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Overview

  • 15 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Russian; learning Finnish, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Vagabond
  • Technical University
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Meet great people from everywhere, share recipes and good stuff.

ABOUT ME

I like discovering new places. I am in love with this big country called Russia and I have also a crush for Japan. I love sharing experiences and stories with people from everywhere to open my mind.

PHILOSOPHY

I want my life to be interesting, I would like to see amazing things at every corner. I would like to have a big mansion to be able to accomodate as much foreigners as I can ... Food, music and stories would be different everyday. Thats the way I would like the things to be.
Like when I was an exchange student.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Before CS I slept in many different places. In a citroen ZX, in a sauna, in a bathroom, on a bench in the train station in Tver (Russia),
in a MacDonalds in St Petersburg, at the barbershop in Samarkand...

I have surfed several times in various places, I keep very good memories of each stay.

First time in Irkutsk when I was on the road to Mongolia.
Natalia came to pick me up at the airport at 5AM, I had told her to come at 7, that I would drink tea in a stolovka but she came anyway. I dropped my bag at her appartment. We went to baikal lake and when we came back on evening, I met her two roommates. I spent 3 wonderful days in Irkutsk with them.

Couple of month later in Shizuoka. I couchsurfed at Mochan's place. He fetched me at the train station, drove me home with his suzuki alto and then I discovered that we were about 17 surfers on the spot sharing every part of his little home. That was a great experience and we climbed the Fuji together.

Interests

Moutain Bike, Kinder Bueno, Japanese anime films, Bar-BQ with friends, being with people from everywhere when this is possible, having a beer in a sauna with Friends

  • dining
  • recipes
  • beer
  • sauna
  • drinking
  • anime
  • movies
  • music
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Georges Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley, Asne Seierstad, Anne nivat..

Reiser, Enki Bilal, Hayao Miyazaki, Tsukasa Hojo, Masamune Shirow,Toru Fujisawa ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrise on the mount Fuji

Teach, Learn, Share

I have some travels stories to share (mostly in Russia).

I can teach you the basics of French and Russian.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mongolia, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, China, Finland, France, Mexico, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

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