PHILOSOPHY

Never judge a book by its cover.

Current mission: explore the world, stay in connection to mother Earth and meet great people all around the world.

Hosted already some people from various countries in my home mostly penfriends and friends of our friends in real life but registered in CS only recently.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like travelling and meeting interesting people all around the world.
CouchSurfing seems great for making new friendship and travel around the world.

Interests

Like travelling, sport, bike, Scuba Diving.
Not smoker. Not drinker.

• books
• traveling
• cycling
• scuba diving
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: various but mostly quiet like classical, blues, new edge, electronic, cafe del mar, the eagles, eric clapton, etc.
Movies: A Beautiful Mind, The Marrying Man, Groundhog Day, Curly Sue, What women want
Books: Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Aleksei Tolstoy, Paulo Coelho, Robert Kiyosaki

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Life in general is amazing.
Why not to enjoy every moment of it?

Teach, Learn, Share

Can share stories about travelling.

What I Can Share with Hosts

1 room/bed can be made available in my apartment upon request.

If you are very first time in Simbirsk(historical name of Ulyanovsk), then you might be interested in magic city of Lenin and two rivers because of:
- homeland of communist and politician Vladimir Lenin (many museums of Ulyanov's family)
- homeland of writer Ivan Goncharov (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Goncharov) (novels: Oblomov 1859, The Precipice (1869)
- homeland of historian and writer Nikolay Karamzin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Karamzin) (Poor Liza 1792, History of the Russian State 1818)
- homeland of poet of "romantizm era" Nikolay Yazykov (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Yazykov)
- homeland of lawyer and politician Alexander Kerensky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kerensky)

About modern Ulyanovsk:
- homeland of Dmitry Kryukov (creator of Rambler search engine)
- The two rivers flow in opposite directions a few kilometers apart in the city. Local folklore has it that the two flows create a mysterious energy that makes Ulyanovsk a magnet for famous people.
- city both Volga river sides of which are conected by 3rd in length in Russia brige
- first industrial wind energy park

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Rwanda