When you live in cold Moscow, you are forced to love traveling and see distant countries (at least, imaginary). Hi everyone! I am a journalist, but after working in that crazy field I dropped it for a while to give myself time to think about more important things like the uncertain future haha. Now I work online but, honestly, I idle about life and sketch (though I don't know how awful it is you can check my blog - http://blackandsalty.com). That strange love to pens, paintings and paper became a big story for me in Armenia, Yerevan, where I have been living for last year. I got a great opportunity to paint murals on the walls of different building entrances all over Yerevan. But now I am back to Moscow to move further in life and find new places to go. Soon I will move to Singapore for a while with work - but who works when you are in Asia? So I plan a list of places I want to visit and roads I want to walk. And I would be happy to first - make friends with people around and second - find a shelter in interesting places.

BTW I love long-term traveling and trying new meals. What else should I tell about me? Well, life will reveal all!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new unpredictable people and get into unimaginable stories with them! Is not it a reason why do we live on this Earth?)

Interests

Traveling by car as far as it's possible, reading German writers, writing letters, riding my black bicycle, collecting flowers and drying them, sketching, The Doors, strange types of bread, long walks (20 km?), black dresses and getting new interests.

• writing
• sketching
• cooking
• drinking
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• painting
• origami
• journalism
• long-term travel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I met the head of one of Crete's villages' mafia godfather and survived.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to write articles (you really need it? haha), how to get free drinks everywhere (even if you are a man), how to cook something from nothing, how to talk with Russians or Armenians (wanna learn a language?), how to barg(k)ain at the market professionally.

I would like to hear interesting stories, learn new things like how to make a wooden plane, to write with my left hand or do origami.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am happy to share my apartment and breakfasts in the morning!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, Russian Federation