CURRENT MISSION

a student of the Latvian Academy of Culture

ABOUT ME

I am always ready to meet and get to know new people from every part of the world. It always fascinates me how people from totally different cultures can find a lot of things in common. As for now, I dont really have a big opportunity to travel around the world, thats why I like listening to peoples stories about the area they come from and their traditions.
I am interested in various things - reading, music, travelling, politics, history, culture... If I feel comfortable with a person, then its really hard for me to be quiet, I love talking to people :D
Im always ready to learn sth new, to discover the undiscovered, and I often agree on doing sth crazy and unplanned - trying to get the best from the life.

PHILOSOPHY

"Time is not important, important is a person" Not a really beautiful translation of a true thing which was said by latvian poet Imants Ziedonis.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I was hosting people while doing my Erasmus in Tromsø, Norway, but now as I live in a shared room in Riga, I cannot host anyone unfortunately

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I dont really have a big couchsurfing experience, but Im looking forward to hosting and to being hosted as well.

Interests

I really like electronic/indie/post-rock music - listening to various bands and DJs, attending concerts&festivals, volunteering at them; I enjoy travelling and meeting people from different countries; I am DJing too - playing techno music mostly

https://www.instagram.com/valerijazelve/

• culture
• concerts
• festivals
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• rock music
• camping
• history
• study abroad
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, The Perfect Sense, Girl,Interrupted, Donnie Darko, Forrest Gump, Last Night
Music - James Blake, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Bonobo, Maribou State, Crystal Castles, Alt J, Foals
https://soundcloud.com/valeria-zhelve

Books - The Catcher In The Rye, The Norwegian Wood, Crime&Punishment, Lolita, The Magus

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working in American English summer camp; going to Taize; hitchhiking Macon - Cluny - Taize; being a volunteer at the Positivus festival; seeing Northern lights

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, Norway