Hi there! My name is Artem. A guy from south Russia who lives in Stavropol. It is very close to the famous sources of natural mineral water - the Caucasian Mineral Waters. Also near the mountain resorts of the North Caucasus - Arkhyz, Dombai, Elbrus. Looking forward to meet you here...!

I’m a typical Russian guy: serious, low emotional, a bit shy, calm person but kind-hearted, open minded, vulnerable, and as we say in our country “a man with a wide soul”. I work as a restaurant manager and I really love to research of world cuisines. Therefore the first thing of all I’m interested is a local cuisine when I travelling.
Also I like to get acquainted with different people. I like people without prejudice. I like non-standard, creative people. I hate impolite, uncultured, aggressive persons.
I also a musician, I write electronic music. I'm interested of political, economy, history. I'm interested in winemaking and brewing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This is an awesome way to meet locals and help others!
This is a great way to learn about the country from the locals!
This is an incredible opportunity to have friends all around the globe!

Interests

• music festivals
• electronic music
• wine tourism
• travel
• craft beer
• local food
• europe
• meeting new people
• trance music
• restaurants
• russia
• brewing
• local culture
• local cuisine

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
progressive trance, uplifting trance, tech-trance, progressive house, deep house, indie, slow-mo

FILMS: Titanic, Avatar

BOOKS:
I like scientific detectives like "The Da Vinci Code"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I just was born in this world and living my life, is this not enough? :-D

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you russian language, for example=)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can tell you more about Russia, dispel myths and stereotypes about it, if you want. . We can talk about anything, well, as far as I know the language))) With pleasure I will prepare for you a borsch, russian salad or any other russian dish=) If you decide to visit me, I will be glad to show you the sights of our city, our local cuisine, together we can go for mineral water of the North Caucasus to cities such as Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk and Yessentuki.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine