Hey there :)

Katerina is my full name, but most people call me Tia now. I come from Kazakhstan, but I had lived 5.5 years in Moscow, Russia, and started traveling the world in 2018. My longest journey lasted 3.5 months, and I traveled 8 countries, and now I intend to keep exploring the world almost forever (or until I find a place where I feel like home).

I am a digital-marketing specialist and I work remotely, but I also tutor adults English in the same EdTech startup where I work. People say I have a warm aura and generally enjoy my presence, but I can be introverted and sometimes need quiet moments (That's when I stay in hotels, haha).

I love reading a lot, and I can give you lots of book recommendations. I also had many story-worthy experiences in my life, and I enjoy exchanging them with interesting people. Humans resemble books a lot: we all have our backstories, and we all live an endless plot of our life. Stories are my biggest priority nowadays. I want to live a life I can tell my grandchildren about when we eat my signature apple pie at the huge dinner table.

Let me know if you'd like to know me better :)

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I joined CS in 2018 before my first journey to Amsterdam & Paris. It has been a remarkable experience, it opened my eyes to the world of 'locals, not tourists', and ever since I was using CS occasionally when I traveled. Even in my homecoutry, Kazakhstan, I stayed with a girl from CS, and we're close friends now! Same goes for people I met in Amsterdam, Istanbul and many other places.

I still enjoy the feeling of exploring places like a local, it means a lot to me to emerge into the culture and, with all due respect, become a temporary part of it.

兴趣

• music festivals
• cooking
• music
• freelancing
• languages
• youtube
• food
• english
• videography
• new cultures
• europe
• new experiences
• communication
• eurovision
• media
• happiness
• new friends
• chat
• swedish
• new places
• sweden
• video production
• cooking and baking
• smm
• media studies

音乐、电影和书籍

I am very open to new genres when it comes to music, and what I listen to sorely depends on the vibe I am feeling now. For instance, I have periods when I listen to classics only because I get tired of the voice & lyrics. However, I am a wordlover most of the time, so I enjoy songs with deep meaning and good production. My latest favorites are Hozier, Gracie Abrams, turkish singer Güneş, and Måneskin.

I don't watch movies much since my attention span is like 3 minutes, but I do love cartoons. I am a child at heart forever, and I can rewatch How to train your dragon endlessly. But I do love Tick, Tick... Boom! and Burlesque, so movies-wise I prefer musicals.

Books. My endless passion. Lately, I became a booktok-girl, so I collect fantasy and romantic fantasy, like Cruel Prince by Holly Black, but I also can appreciate something 'solid' like Remark and Nabokov (my favorite Russian author!).

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Hitchhiked 397 km around Balkans in 10 days, thus, discovered Bosnia and Herzegovine, Albania and Montenegro in a ways no one could walk for me.

教，学，和分享

I can be many things, but most permanent trait of mine is being open to new knowledge

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

My stories, my soul, my songs. And some great memories.

我游览过的国家

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

我居住过的国家

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation