2024 update. Hello everyone, my name is Elena. I grew up in St Petetersburg, Russia. Later I had a chance to live in Hangzhou, China where I taught English to kids and Nepal where I spent the pandemic year. Both were great experiences. I work as a trekking guide. And I love nature, especially mountains. Also I'm interested in traditional culture and music, contemporary ballet, watercolour painting, tea culture, meditation and spiritual practice.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I love having people in my house, old friends and new people. Couchsurfing is great in getting people together and I am enjoying the experience. I have found lots of meaningful connections through Couchsurfing and I will be forever grateful for that

兴趣

• books
• baking
• painting
• mountains
• trekking
• dance
• rockclimbing
• traditional music

音乐、电影和书籍

Books:
fiction:
kite runner by hosseini, seven years in tibet by harrer, 12 chairs, golden calf by ilf and petrov, illusions by r bach, perfume by suskind, 99 francs by beigbeder, gambler by dostoevski, dersu uzala by arseniev, god is my broker by buckley, catcher in the rye by salinger, defence, laughter in the dark by nabokov, evenings on a farm near dikanka, viy, nose, overcoat, dead souls by gogol, 100 years of solitude by marquez, buddha's little finger (clay mashine gun) by pelevin, white guard, heart of a dog, master and margarita by bulgakov, animal farm - orwell, village and other works by bunin...

I also really enjoy non-fiction:
the choice: embrace the possible by dr. edith eva eger, history of god by k armstrong, moody bitches by julie holland, dopamine nation by anna lembke, indocile child of biosphere by dolnik, public enemies by burrough, war's unwomanly face by alexievich, guns, germs and steel by diamond, solomon volkov's books on cultural history of russia, on aggression by lorenz, short history of nearly everything by bryson, pavel fokin's book series "klassiki bez glyantsa"

spiritual:
surrender experiment, untethered soul by singer, the diamond cutter by roach

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I went on two solo trekking trips in the Himalayas

我游览过的国家

Austria, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, South Korea, Sweden, Ukraine

我居住过的国家

China, Nepal, Russian Federation

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