Interests

• singing
• pub crawls
• live music
• rock music
• rowing
• russian language
• football
• humor
• islam
• russian culture
• klezmer
• blues music
• russian literature
• international politics
• jewish culture
• cuban salsa
• french language
• gospel music

Music, Movies, and Books

Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Tracy Chapman, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughan, , Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Buena Vista Social Club, RHCP, Sublime, Bob Marley, Alborosie, Laureen Hill, Prince, Dire Straits, Lou Reed, Guns and roses, Police, Oy Division, Gogol Bordello, Goran Bregovic, Intillimani, De Andrè, Gaber, Elio e le storie Tese, Battisti, Vladimir Vysotsky, Boombox, Bulat Okudzhava, Akvarium, Kino, Mashina vremeni, Spleen, Aznavour, Brassens

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Siberia at -45 C*

What I Can Share with Hosts

Empathy and enthousiasm... and I'm good at listening

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Wales