That was extremely, but on the 2900meters you hear you thoughts and feel the sky. And that's unforgettable.
Haven't slept for 4 days.
Survived in Norway
Swimming in the mountain river (temperature of water was +10°c)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can tell you funny stories, can talk about theatre, interesting books, Harry Potter's reality, can cook amazing russian or international spicy food, can teach you russian traditions.
And if there was a medal for "the best listener ever", I would get it)))

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Romania, Russian Federation