CURRENT MISSION

Try to settle down and organize my life :) But once you've tried to travel, you'll never stop, as the world is full of beautiful places ;)
Sometimes I write a personal stuff here: https://medium.com/@sashamiklashonok.
Stories about trips will be included as well in the future :)
I've just started to post my traveling photos here:
https://www.instagram.com/mytravelingmosaic/
If you're curious, check them out ;)

ABOUT ME.
Curious about different cultures and social group interactions.
Adore rain sounds.
Coffee and book lover.
Like drinking tea and having nice talks.
Interested in feminism as a historical movement.
I've recently stopped eating meat and fish.
Started to practice meditation.
I neglect religion as an institution, but I believe that God exists.
Adore French music and musicals.
Love the feeling of traveling alone with my backpack, as it gives me the opportunity to be open with the world. And I've noticed that meeting new people sometimes helps you to see things from the other perspective and change your mind about them.
I can't stay in one place for a long time, that's why I travel :)
Fall in love with Ireland after having visited it <3
I wanna learn Farsi and visit Iran in the nearest future :)
Adore the Italian culture and language. So if you're native or can speak in it I'd like to practice my Italian with you.

Btw, despite the stereotype about Ukrainians, I hate drinking and smelling vodka (horilka is a Ukrainian variant :P)

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

1) It's the best way to know about the other cultures, and when I don't travel, it helps me to feel the moments of adventures again.
2) I like showing around and telling some historical moments about Kyiv and Ukraine. So, if you want to know better about the city I will be open to share my knowledge with you :)

Interessen

• writing
• photography
• civil rights
• yoga
• meditation
• gender studies
• history
• languages
• psychology
• sociology
• films
• cultures
• feminism
• management
• copywriting
• ux design
• uxwriting

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Music: All types, but I prefer listening to rock music. My favorite groups and singers: Gregory Lemarchal, Indila, Sting, Rammstein, Within Temptation, Stromae.
Literature: Remark, Hugo, Roberto Saviano, Oriana Fallaci, Hannah Arendt, Slavenka Drakulic', Barbara Sher, "Bookseller from Kabul", "The Power of Now" by E.Tolle, "Undeterred: The Six Success Habits of Women in Emerging Economies" by Rania Habiby Anderson, 'The Sapiens' by Yuval Noah Harari
Films: L'auberge espagnol, Eat, Pray, Love; Les Miserables, Queen of the Desert, The book thief, Despite the Falling Snow, Seven Years in Tibet, Lion, Persepolis, The Star Wars, Wonder Woman, The Kite Runner, Disobedience, I am Belfast.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I volunteered in France and learned how to do cement and did other constructional works :D We built the wall near Medieval Castle near Issoire :)
Survived epidemiology at university :D
Monthly crazy trips around Europe but wanna come back again in some countries again and see them from the other perspective :)
I spent 2 days, living in the Palestinian refugee camp, in West Bank.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I'm not a good cooker, the only thing that I can make is borsch:) It could be also a Ukrainian word, a story or how the students from humanities may survive statistics :D
I'd like to learn some words from your native language and to know more about your country :)

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

The stories about Ukraine and souvenirs or chocolate from my home country :)

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

France, Georgia, Italy, Poland, Ukraine