I grew up in Michigan, was born in Russia, lived in Chicago, Colorado, Ecuador, and now Washington state. Nature, travel, and learning are all important to me. I like experiencing little slices of the lives of others.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

My friend Ferris and I allowed to work remotely for a few weeks as we travel - so would love to share space with anyone kind enough to share some wifi, and then explore new areas and new connections ( will help you make dinner or tidy up the house, if you'd like). I much prefer staying with friends/hostels/CS hosts when I travel - my experiences with CS so far have all been wonderful, safe, and fun.

兴趣

rock climbing, reading, exploring cities, attending talks/lectures, podcasts, soccer, biking, volleyball, mejorando mi español, bars, museums, running, concerts, hiking, comedy

• politics
• reading
• traveling
• rock climbing
• soccer
• biology
• geography
• study

音乐、电影和书籍

tunes: any blues from the mississippi delta, reggaetón, garage rock, classical piano and cello, rap, russian folk music, salsa caleña

books: usually nonfiction (most recently city planning stuff like 'death and life of great american cities' and 'traffic'), sometimes philosophy (most recently foucault, kierkegaard, arendt). if fiction - ted chiang, fear and loathing in las vegas, murakami, GOT, john steinbeck/

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

successfully caught a sandwich thrown at me while i was riding a bike

教，学，和分享

- taught ESL to middle school kids for a summer in Colombia
- volunteered at hostels, the best one was in Ecuador where I led group hikes up a volcano
- i lived in co-op in college for a year where we hosted couchsurfers in our basement :)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

- will practice russian/spanish/english with you
- cooking/cleaning up after
- can jam on guitar/piano/bass
- will complain about politics with you
- belay partner
- good conversation (i mean, hopefully. what if i'm actually the most boring person??)
- running partner

我游览过的国家

Austria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

我居住过的国家

Russian Federation, United States