Hi there. I'm doing an MA in Venetian art history and living in England at the moment. I've been studying art for the last six years and I'm inspired by loads of things, the most long-standing interests being medieval and avant-garde studies. I like changing direction once in a while though, so right now I'm doing a research on Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. I love literature and philology, even though it took me quite some time to get to this point. Reading is an absolute pleasure these days. The recently discovered passion is music - from Monteverdi and Beethoven, blues, jazz, and folk to techno and electronic music in general.

I enjoy being on the road and hitchhiking, enjoy having a certain destination so that it would be a challenge to get there and at the same time having none at all and travel wherever the road leads. I love cooking while having a glass of wine and listening to Nina Simone, long walks, wandering and getting lost, talking to strangers and when things happen by chance.

I like open-minded and quirky people

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is indeed a very true experience - discovering a place through the people who live there. I love sharing adventures and getting carried away while doing it

Interests

• arts
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• cooking
• languages
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• film photography
• theatre
• long walks
• maps
• good conversation
• rooftops
• medieval

Music, Movies, and Books

Jarmusch, Wenders, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Wes Anderson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've had some incredible road trips in Germany, Austria and Italy

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to read Cyrillic and Ancient Greek, or how to roll an inside out, you name it :)
I'd love to learn whistling tunes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Russian Federation, United Kingdom