CURRENT MISSION

To live in the moment.
To be a favourite Hello and the hardest Goodbye.

And to get better at blogging! Check out my travels on IG @solo.worldadventure or YouTube, and let me know what you think! :) https://youtube.com/channel/UC4xbNDgYTDtqsn8Nlvd2Zkw

ABOUT ME

An eternal student of life :)

Anton Chekhov once said: “How many languages do you know – that many times you are human.” From my experience, that is true. Different cultures live in slightly different worlds and are human in slightly different ways. I wish to experience as many of these as possible on my life journey. Maybe I'll find one I like.

I stand at the end of a long trip right now, having finished a number of big life projects. I'm not sure where to go next, and it felt like a good time to take a break and reflect. There must be more to life than the 9-to-5, right? So I'm on a 2 year trip to see the Eurasian continent. Please join my journey :)

PHILOSOPHY

Healthy body - healthy mind.
Mind over matter!
What goes around comes around.
Take the good with the bad.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love CS - it's such a wonderful community of kind, sharing and open people. I am happy to be one of them and to share my stories and experiences with this big family.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It started with me couchsurfing in Geneva after a disappointing hitch-hike around northern Italy. The experience was so up-lifting and heart-warming that I was hooked on CS once and for all.

Since then, I've surfed more than hosted, but once I have stable accommodation I hope I'll be able to host more!

Interests

Travelling, yoga, hiking, reading, riding, skiing, chess, salsa/bachata, Argentine tango, board games, FOOD, theater, and my research.
Truth is: everything interests me. It's hard to find a topic which I know nothing about. but you are welcome to try! I always want to learn more.

Music, Movies, and Books

It varies. Mostly sci-fi related things and classics. I'm currently trying to make my way through Dostoevsky. Other favourite authors include Iain M Banks, Terry Pratchett, Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, Nikolai Gogol, Charles Dickens, Jack London, Thomas Mayne Reid, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Frank Herbert, Mikhail Bulgakov, Joseph Heller, Douglas Adams, Rafael Sabatini, Jules Verne, George Orwell, H. P. Lovecraft and others. A bit of a mix, eh?

Movies... I like sci-fi and old American rom-coms (from the 1980s and 90s). Current favourite is the Groundhog's Day. I do enjoy clever films, political films, historical films, films about life and purely visual films, but I don't like overly, pointlessly sad films because there is enough sadness in life without them. If I choose to take time away from my ever-present research and watch a movie, it's gotta be something inspiring.

Music... it varies with the mood. Currently stuck on chill electro jazz like this: https://youtu.be/FBn7QPQaVPo

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hitch-hiked from England to Morocco, slept among orange trees in Spain, taught English in the Himalayas, went skiing and horse riding in Kazakhstan, cycled Polish forests on a flimsy city bike, met reindeer beyond the Arctic Circle, hiked into the Norwegian mountains in ballerina shoes to see a fjord, interviewed Russian authorities, traveled the world on a scanty student stipend. Many amazing, hilarious and terrifying things, but too many to put here, so just ask me.

Teach, Learn, Share

Could teach a bit of everything - from how to cook something, to English language, to a personalised workout or some salsa.

Will learn and share everything else.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, recipes, travel advice, whatever life wisdom you might think I have.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nepal, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

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