CURRENT MISSION

Culture, adventure, learning

ABOUT ME

I'm living in Jerusalem for a short time, with goals to travel, read, draw, and write. I visited Israel last year and loved it, so I came back to live with a friend for a while. I'm an archivist and love Russian history and literature. I also run and hike and am happy to be somewhere relatively warm for the winter so that I can spend more time outdoors!

PHILOSOPHY

Create your own reality. Find opportunities, believe in possibilities.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met a few couchsurfers in Israel and was hosted in Jerusalem. It was a great experience.

Interests

Nature! I try to go hiking or backpacking as much as possible. I'm learning Russian and hope someday to know 5 languages (a very long-term goal).

• culture
• literature
• running
• traveling
• drawing
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I read a lot of Russian literature, my favorites being Dead Souls by Gogol, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, My Half-Century by Akhmatova, and Lolita by Nabokov. I also love English and American lit--Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde. I'm a big fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I read books about writing and about the human experience, such as Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Read it. It will change the way you think.

I love indie music of the singer/songwriter variety. Lou Barlow, Mason Jennings, Hayden, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Regina Spektor, Kate Nash. And whimsical bands with playful music--DeVotchka, Beirut, Decemberists, Shearwater, Bodies of Water.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went inside the Red Pyramid in Egypt. Got insomnia during the White Nights in St. Petersburg. Road trip through Israel.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Egypt, France, Ireland, Israel, Philippines, Russian Federation, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States