I'm a student of life who's very interested in the cultures of the world. Food, language, music, nature, arts..... I bounce around a bit growing up between Ukraine, Canada, Prague, and New York, so I've been traveling all my life; and learned to love it quite quickly.

I'm traveling with my partner (Lam) who also speaks Japanese and works as a cook.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to travel!!! to meet new people from different places and learn about the place from the point of view of somebody who lives there

Interests

Ceramics. Budo and break dancing. Economical living; responsible food sourcing. Music production & song writing. Tea ceremonies. Yoga and meditation. Dogs and monkeys and all animals but very much monkeys

Music, Movies, and Books

My most favorite movie is Dance of Reality by Alejandro Jodorowsky. I recommend it to everyone!!!
I like very boring strange Japanese films.... I can teach you a lot about Japanese cinema as I used to work for a Japanese film program.

I like atmospheric films. If you know what I mean

I am obsessed with all books by Carlos Castaneda, Haruki Murakami and Ryu Murakami. Maybe a bit typical haha
I have an idea to read one book by a famous author from each country I travel to, but I am not such a fast reader...this will be done still

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Realized the unity of all that exists.

What I Can Share with Hosts

cooking! usually vegetarian (sometimes seafood).
teaching! english, russian, japanese, ukrainian
tea! I collect tea everywhere I go. I can even host small tea ceremonies.
music! Lam plays djembe
love!.... ^,^

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Martin (French part), Serbia, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Czech Republic, Japan, Taiwan, Ukraine, United States