CURRENT MISSION

- Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? - That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, - said the Cat. - I don't much care where, - said Alice. (c)
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Travelling, exploring, enjoying

ABOUT ME

Hm, what’s the first? Like in a line of the song: “I'm just a simple Russian girl, I’ve got vodka in my blood…”

Easy, it was a JOKE!!! I don’t drink alcoholic drinks, ever! :) Just don’t like it, neither wine, nor beer or champagne…. Even the most delicious liquor I shall not drink all the same :) You will persuade me infinitely, so take care of your and my time! :)
But this feature does not make me a dull begar, which is obsessed with healthy lifestyles. I calmly refer to people who drinks (in reasonable limits) in my community, and don't prevent them to do it.

From this it is clear that I do not smoke and I love sports, especially swimming. I was as a professional swimmer over 11 years, and nowadays I continue to swim, but just for fun and my soul :) It always lets me relax after a hard day, or vice versa, to get a good mood and cheerfulness in the beginning of day.
Swimming in something like playing the guitar, you have time to be alone with yourself, bring thoughts in order… you know. In this way I play guitar very often: when I’m sad, and when I’m happy; when I’m in love, and when my hard is broken. However I don’t like to play on the drinking bouts where everyone is asked to sing louder and more, not worrying about the sound quality and meaning. I prefer to play in small company of a few friends who respect your effort and vocal cords.

I told about my hard working days. Well, they are not always so hard :) I’m an architect, projecting low-rise luxury wooden cottages by AutoCAD, Archicad and other programs. Sometimes I have such crazy projects, when you sit during hours and grasp your poor head which does not understand how to implement any particular solution about something. But anyway I like it, it’s a part of work, which don’t let you boring.

I can talk about myself for hours, but I prefer dialogue though. In any case - ask, and I'll tell you more. But for this column that is enough :)

PHILOSOPHY

Wisdom is knowing how little we know. (c)
One good turn deserves another. (с)
Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk. (с)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a surfer, in the main, travelling mostly with my husband, but I hope we'll be host soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experience, too much to list.

Interests

I like movies, but mostly silent movie (with Charlie Chaplin, for example). People talk more than they think, and it makes life difficult. Although I like the old Soviet comedies.

I'm fascinated with a snowboard and mountain skiing. It's unforgetable, moving down the slope toward the sunrise, or under the soft rays of the setting sun. Especially I love do it in Lapland, where the fabulous snow-covered trees surround you on all routes.

• cats
• singing
• architecture
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• guitar
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• swimming
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books are my life, my present and past. As a schoolgirl I have read a half of our home library, not excluding some serious works of Dumas, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov.

My favorite books are:
"Crime and Punishment" (F. Dostoevsky)
"The Master and Margarita" (M. Bulgakov)
"Twelve chairs" (I.Ilf and E.Petrov)
"The lord of the rings" (Tolkien)
"Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)" (Jerome K. Jerome)
"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"
"Romeo and Juliet" (Shakespeare)
"Martin Iden" (Jack London)
"The little lady of the big house" (Jack London)
"Hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world" (Murakami)
"1Q84" (Murakami)
"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" (Murakami)
"The last of Mohicans" (Fenimore Cooper)
"Cabbages and Kings" (O. Henry)
"The Gentle Grafter" (O. Henry)
"The four million" (O. Henry)
"Heart of the west" (O. Henry)
"The voice of the city" (O. Henry)
"Roads of destiny" (O. Henry)
...and a lot of books of Pelevin, Oscar Wilde, Hofmann, Stendhal, Murakami, Ray Bradbury, Hemingway.

I'm a fan of good music, except for pop music, which is played on the radio every day. Some of my favorite musical bands are: Kino (V.Tsoy), Beatles, Scorpions, Billy's Band, Joe Bonamassa, Ennio Morricone, Prodigy, Rammstein, Joe Hisaishi, Zz Top, Slipknot, Avicii, Tom Waits, OOMPH, etc. Unbeaten for me the concerts of Haydn and Mozart. Especially I have a good drawing listening them.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

too much to list :) maybe later I'll remember something special and put my memories here :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to learn new things, especially from the locals (words of their languages, traditions, history of places, manners, songs, and other).
I can teach you how to cook shi, borsh and pancakes, say "babushka", "da" and "privet" and play "Grasshopper" song by guitar as well :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My good mood, always!

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation