IN NEAR EAST CURRENTLY

We are a young family of three: husband, working in IT, wife - speech and language therapist and grant writer and baby daughter.

I am working as a speech and language therapist with children. I've been involved in international youth work and projects for 13 years, participated in AEGEE organisation, Youth in Action/Erasmus+ program; was volunteering at Winter Paralympic Games 2014.
Husband has been living in South Korea, volunteered in Mexico and Iceland. He is experienced QA. Very decent, polite, calm, tactful person, he listens carefully to people and ready to help.

Kid's charming and smiling girl, obsessed with pets.

We are from Moscow and last year have been living in Moldova and now exploring Europe and Near East region.
We enjoy Near East so much now! I feel like I belong here.

That would be cool to be hosted by a local and experience an authentic vibe. We love to cook, reading books also we are neat at home and respect people around. We have board games with us also :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking to host and be hosted by enthusiastic people, who are full of love to life, depth, interests and sociable, also up to meet

Interests

Life, people, books, music, travelling, board games, kids, parentohood, Africa, history, table tennis, grantwriting, pedagogy, education, learning languages, guitar, trains, creation, badminton, children's and disability rights, walks, sea, psychology, deep conversations, Barcelona, airports, food, concerts, emotions

• books
• education
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• badminton
• teaching
• history
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Sigur Ros, Olafur Arnalds, Jake Shimabukuro, U2, Sunsay, Coldplay, Travis, Florence and Machine, R.E.M, Matisyahu, Pete Doherty, 5nizza, Noel Gallagher, Beirut, of Monsters and Men, Radiohead, Sia, Bastille

Into the wild, The art of travelling, Adam, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Documentaries, Grey's Anatomy, Girls, Less than perfect, The Arrival

Brene Brown, Erlend Loe, Ivan Bunin, Ivan Turgenev, Ray Bradbury, Anton Chekhov, Brotigan, Jules Verne

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helped to non-verbal child start speaking with phrases during our work
Gave a birth to a child
Climbed Machu Picchu on a honeymoon with a history of being a child with mobility disability
Treated long anxiety disorder
Survived several chronic pains
Won grants for non-governmental organizations

Teach, Learn, Share

Board games, Russian, English languages practice, postcards, cooking

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking pancakes, acoustic songs by guitar, lunch, breakfast, board games, English, Russian languages practice, walk in area, smiles, postcards, house parties

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Peru, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Moldova, Russian Federation, South Korea