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Overview

  • 8 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Russian; learning Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • teacher, translator
  • higher
  • From Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
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About Me

I'm a teacher of foreign languages and an occasional translator during all sorts of events, mostly cultural. I adore meeting new people and speaking different languages. Fan of travelling and British cinema and theatre. Pretty sure I was a witch in my previous life. I dream of meeting Neil Gaiman and the Doctor.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There are four of us in the flat: me, my girlfriend, our cat and dog. But there is a lot of free space in the living room and quite a big sofa from Ikea. So if it can be of use to someone - it's great! Otherwise I guess the sofa feels quite bored sometimes.
As for me, I like meeting new people because it is agreat opportunity to learn something new and make new friends.

Interests

Cinema, theatre, music, British TV series, reading, Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who, National Theatre, travelling, Celtic culture, cider, Brittany (France), Breton dances, crêpes, Scottish accent, red-haired people, beautiful women, teaching and learning foreign languages, get backstage in a theatre, tattoos, walking for hours, observe ducks, mountains, trains.

  • cats
  • culture
  • tattoos
  • walking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • teaching
  • languages
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: muse, blackmore's night, travis, depeche mode, the pierces, garbage, film and tv soundtracks, la grande sophie, émilie simon, electric light orchestra, pink floyd
Books: neil gaiman, joanne harris, the hunger games, hannibal series, sylvie testud, amélie nothomb, oscar wilde, ian mcewan, tolkien, harry potter, the silver linings playbook, notes on a scandal, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, arturo pérez-reverte, liaisons dangeureuses
Films: edward scissorhands, breakfast on pluto, lip service, doctor who, true blood, sherlock, mirrormask, love actually, pride, juno, lost and delirious, identity, 11:14, across the universe, the dark knight trilogy, hunger games, american hustle, virgin suicides, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, girl interrupted, back to the future, inception, la mala educacion, todo sobre mi madre, coraline, brave, nightmare before christmas, mar adentro, only lovers left alive

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

last year i worked as a translator with the Globe theatre from London when they came to our country on tour.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like teaching and learning and if I can be of any help to anyone I'm always in.

What I Can Share with Hosts

anything i know about my country and culture, i can show you around and tell interesting stories about the city and take you to my favourite places. otherwise, i just love talking and discuss all sorts of things because i believe it's extremely important to share but also to learn from others. Communication is the best way to discover the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Russian Federation

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