Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For more authentic experience while traveling.
I know that the possibility of a truly authentic experience for a tourist is debatable, but you gotta try, right?

Interests

I'm interested in many kinds of music, from Classical and traditional through big band and jazz, and Jukebox hits to 60s-70s rock, new wave, and indie. I went to music school as a kid, I played in a tribute rock band as a teenager, and I'm an avid concert goer and music enthusiast now.
The most memorable concert I went to - Paul McCartney 2011. The most recent ones - Tom Odell and The Kooks in 2017.
I love ballet, theatre, and symphonic orchestras. I guess, I'm lucky to leave in a city where this kind of stuff is very much present.
I enjoyed playing The Elder Scrolls until it became too demanding for my crappy laptop.
Internet junkie.
Washington Capitals fan.

• classical music
• hockey
• art history
• history
• russian language
• theatre
• the beatles
• russian literature
• sweden
• british comedy
• classic rock

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
The Beatles, Dmitri Shostakovich, Pyort Tchaikovsky, The Who, A-Ha, Devo, Elvis Costello, Travis, Kaiser Chiefs, SImon & Garfunkel, Kent, R.E.M., Elton John, The Kinks, Gary Numan, Mercury Rev, Keane, The Libertines, Blondie, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, The Stone Roses, Queen, Pet Shop Boys, Franz Ferdinand, Manic Street Preachers, The Killers, etc.

Movies:
Maurice (1987), The Graduate (1967), The Cameraman (1928), The Lord of the Rings+The Hobbit movies (2001-2014), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Young Frankenstein (1974), Oh Lucky Man! (1973), Clockwork Orange (1971), Limelight (1952), A Shot In The Dark (1964), Peter's Friends, (1993), All The President's Men (1976), Kongen av Bastøy (2010), The Gold Rush (1925), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Bedazzled (1967), Harold and Maude (1971), Pride and Prejudice (1995), The Producers (1968), Richard III (1955), Blow-Up (1966), Easy Rider (1969), Eraserhead (1977), Rumble Fish (1983), Soldier's Girl (2003), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), The Ladykillers (1955), The Shining (1980), City Lights (1931), Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), Zabriskie Point (1970), The Circus (1928), Straw Dogs (1971), Arthur (1981), Whoopee! (1930), Sleeper (1973), Wayne's World (1992), Sherlock Jr.(1924), Dumb & Dumber (1994), The Pink Panther (1963), Tommy (1975), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974), Oscar (1967), La vita è bella (1997), Safety Last! (1923), The Tenant (1976), Moonlight Mile (2002), Strangers On a Train (1951), College (1927), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974), Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001), Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (1976), Long Pants (1927), The Apartment (1960), That Cold Day In The Park (1969), Help! (1965), Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), The Great Race (1965), The Great Dictator (1940), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), The Freshman (1925), The Elephant Man (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Austin Powers 1-2 (1997/99), Awaara (1951), Psycho (1960), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) etc.

TV Shows:
Monty Python's Flying Circus, Jeeves & Wooster, Person of Interest, Blackadder, QI, Black Books, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mighty Boosh, Project Runway, The League of Gentlemen, Robin Hood (BBC), A Bit Of Fry & Laurie, Father Ted, The IT Crowd, Peep Show, My Mad Fat Diary, Star Trek TOS, The Inbetweeners, Poirot, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Absolute Power, documenraties etc.

I rarely watch TV, but when I do it's mostly something like BBC Four, Viasat History, Discovery Channel, Comedy Central or CBS Sports.

Books:
Classics. Erich Maria Remarque, Jaroslav Hašek, William Shakespeare, Stefan Zweig, Oscar Wilde, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Alexander Pushkin, Theodore Dreiser, Gabriel García Márquez, John Stainbeck, Geoffrey Chaucer, Dylan Thomas, Albert Camus etc. Russian classics.
I was really into Stephen King when I was a teen.
Mostly read history/science books though (Norman Davies, Stephen Hawking etc.)
I wish I had more time for all the edgy modern novels and out-of-the-box stuff.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked at the Olympic Games for P&G

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you with Russian and English.