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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning German, Spanish
  • 28, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • scientist
  • BA Physics, MA Chemistry
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I am a theoretical physicist/chemist, who loves to travel the world and meet new people. Due to the specifics of my job and research I often travel to Universities around the world, while I stay at these new places, I love to meet the locals and to make the most out of my time.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet the locals at any place that I go to. From my experience, I really fall in love with cities and places when I can explore it with someone who knows it very well. I think that every place has a special energy and understanding it make me want to come back more and more.

Interests

I love science and scientific research takes up most of my time. I also love sport- in the winter mountain skiing and hiking in the summer, swimming and yoga are also a favourite. I love to cook mindfully and to enjoy local foods in anywhere I go. I also help my friends run a local recycling company in St.Petersburg called "99recycle". We recycle plastic by hand at try to raise awareness of the plastic pollution problem

  • music
  • skiing
  • physics
  • mountains
  • travelling
  • hiking,

Music, Movies, and Books

I explore music every day and always find something new, I set myself mo limits so I like almost every kind of music
My fav books are probably "Idiot", "Martin Eden", "Lust for Live" and many others. I also enjoy to read biographies and historical literature.
I have many favourite films, I love the works of Kubrick, Lars von Trier,Yorgos Lanthimos, Sergio Leone, Pedro Almodovar and Christopher Nolan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I managed to get a cold in India

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to share my knowledge in any areas of my competence, like Russian language, physics and chemistry. But also I'm happy to share my opinion on almost anything and to discuss the world

What I Can Share with Hosts

my sense of humour and great hand-make vegan sweets

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Myanmar, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

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