Hello dear friend. My name is Daria. I live in amazing city Kyiv.

The sense of my travels is not a place but a way to see things in a new view.

I know that now few of tourists go to Ukraine, but if you plan to visit Kyiv for work or as a tourist at such time, I would like to be your guide or host and show you my favorite city in wartime from my view.

I have a safe place at home if there is bombing, batteries in case there is no electricity and the Internet is always working

Philosophy:

Tourists see what they want to see, travelers see what they see.
My formula is 60% of a tourism and 40% of a traveling. First days in new city I try to not read any information about the city and explore new place by a random way. The point is to have no expectations and see the place as it will open up for me. Only after that I learn information about the city and make a list of attractions.

Whatever it is, it will be a good story.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The best side of traveling is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position when which almost nothing is familiar.

Also couhsurfing friends help me to learn English. I want to speak English well to be able to meet interesting people and talk not only about weather but understand their views on life.

Interests

I like parties, raves and music festivals but I also like small warm meetings.

I enjoy hiking. I like mountains most of all. If you also like active rest, we will have something to talk about.

I like Kyiv. I leave from here only to undestood it is the loveliest city.

• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: electronic, abstract, techno, retrowave, pop, rock, trance.
Movie: Jay and Silent Bob, Amelie, Pulp fiction, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Twin Peaks, Paris I Love You, City of God, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Books: "The Hitchhiker's Guid To The Galaxy" Adams Douglas, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" Milan Kundera.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been to an archaeological expedition.

Extrem hiking in Carpathian Mountains

Helped my friends to get out from an occupied territory to safe place

Teach, Learn, Share

If you feed someone with borsch, he will be full for one day. If you teach someone to cook borsch, he will be full all life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, memories and stories, Ukrainian hospitality, sleeping bag.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine