CURRENT MISSION

Searching for my place in this world

ABOUT ME

Raccoon. Very curious, funny, active and could be nice sometimes:)

PHILOSOPHY

"When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself." - Jacques Yves Cousteau

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host CSfers, when I have such opportunity and surf couches around the world:) I have a lot of friends, who are CSfers, I participate in CS meeting in places, where I'm traveling and usually travel with CSfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed couches in France, Germany, Iran, Georgia, Turkey and hosted some people in Saint-Petersburg. When I was living in Germany for 4 months we made a lot of biketours with my friends and participated in CS events.

Interests

photography, hiking, sailing, reading, art, traveling around the world, theatre, racoons, French musicals, history, poetry, The A-team series

• arts
• poetry
• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• yachting
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• hiking
• sailing
• history
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
V. Hugo, A.Saint-Exupery, F.Dostoevsky, Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird", K.Kesey "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", D.Keyes"Flowers for Algernon", V. Shklovsky

movies:
Rang de Basanti, The secret life of words, Life is beautiful, Life is a miracle, Anima Mundi, Encouters at the end of the wolrd

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Played on the professional stage during the international theatre festival, crossed a supercold river in the mountains of Georgia, stayed at the helm of the sailing yacht at night for 3 hours, lived for 2 months above the arctic cyrcle, swam in the Baikal lake (deepest lake in the world)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach languages: Russian, English and a bit French. I can paint "matreshkas" and other wooden things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook russian or iranian dishes

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation

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