CURRENT MISSION

see occupation

ABOUT ME

Frankly, I don't know what to say about myself.

I have recently moved back from Utrecht and I guess I will soon start missing the international flavor of living there. So you are very welcome. People from Russia, of course, too.

PHILOSOPHY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTHiv7Nyrd4

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mostly surf, sometimes host. Not as often as I wish.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in Berlin, Vienna, Belgium, Poland, Hungary and London and hosted people from Poland and Germany.
I met many nice and interesting people who I would like to meet again (but this hasn't happened so far).

Interests

languages and linguistics, quiz games, chess, self-education, hiking and exploring places (the latter two more in theory than in practice)

• education
• chess
• hiking
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

2001: A Space Odyssey, Dark Star, Band a part, Zabriskie Point, Der amerikanische Soldat, The Third Man, Lady from Shanghai, Paris, Texas, Dead Man, Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, etc.
In general, film noir, road movies, sci-fi, mystery.

Can, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Burial, Pink Floyd, 13th Floor Elevators, Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky, Cul de Sac, Future Sound of London, etc.
In general, post-rock, surf music, psychedelic rock, krautrock, etc.

Kafka, Nabokov, Dostoevsky, In Search of Lost Time, The Magic Mountain, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

fieldwork, (hitch)hiking, and... couchsurfing

Teach, Learn, Share

You never know in advance.
Otherwise I have a natural interest for learning and practicing languages so I would be happy to do something of that sort.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Russian Federation