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❀ Hello! ❀

I am a nerdy INTJ foodie from Lithuania with Russian/Ukrainian roots, living in the UK since 2014 (with a break in 2019-2021 that I spent in the USA).

Visiting friends was always deep in my family culture, I love the feeling of togetherness people share over a meal or simply tea and sweet treats while visiting each other's homes.

Now hosting together with my American husband Nathanael who I brought to Edinburgh from sunny Colorado, he is in IT, would be up for having a pint at a local pub or talking about anything history or video games.

We both work full time during the week so wont be able to hang out during the day much, but happy to have dinner together with guests either cooking or eating out, and we usually are more flexible on the weekends.

We also have a well-behaved indoor-only 9yo kitty - Furia. Hope you're okay with cats! She's a very chill lady who loves sleeping around the house and occasionally coming around for pets and attention, but only on her terms :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking for some meaningful connections from around the world

Interests

Japanese class on Mondays, choir on Wednesdays, boardgame club sometimes on the weekend and book club once a month. Some of my weeks are busy with activities and work but I try to make time for guests and travelling too 😁

I love good food, as well as trying different teas, making and tasting desserts, and most things Japan related.

Please note that I am not into drinking/clubbing/partying thing if you're here for that :)

More into chill exploring, coffee shops, eating & cooking, cozy activities like board games/movie nights etc

• culture
• photography
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• desserts
• baking
• japanese food
• anime
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• food
• tea
• japan
• fantasy
• cake
• pastry
• museums and exhibitions
• japanese culture
• japanese language
• dungeons & dragons

Music, Movies, and Books

❀ Music:
From Paramore, Twenty One Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Panic! At the Disco, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Honey Revenge, ABBA, Bon Jovi, Arctic Monkeys, MARINA, Imagine Dragons, Maneskin, One Republic, Green Day, Pink, Dadi Freyr, Oasis, Fall Out Boy, Breaking Benjamin... to J-pop/J-rock (One Ok Rock, Fujii Kaze, Yoasobi, Supercell), K-pop (Twice, Blackpink, BTS) to occassional Russian indie-pop like Monetochka or rock like Zemfira

❀ Movies:
I can enjoy different kinds of movies depending on my mood, sometimes you need to watch a simple comedy to relax, sometimes a thrilling detective, or a rom-com :)

Movies/shows: Sherlock (British version!), Harry Potter, Big Bang Theory, Friends, Supernatural, Groundhog Day, Interstate 60, Wednesday, Stranger things, The Great British Bake Off, Gilmore girls

Anime: Made in the Abyss, Spice and Wolf, Your Name, Steins Gates, Clannad, SAO, Rising of the shield hero, Gate, Kiki's Delivery Service, Frieren, Apothecary diaries, Solo leveling, Spy family, Delicious in Dungeon, Jujutsu Kaisen

Korean doramas: Boys over flowers and most doramas involving food 😁

❀ Books:
Self-improvement/psychology, fantasy, detectives, romance.
Recently joined a book club and we're getting into British literature:
Middle England by Jonathan Coe
Waverly by Walter Scott
The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli

Currently reading:
Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham

❀ Video games:
Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2, League of Legends, Sims, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, Life is Strange, Valheim, Raft, Minecraft, Hogwart's Legacy, Overcooked, Everlasting summer, Corpse Party, Runescape, Black Desert, Mabinogi, Yume Nikki, Ib, Mad Father, Doki Doki Literature Club

❀ Board games:
Catan, Pandemic, Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, Carcassonne, Mafia/Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, Exploding Kittens, Dixit, Alias, Sounds Fishy, The Chameleon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I moved to the UK when I was 18, just 2 months after graduating high school. I've never thought about living in another country just ~9 months before the move, then one day decided to become a pastry chef and travel some place new!

Then again, I moved to another continent (the USA) at 23yo, leaving my whole life (but the cat 😺) behind once more, but always wanted to come back to UK (thanks to COVID it took longer lol) and here I am! 😁

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach some words in any language I know (kindly don't ask me for swear words! :D).
As well as we can cook/bake some delicious food and can also recommend some nice places to eat

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share my food/travelling/living abroad experiences, bring snacks and souvenirs and can offer company as I'm a good listener

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Lithuania, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States