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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning German
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • No occupation listed
  • University of Virginia, major: history. MGIMO University ...
  • From Moscow, Russia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

travel travel travel

ABOUT ME

I lived in Seattle, Washington; San Jose, California; Berkeley, California; Bethesda, Maryland; St. Paul, Minnesota; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (went to school in Munich); Washington, DC. Was born in Moscow and that's my home, spend every summer and winter breaks there. I went to college at the wonderful University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. During this time I spent a semester studying abroad in Berlin, Germany. Currently I am finishing up a masters programs in International Relations, a joint degree between Berlin and Moscow. Next year I am looking to start a phD program in Moscow.

PHILOSOPHY

"my religion is kindness." - Dalai Lama

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Interests

archaeology and expeditions. the vienna secession. frogs. sushi. l'oreal kids. siberian dear-herding boots at negative 20 degrees celsius. klimt. dried fruit. history. ctenophores. tea (green with jasmine). sticky rice. dostoevsky. the google widget for unit conversion. meandering rivers. hummus. translations. new years. wrapping paper with a grid on the reverse side. big mugs. the sky in holland.

  • traveling
  • history
  • international relations
  • religion
  • rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music: beatles, RHCP, bob marley, dispatch, dinah washington, dave matthews band, audioslave, turin brakes, kings of convenience, edith piaf, eagles, one song by colin hay, coldplay, mates of state, damien rice, patricia kaas.

Favorite Movies: Amelie, Munich, Life is Beautiful, the Graduate, Big Fish, Great Expectations, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Возвращение, Осенний Марафон, Гараж

Favorite Books: The Idiot, The Master and Margarita, 1984, The Giving Tree, Brave New World, Heaven Has No Favorites, Land of the Firebird.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

During a roadtrip through Eastern Europe, my friends and I were driving in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere in Ukraine on a dark, unlit road. It was so dark, we didn't even know what was growing in the field to either side of the road. As we went on, we became more and more curious. Finally, in a bout of curiosity, the driver veered around and turned the car perpendicular to the road, headlights facing in the direction of the field. We were immediately BLINDED by the sight of thousands upon thousands upon thousands of incredible huge yellow sunflowers facing us, glowing in our headlights in the middle of the blackness of the ukrainian countryside night. That endless sunflower field under the stars, with no horizon and no one around, is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. (see picture)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation, United States

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