Hi! You can call me Nastia it is a short version of my full name. So I'm 20 yo, living in Saint Petersburg. I always search for new adventures and expirience! I like inspirated people and I search for inspiration in life. I like watching stars, sitting by bonfire, like loud parties and restful evenings. I like nature and I also like megapolises which never sleep and have millions of lights in the night! :) I love old europian buildings especialy fachwerkhouses, town halls and churches. I love extreme and amusement parks very much :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to discover the world and to find friends all over the world. I enjoy trying new things! I like visiting new places :) I would like to meet new interesting people, to get to know about their lifestyle and their dreams, plans and thoughts about life and I would like to share with them my experience and my thoughts :)

Interests

Foreign languages, German and Germany, Europe, the whole world, different cultures, good music, books, politics. I study internationals relations at the university and am interested in it too :) I had been doing kickboxing and boxing for 7 years but I gave it up this year. I like swimming, jogging and always dreamt to play basketball well and to do yoga :) I dream to learn pair dances especialy tango and bachata and I like watching people dancing :) I love cooking and eating pizza, pancakes, ice-cream and cheese :)

• culture
• books
• dancing
• tango
• bachata
• cooking
• cheese
• yoga
• partying
• politics
• music
• camping
• basketball
• boxing
• swimming
• international relations
• languages
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I like very different kinds of music. My favorite music bands are Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, Nirvana. I also like Hozier, German (especialy Sportfreunde Stiller but not only) and Italian (Manu Chao) music.
As for movies I prefer cartoons above all others! But I also enjoy watching good comedies, movies about american teenagers, superheroes, magic, adventures and I like watching horror films in a good company (but I'm always very afraid and scream loudly).
I really love reading but unfortunately I don't have much time for it. My all-time favorite book is "Idiot" by Dostoevsky and I was very impressed by the book "It's hard to be God" by brothers Strugatskiye.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent the whole night on the shore of the Gulf of Finland with my friends by the bonfire.

What I Can Share with Hosts

So I can tell you about the life in Russia, about my native town Arkhangelsk in the North of Russia, about the most beautiful russian city Saint Petersburg which I love with all my heart, about russian youth, the russian life style :) I was also in the North of Germany more then 6 times and I know a lot of things about German youth and German mentality :) I took part in 5 youth international workcamps (3 camps took place in France, 2 in Germany) and the last time I was one of the leaders of the camp :) in such camps we are engaged with the culture of remembrance, speak about wars and work on the cemetaries where soldiers are buried. It is a method to do something for future peaceful life and it is very important for me, so I'm always glad to tell about it :) I study international relations and if you are interested I can tell you about russian school of IR and russian views on it, but if you don't like speaking about it we won't discuss it :) I'm very open-minded and I always try to accept if a person likes/is interested in the topic of our conversation :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation