CURRENT MISSION

SIBERIA, LAKE BAIKAL and the TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS

ABOUT ME

I am a Master Student in International Development in Paris. I used to work in Estonia on the legacies of Communism and the USSR, however I was 'asked to leave' (not so nicely) by their government. After that I went to climb Mount Everest when the earthquake struck, I spent a few months after that raising materials and aid for three Nepalese villages in the Gorkha region, and in August I moved to Paris where I am doing my Masters!!! During my Bachelors years I studied the Soviet Union and Russian history/literature.

PHILOSOPHY

Be happy, you cannot make others happy without yourself being happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to host a trove of travellers in the Baltic capital of Tallinn since I had an apartment to myself. Now it is a bit more with Paris since I share a flat.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A lot of Polish people surf with me, I think Poles love me :P

Interests

travel, languages, food and most of all meeting new friends :) learning about others' thoughts on the world, life and love.

WINE - ITALIAN RED WINE :) but also coffee

• literature
• dining
• breakfast
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• traveling
• emergency services
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Russian literature: Tolstoy, Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Goncharov

Iberian/Latin American literature: Camões, Saramago, Pessoa, Cervantes, Zafón, J.L. Borges, Allende

Italian: Umberto Eco, Marlena de Blasi, Antonio Tabucchi

Pascal Mercier - Night Train to Lisbon & Perlmann's Silence

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen the Dalai Lama, met amazing people at seminars and forums, been to warzones and conflict areas and survive. Present in Taksim when the police started shelling us with smoke canisters and water canons.

Got deported, didn't deter me so I went to climb Mount Everest.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone has their own unique story and every single stories are unique in their own ways.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Couch, company, perhaps breakfast, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages, perhaps thoughtful and stimulating discussions.

My experiences on going up Everest, my not so nice experience in being deported and how I rebuilt my life after that event.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Kosovo, Laos, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom