I 'm a down-to-earth, curious, openminded guy that does not care too much for convention or trends. My interests are quite eclectic and include politics, history, philosophy, swimming, cycling, civil aviation, traveling off the beaten track, arthouse cinema, good cuisine, unusual museums, flea markets, architecture, discovering new cultures, foreign languages music anything from (baroque to bossa nova), and reading good books in different languages.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd like to meet new people to share life experiences, interests and views and to polish my language skills.

Interests

• architecture
• aviation
• politics
• traveling
• classical music
• jazz
• world music
• cycling
• geography
• history
• french
• russia
• spanish
• moscow
• bossa nova
• arthouse
• film noir
• history,
• soviet architecture

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bach, Handel, Bolling, Piazzola, Loussier, Aznavour,, Morricone, World music

Cinema: world cinema, film noir, documentary,

Reading: nonfiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going up mount Elbrus in minus 25.

Teach, Learn, Share

Excursions , language, sport, cuisine

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hopefully my language skills, sense of humor and vignettes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa