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St Petersburg, St.-Petersburg, Russia
@sofia-shim
Member since 2018
Open-minded person with a life-long dream of coming to NZ finally ready to come true. Friends describe me as honest, reliable, open-hearted and creative and most of all I love to travel. 2 small kids had my travelling cease for a while, but I'm willing to start seeing new places again!
Interested in Animals
Interested in Cats
Fluent in English
Learning German
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I want to exchange experience of living in different countries and enjoy speaking English in real life, ana it's also great for my kids to see how people and languages vary and it's fascinating to discover new ones.
Music, Movies, and Books
modern classics, epic soundtracks, jass, blues, rock and roll, ethnic
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Got 3 graduate certificates at one time - took a lot of effort to become Economist, Translator and Teacher. Moved to Moscow to boost my career, then moved back to StPetersburg to raise 2 great boys. Got 2 cats from the street nourished and happy. Once I bought a horse to save its life.
Teach, Learn, Share
I enjoy learning languages, I write articles in Russian, translate from English and watch English films, read books; also I know a bit of German and Spanish.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I enjoy learning languages, I write articles in Russian, translate from English and watch English films, read books; also I know a bit of German and Spanish. So I can teach you some funny Russian words and traditions or superstitions.