CURRENT MISSION

Accidental moments are the best: Lithuanian basketball; Finnish orchestra rehearsal; accidental Solidarity 30 Years :)

ABOUT ME

I'm an introvert, so I have to struggle to live up to my own mission: to connect with people in the places where I travel. :)

PHILOSOPHY

In varietate concordia.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

8 Jun 2011 - hosted Anton, Dariia, Nastia, Maryna, Nadia and Vitaliy from Ukraine
12 Jun 2011 - hosted Bradford from Stanford
26-28 Aug 2011 - hosted Zhuo and Ee from China
Aug 2011-Jul 2012 hosted Anne from Hamburg m so grateful for your amazing hospitality and friendship!

Interessi

History (20th century, esp. WWI and cold war); languages and linguistics; politics; women's issues; LGBT issues; comparative religion; science & technology; culture; music; my Russkiye tsvetnyye bolonki!

• culture
• partying
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• music
• basketball
• history
• languages
• religion
• science

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Watched the Lithuania men's national basketball team in the FIBA world championship semi-finals vs. USA, in a basement bar in Vilnius with CSers from Sweden, Australia, Poland, Germany and many locals. I got invited to the viewing party after attending a CS meetup the night before. YES I CHEERED FOR LITHUANIA!!

Insegna, impara, condividi

I aspire to learn in every local language, in this order: thank you, the variation of "excuse me" that means "I'm sorry (e.g., that I trod on your foot)", please, and "I don't speak [this language]". I hate hate hate having to ask "do you speak English?" but if I have to, I try to at least do THAT in the local language as well. I don't always manage to say any of these things successfully, but I hope to show that I am willing to make an effort. Better than a Canadian flag patch. ;)

Paesi che ho visitato

Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

United States

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