CURRENT MISSION

Do as much as I can while I still have the chance

ABOUT ME

My name is Sveta (full name Svetlana), and I'm an avid traveler. I'm hooked on meeting new people and seeing a different slice of culture. I hate beach resorts. I recently graduated from college with a psych degree, and now I'm a freelance writer and sometimes dabble in film production. Overall, I'm a very outgoing and social person. I'm usually up for anything, especially with a new friend.

PHILOSOPHY

"If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed for two weeks in Scotland and my first hosts, who I stayed a week with, were absolutely fascinating, fun, and intelligent.

Since then I've hosted single travelers, as well as an entire band.

Interests

Travel, film, photography, dominoes, dancing, architecture... there's more that I can't think of. Those are the basics.

• culture
• writing
• architecture
• photography
• dancing
• traveling
• freelancing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Cry the beloved country, Dr. Faustus, The Little Prince

Movies: Forrest Gump, Moscow on the Hudson, Night on Earth, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Pulp Fiction, Amelie, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Goodbye Lenin!, Dear Frankie, Motorcycle Diaries, The Royal Tenenbaums, Almost Famous, Frida, pretty much anything by Pedro Almodóvar, Swept Away (the original Italian version, not with Madonna), Masculine Feminine

Music: The Beatles, Scissor Sisters, Simon and Garfunkle, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Queen, Gnarls Barkley, Mika, Old Crow Medicine Show, Johnny Cash, lots of jazz, some Russian music...I'll listen to just about anything

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept on a stranger's kitchen floor on my only night in Paris (before I knew CS existed)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States