CURRENT MISSION

Слава Україні / Glory to Ukraine
still trying to create the fabula of my life

ABOUT ME

LGBT activist, ex-pretending-to-be politician, introverted but love communicating with people from different backgrounds. I walk a lot, read a lot, watch a lot of still and moving images, sometimes I travel to explore cultures and know more about myself. Also full of contradictions.

PHILOSOPHY

My life is the best example of my philosophy. In general, interested into applied philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Could be a good guide here in the city or further in the country. Can be a nice guest and a good friend for hosts - not picky and well-mannered.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have traveled several times, been hosted in Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, New York, Washington. Met some Couchsurfers who were hosted by my friends. Hosted several people in my little place, too.

Interests

Exploring new fields of music, cinema, literature. Maps, numbers, graphs.
Politics and philosophy, discussions on how the world is and how things work.
Specialty coffee and craft beers.

• arts
• culture
• architecture
• human rights
• walking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• communications
• geography
• history
• languages
• cinema
• lgbt
• activism
• beyonce
• liberalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Classical-era movies, L. von Trier, P. Almodovar, I. Bergman, F. Fellini, M. Antonioni (Dancer in the dark, Cabiria's nights, Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf).
Soul, jazz, blues, folk, rnb, classical, pop-rock music (from Beyonce to Lithuanian folk songs to dub step to contemporary classical).
J. Barnes, G.G. Marquez, J.L. Borges, F. Kafka, J. Cortazar, J. Barnes books, existentialism, magical realism.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Erasmus in Madrid - 5 best months in my life.
Being an official candidate to the Parliament.
Participating in an international project "Promoting tolerance".

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach Lithuanian, English, basic Spanish or Russian. Also environmentalism, communication, IT, cooking, tourism, things about Eastern Europe, art.
I am good at geography, history, popular culture and media, communication science, mobile technologies.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Northern/Eastern European point of view, our history and philosophy, traditions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Lithuania, Spain