Hi! We are Tasha and David, 24 y.o. and 22 y.o. young people who dream to explore the world and create a community of people who share our values. Originally Tasha is from Moscow (Russia), but live in Tbilisi (Georgia) for the last year. David is from Tel-Aviv (Israel), but also live in Tbilisi.

Tasha is the influencer and has the blog on Instagram about slow live, mental health, feminism and ecology; feminist researcher; ecology popularizer and documentary film director. She is warm, kind and emphatic person, open minded, easy-going, funny, enthusiastic and energetic, but quiet and thoughtful at the same time. Tasha’s Instagram acc: tashatale

David is the generalist designer, but now focus on ceramic stuff and graphic design. David is well versed in tea and can give a tea ceremony for you. David is generous, caring, profound, emphatic, comfortable, curious and open minded. David’s Instagram acc: david.vakker

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are just open persons who want to explore the world, share our experience of life and find people around the world who value the same things: human and woman rights, ecology, mental health, caring as the main political force and slow life.

Interests

• photography
• film making
• traveling
• hiking
• ecology
• volunteering
• nature
• instagram
• lgbt
• feminism
• vintage
• open mind

Music, Movies, and Books

Tasha love jazz and electronic music like Peggy Gou and Tourist, but also i love ethnical modern music like Daha Braha and modern soul like Jungle - something light, dancing and positive (if a sunday morning was a music). David’s favourite music is bird orchestra :))

As a director of documentary film Tasha prefer documentary cinema: her favourites are “Koyaanisqatsi”, “Welcome to Checnya”, “Raving Riot” and “Solutions locales pour un désordre global”. David’s favourite cinema is nature: he literally love to goes out, climbs to a mountain and just watch for bees, flowers and sky.

As a feminist Tasha likes feminist authors like Virginie Despentes (her book "King Kong Theory" is my favourite one), Kathy Acker, Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux, Maggie Nelson, Audre Lorde, Liv Strömquist, etc. David loves psychology and philosophy books and books for mind set changing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Tasha can share her professional experience about blog making in Instagram, tell a lot of nuances about Russia and emergency emegration, discuss feminist books or just listen electronic music together :)) David can treats you different Chinese tea, tell a lot of interesting things about tea culture and gives you a tea ceremony. Also we would like to treat you a traditional georgian sweets and tell you 5 reasons to visit Georgia!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Czech Republic, Germany, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Israel, Russian Federation