Hello!!
I'm half American, half Russian. I love dancing and meeting people. Last year, I graduated from university in Davis, California, a lovely farmy area with cows and farmers markets, funk night on Wednesdays, and bikers everywhere. I knew I'd have to do something dramatic to cope with this so I decided to teach English in Spain. Here I've been living with a charming family since October and have fallen in love with them and this culture.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Before I return to California I want to travel. Not the passive kind of- look-at-this-impressive-building travel but the kind where you meet people and the country becomes personal and memorable and you grow attached to it because you see a face rather than a building when you think of the country. I just found out about couchsurfing three days ago and it was exactly what I had been looking for and praying for! My 19 year old brother and I will be traveling through Northern Europe together in July and we would love to meet locals!

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Things they Carried, East of Eden, The Bible, Invisible Man, The Cather and the Rye

Movies: 400 Blows, The Tree of Life, Я Шагаю по Москве, Les Miserables, The Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Terminal, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Music: Mumford and Sons, Switchfoot, Regina Spektor, Any 80s music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Dance in the rain

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you fun games or practice speaking with you in English, Russian, or Spanish. I can share my cultures with you. I would love to learn about your lifestyle, your thoughts, what you think of my country, what your own mentality is.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share stories and listen and laugh with you. I can try to cook. I can teach you fun games or words in English, Russian, and Spanish. I can follow you around as you go about your everyday activities and be fascinated by them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Ukraine, United States