Upd: I am in Sao Paulo right now.

I am a very open and life-loving person. I like to communicate and easily get in touch with people. I love to explore life and human's nature.

I love to travel! I've climbed Annapurna (Base Camp) in Nepal, enjoyed wine and ate Camembert on the banks of the Seine, learned to sail on the islands of Sicily and climbed up the smoking Etna, danced lambada in Brazil, went paragliding in Turkey, basked on the beach in Barcelona and have already visited 14 countries: Brazil, England, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Nepal, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine.

I speak English fluently and I am learning Portuguese. I love learning languages and international communication.

I view life as a precious gift and believe that each of us should be chasing his/her dream. Which is exactly what I am going towards. I am brazilian zouk dancer and my dream is to come to Brazil to learn from the roots and grow as a dancer to become a professional. I have already been in Brazil 2 times, but it was just for a few events and now I want to settle there.

Unfortunately (or fortunately ;) right now I can't afford to buy a ticket to Brazil straight from Russia as it is too expensive, but I've waited for too long already and I've decided to not wait for a perfect moment when I become rich, but go there step by step: first to come to Istanbul, then to Cape Town and then to Brazil. I understand that it is raw and some locations can be changed during the way. But that is my plan for now and I will be happy too meet nice and interesting people along the way and create greate experience during my journey to make my dream come true! As wise people say - there is never going to be a perfect moment. And path starts with the first step. This is my step.

Brazilian Zouk - is a social dance, like salsa or bachata, but millions times more beautiful than that! You can watch it on YouTube or just send me a message and I will share some of my favourite videos :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've already tried Couch Surfing 12 years ago when I was 18/19 and was traveling around the Europe! I had veyr nice experience, met interesitng and kind people and I keep those warm memories in my hear till today.
I hope this time I will also enjoy this experience!

Interests

I have 2 passions in my life: dancing and traveling! The perfect way is when it is a mix of both :))))

• traveling
• dance
• zouk

Music, Movies, and Books

Latin pop music - love the beat and vibe :)
Zouk music (when I can dance zouk)
Actually my taste in music is very diverse and depends on my mood. I don't have specific preferences and I can can enjoy almost everything (expet for heavy metal and things like this).

Movies: Interstellar and I LOVE comedies!!!!!!!!!!

Books: Radical Forgivness by Colin Tipping (and his other books), Bernard Verber (I used to be a fan 12 years ago).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have a lot of fascinating stories haha

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my life experience
I can share healing technique of Radical Forgivness (for those who have unreleased resentment)
I can share my knowledge of zouk dance (I used to teach it here in Russia)

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Nepal, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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