CURRENT MISSION

explore Mexico

ABOUT ME

I spent most of my life in Moscow, Russia. It was a good start: awesome city, great people, nice university, perfect weather (yes, sometimes it is cold down there). Something interesting is going on everyday, you just have to keep eye on it.
Still, I always wanted to try to live elsewhere for a while, but I was never serious about that.
About a year ago I moved to the States, and now I live in Berkeley, California. Actually, I did that to make long distance relationship short, but I gained a way more. I couldn't imagine a better place to live in. So many cool people around, so much to explore, such a brilliant mixture of a university town and the heart of the hippie movement, that is still there. Now I study lingustics, and I'm absolutely captured by it. This summer I'm going to Oaxaca, Mexico, to study an indingenous language there.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I'm going to travel, so I'm looking someone who would host me and my boyfriend. When I'm back I hope to host people myself.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Two times I was hosted by amazing people. Great idea, great website! Hope to try more soon.

Interests

travelling, singing, dancing, hiking, kayaking, nature, music, guitar, books, linguistics, history, movies, cartoons, cooking, light, chocolate&cocoa, ginger.

• books
• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• chocolate
• yoga
• cartoons
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• kayaking
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Hair
Taking off
A clockwork crange
2001: A Space Odyssey
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
La science des rêves
Pulp fiction
Chat noir, chat blanc
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Down by law
Dead Man
Coffee and Cigarettes
Some Russian movies that I would love to show to people.

Music: 60s and 70s, British, American, whatever. Mostly:
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Janis Joplin
The Velvet Underground
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin

Books:
Tibor Fisher
Kurt Vonnegut
Jerome Salinger
Mark Twain
Lewis Carroll

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in a wet, musty, dark and cold cave. No sun, no life. I came out and realized: breathing is wonderful, fog is fresh, and moonlight is bright. Earth is beautiful! Unexpected finding. Everything is comparative.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have three hobbies besides linguistics - cooking, yoga and singing, so I can share and teach all three of those, if you are interested. And of course, I can teach you some Russian, this is always a pleasure for me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States