A Russian guy from Moscow (non-smoking and non-drinking, prefer healthy lifestyle)
My Insta for more photos — vitalir_2 (or a link — https://www.instagram.com/vitalir_2)

I like:
- singing/karaoke — rock/pop (and some power metal) music, recently I've been studying in a music school
- active traveling like doing hikes/riding a bicycle/experiencing new things in general e.g. attending a cooking workshop
- learning languages — I used to study German for two years and now been studying Japanese for a few months, am native in Russian and somewhat fluent in English
- Japanese culture in general: the lifestyle, the cuisine, the people world view and so on; ofc anime/manga, that's from where everything started :)
- reading non-fiction on different topics: self improvement, business, psychology, health, IT-things, ..

Work remotely for a big tech IT company in Russia (Yandex Travel) as a tech mobile lead

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's about people
I love experiencing new things (and that's why traveling means a lot for me) but you cannot get a really unique experience traveling alone or with your close friends/gf/so on
To get a memorable experience, I believe, you have to meet new people, share you thoughts about different things, do some activities together, and see what would happen
In my experience, this moments are the most important and warmest to remember in our lives
And Couchsurfing helps you to create these memorable experiences

Unfortunately I don't host people because I live with parents (to save money) but in the future I hope to get the opportunity to do that too

Interests

• singing
• cooking
• anime
• reading
• traveling
• music
• rock music
• metal music
• karaoke
• hiking
• travel
• manga
• japan
• bicycling
• pop music
• bicycle
• self-development
• active lifestyle
• hiking in the mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music — Try, P!nk
Movies — Shawshank Redemption
Anime — Chivalry of a Failed Knight (there is an interesting story behind it)
Book, non-fiction — Atomic Habits (applied it in my own life many times); fiction — Harry Potter series

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went in a banya on the coast of the lake Baikal in February (when there is ice instead of the water and cars even ride on it) and go plunging to the lake after a few minutes in the banya

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
- IT stuff — from programming and programmer's mindset to ways of creating a smart house/apartment/..
- Cooking different dishes and some life hacks with cooking even simple ones
- Basics of singing — it's possible for everybody, you just shouldn't be scared of your own voice (of course that's not an easy thing to do so I can help)
- Russian language

Learn — idk, every new experience or connection is precious for me so it would be cool to learn new about my interests or something outside them

What I Can Share with Hosts

- A lifestyle of Russian people and what is really happening inside the country
- Stories, facts about the hobbies from the section 'About me' and some more

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, China, Egypt, Greece, Japan, Malaysia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation