Hi there!

My name is Alexander. I grew up in Mariupol, Ukraine. The city was settled by Greeks who happened to be my ancestors. When I turned 15 I went abroad for the first time, I went to the United Kingdom for school for two weeks. Next year I went to a summer camp in Greece for two weeks to see the land of my ancestors.
When I turned 17, I had a great opportunity to become an exchange student in a High School in Maine, United States. It was an amazing experience! I had a chance to interpret for the Governor of State and play for the High School Soccer team, I even scored in States Final!
I got back to Ukraine and did some volunteer work then enrolled to Marine Academy in Odessa, Ukraine. I've studied their for one year and fled to United States for good.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Well, I've met a few people who did it. I've got to know them a bit and was impressed with the idea of travelling with low cost while exchanging their culture and traditions to the open world. Empowering oneself with such a knowledge and such an experience is one of the best things that can be done in life I believe. Also it's important for me to build friendship relationships with courageous, outgoing and open minded people as I am.

兴趣

I do sports, my favorite one is soccer. I like water activities just as well as hiking the mountains. Honestly saying, I have a broad spectrum of interests, I'm open to many things.

• culture
• traveling
• volunteer work
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• soccer
• volunteering
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

I like Mozart, he is my favorite one. Occasionally I listen the songs of rock bands. The other kind of music is also fine with me as long as it is not a heavy metal.

I don't really have a movie that I consider my favorite one, but my favorite director is Luc Besson.

"Call of the Wild", "White Fang" by Jack London
"Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne
"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe
I like adventurous books, I believe they highly influenced my personality.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

My one year trip to States when I was 17.

教，学，和分享

Language, culture, cuisine.

I am fluent in Russian, English, Ukrainian, some basic Spanish.

我游览过的国家

Greece, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Ukraine, United States