I was a librarian for four years and would happily be a librarian forever, but life worked out differently.
I have done EVS in an archeological museum in Germany and it was the best year.
Now i'm working in an IT-company that's creating databases for museums, I'm doing tech support, making individual settings and teaching.
My dream job: drawing cartoons, but sadly I'm not good at any kind of drawing.

Things I love the most - travelling, eating and my cat Kardamon.
I like travelling alone more than with people and I'm eating mostly vegetarian, but once in a while I can't resist to a chicken pie or burger. I tried to be vegan, but it turned out I can't physically live without cheese.
I'm a certified baker and if you'll be lucky, I'll bake something when you'll be my guest. But most of the time I'm too lazy, sorry.

I love Saint-Petersburg very much, but I want to live in a small town somewhere far away. I have lived a big part of my childhood in Germany, and I speak German.

'Go then, there are other worlds than these' (Stephen King "The Dark Tower")

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Since I'm a very introverted person, Couchsurfing was a challenge for me and a way to come out of my comfort zone. I've been surfing for a long time and I've met the greatest people, and I decided that I will give back, since now I have finally my own place and can offer my couch.

Interests

discovering earth, space and food through reality and dreams, beautiful places, modern history, small cities

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• books
• literature
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• traveling
• music
• animation
• anthropology
• history
• science
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Peter Greenaway, David Lynch, Emir Kusturica, Werner Herzog, Wes Anderson, scandinavian movies, "The Boondock Saints", "Himmel ueber Berlin", "Dr.Strangelove", "Where the wild thing are", "Back to the Future", cartoons (!Secret of Kells, Sita sings the Blues, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wallis and Gromit, french animation), etc.

TV-Shows: Monty Python, Father Ted, Utopia, The Legion, The Office, Parks and Recreation, X-Files, Black Books, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, QI, Over the Garden Wall

music: Swans, Sigur Ros, Tool, Mogwai, Beirut, Nick Cave, Woven Hand, Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, Efterklang, the National, Nine Inch Nails, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Natural Snow Buildings, Rome, Deutsch Nepal, Murcof, Dead Can Dance, The Legendary Pink Dots, drone, dark ambient, dark folk.

books: Pavic is my ultimate favorite, Vian, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kafka, Stephen King, Hoeg, Eco, Perec, Stoppard, Vonnegut, Heller, Salinger, Oscar Wilde, Nabokov, Dovlatov, Bulgakov and other russian XX-century literature, Rimbaud, Douglas Adams, Huizinga, Foucault, Propp

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i hitchhiked alone through Iceland and it was my fist solo-trip and first hitchhiking experience

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you how to cook and to bake great stuff, or some funny facts about russian and scandinavian history and literature, if i'll have time, i can show you around my favorite places in Saint Petersburg

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation

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