I'm travel-addicted mum of two little princesses and the wife of Icelandic gingerhead pianist, convinced that the best way to explore the world is a traveling. When I was a little girl, my grandma worked in the shipping company and I spent part of my school time traveling with her around the European seas.
I started to travel with my own daughters when they both were about 4 months. The 1st trip of my younger daughter was the voyage to Mexico. Now she's 8 and she lives her life always waiting for the next trip :) In August 2017 we moved to Iceland and now living in Reykjavík with my Icelandic husband.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm citizen of the world and I like to communicate with people from another countries. I'm sure that there is no guidebook, that can tell you about visiting place better than the local people.

Interests

National cuisines and cooking, hand made and fine arts, yoga, jogging and trail running, flea markets, national music, theatre

• arts
• humanities
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, Árstiðir, Мумий Тролль, Zemfira, Indian, Cuban and other Latin-American ethnic music.

Movies: Sherlock series and some full-length movies starring Benedict Cumberbatch, documentary and biopics
"Pride", "Interstellar", "Requiem for a Dream", "Fight Club", "L’Écume des jours", "August: Osage County", "Curly Sue", "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain", "The Marthian".

Books: books by Erlend Loe, Astrid Lindgren, Arthur Conan Doyle, Erich-Maria Remark, Ernest Hemingway, Gabriel García Márquez , J. R. R. Tolkien, Frederick Begbeder, Kurt Vonnegut, Franz Kafka, Viktor Pelevin
George Orwell "1984", Boris Vian "L’Écume des jours", J.D. Salinger "The Catcher in the Rye", M. Bulgakov "Master and Margarita", Chuck Palahniuk "The Fight Club"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drove almost 3000 km in Iceland in one week and fell in love with this country.
Visited Iceland for the second time to paticipate in Reykjavik marathon, to get to the Middle of Nowhere, to swim in the Hella lake and to meet my icelandic love. After the 3rd travel to Iceland I moved here and married my boyfriend. Since that time we are living together in Reykjavík.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm glad to share my experience of travelling with kids
I can teach you how to cook traditional Russian dishes (and not only Russian)
I can tell you a lot about Iceland, Icelandic traditions, Icelandic folk and history.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my travel stories and always glad to cook the vegetarian (and pescetarian) dishes from all over the world and, of course, Russian borsch :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Iceland, Russian Federation