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Overview

  • 76 references 41 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian; learning Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Jack of all trades
  • international economics, MD
  • From Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

find peace

ABOUT ME

Relaxed, laid-back, easy-going guy, eager to find out more about myself and the world I live in. Something in the middle between party animal and book worm. Currently living a hermit life but it might change soon.

PHILOSOPHY

The World Is a Book and Those Who Do Not Travel Read Only One Page.

Carpe diem!

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become" Buddha.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is the best way to experience the country and it's culture, to dissolve in it, I would say... Also cs helps you find friends all over the world. So I recommend it to everyone who wants to broaden one's mind.

Interests

Meeting new people, visit new places, experience new feelings, learning more about other cultures. In love with history, geography, movies, wine, hiking, hitch-hiking, yoga, philosophy, life...

  • culture
  • books
  • yoga
  • partying
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • sports
  • geography
  • history
  • hitchhiking
  • budget travel
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: all kinds, especially lounge, chill, chillhouse, funky house, blues, folk (Balkan, Indian, Irish...).

Books: Tolkien "Lord of the Rings", Beigbeder "99 francs", Dostoevskyi "Crime and Punishment", Frankl "Say "Yes" to Life", Lion Feuchtwanger "Jew Suss", Salinger "The Cather in the Rye", Hugo "Notre Dame de Paris", Lermontov "Hero of our time", Mario Puzo "The Godfather".

Movies: 7 years in Tibet, The Pianist, Interstellar, The Game, Inception, The Aviator, The Motorcycle Diaries.

Series: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Ozark, The Last of Us, Three Body Problem.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quitting my job and starting travelling all over Scandinavia, Germany and Poland by hitch-hiking (43 days) having 100 euro in my pocket.

Working as a cabin crew for Emirates.

Spending a night on a Trolltunga in Norway without tent in September, with the lemming getting into my sleeping bag over my face) meeting a sunrise in the mountains after that=)

Rope jumping (30 m)

Hitch-hiking Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-Turkey-France-Luxembourg-Germany-Netherlands-Belgium-Andorra-Spain (almost 6 months) with 100 euro.

Living a hermit life for years.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Ukrainian, Russian or English, talk on almost any subject, some yoga exercizes, and cooking deruny =))

I would love to learn as much as possible about different cultures, history and traditions.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you Ukrainian, Russian or English, talk on almost any subject, some yoga exercizes, Ukrainian cuisine receipts, low budget travelling stories...

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

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