CURRENT MISSION

riding rainbows and learning to play ukulele

ABOUT ME

I want to know everything and understand how the world works. Traveling, learning and exploring are my passions.

I'm 26 years old. I do yoga. I worked as an English teacher at a private language school in Saint Petersburg, but right now thanks to Fulbright I'm teaching Russian at a small liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania.
I'm going back home quite soon and my feelings about that are not clear to me:)

I recently got an ukulele and am torturing my roommates trying to play it.

My mum says I'm fun to hang out with and I have no reasons not to believe her.

Peace

PHILOSOPHY

What goes around comes around.
You can learn from anyone or anything. Even from a cat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much, but I hosted and surfed a couple of times.
I would like to become more involved.

Interests

Books, films, music, cycling, teaching, sometimes cooking, micro-gardening (which means I try to grow some things in my small apartment)
I'm watching series of lectures on human behavioral biology from Stanford right now.

• cats
• arts
• books
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• biology
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books are The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman.

A couple of names: MGMT, Air, Boards of Canada, Radiohead, Beirut, The Knife, Magnetic Fields, Kings of Convenience, RHCP, Matisyahu etc.

Movies: Hayao Miyadzaki's films, The Lord of the Ring, Eternal Shine of the Spotless Mind, Barbarella, Love Actually, Sita Sings the Blue, old Soviet films and cartoons

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once stayed in a house on a mountain and every morning saw a carpet of clouds underneath our balcony.
I believe the biggest adventures are still ahead of me!

Teach, Learn, Share

Since I'm a teacher, I can teach you Russian. A couple of words at least.
We could cook herring in a fur coat! Intriguing, isn't it?:)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, India, Israel, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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