been brought up in Ukraine, studied psychology, journalism and advertising in England for a few years, owned a vegan art bar in Kiev, been places, done stuff. My path of self exploration have brought me to Nepal, what's to come is yet to come.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to do a vipassana course near Pokhara on 1-10 of December. I've lived in Kathmandu for almost a month now and need to make a move (it's getting too cold here!). I am going to be on my own for the first time in quite a while. Would be nice to crash someone's friendly couch for some time one my journey begins.

Interests

I read compulsively, am interested in psychology and spirituality in it's various forms. I rediscover piano music after a long brake. I write clumsy, somewhat therapeutic poetry. I do yoga and would enjoy a run in a park. I am deeply attached to nature (human, cosmic). I love tea, coffee and various herbs, and am interested in foods, though vegetarian.

• arts
• poetry
• cooking
• coffee
• bbq
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• partying
• house work
• music
• piano
• communications
• journalism
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

I love fast fingered pianists and cello is my favorite instrument. Jazz and Blues, classics and modern, are currently on my iTunes. But I am very opened to various sounds.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My bar! imagine a small basement bar in downtown Kiev with Lynch's Twin Peaks themed interior, cherry cider, then delicious (and all vegan) foods (that banana-whiskey-coconut Maybe baby desert would melt on your tongue, and little barbecue bites would sell all day long), walls are an ever-changing display of underground artists, Saturday nights with live techno till the morning that would suddenly be interrupted by some mad saxophonist jumping on a chair playing to a dj's beat, or social media lecture on Thursday night, or just a friendly tea party till the sun rises on Monday...ahh don't get me started on the bar

Teach, Learn, Share

I thought English in the past, and would be interested in teaching Russian or Ukrainian for sure) I have a recent thing for Spanish, so could use a lesson myself)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, poems, questions, walks.
I believe I have a good taste and some skill in vegetarian cooking,
make funky tea and fine black coffe.
i don't mind house work as well and would say I am a quiet person in a sense that I do hold my personal space

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Scotland, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Ukraine