** Please read the "My Home section before sending me a request! Also, don't be offended if I decline your request for no reason - I'm very busy and I receive a lot of requests, and I just don't have time to reply to/host everybody!! **

Hi, I'm Elektra! I am half Latvian, half 'Australian', I live in Melbourne and spend most of my time figure skating and studying (starting my PhD soon).

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures! I find it really interesting to find out differences and similarities in the ways that people live and view the world. I also love learning languages and am really keen for language exchange (no matter what language, or how obscure it is!).

兴趣

Figure skating is my true passion! I have been skating for about 8-9 years now and love it more and more each day.

Although I'm pretty busy, I have a few random hobbies that I like to dabble in. I love reading, learning languages, baking, playing guitar (although I'm really not good at it), singing, drawing, writing, hanging out with my cat...

• pets
• baking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• olympics
• history
• languages
• psychology
• language exchange
• ice skating
• ice cream

音乐、电影和书籍

The Beatles!, Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, Tame Impala, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Beach House, Joe Hisaishi, Jeff Buckley. I like a whole lot of other music too. Basically anything that has some kind of sentimental value attached to it for me.

Les Miserables, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones (I love the books, movies, TV shows of all these things. Everything!). I also like reading Russian literary classics (sadly, in English...maybe one day my Russian will be proficient enough for me to read them по-русски!) - Dostoevsky is a master. And cheesy romance movies are kind of a guilty pleasure of mine...

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Went and watched the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014!

教，学，和分享

I can teach you ice skating!! I know, not really what you'd expect to learn from an Australian... I am also more than happy to help out with English :)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can share my experiences and impressions from living in Australia (and hopefully debunk some stereotypes - sadly, I do not own a pet koala :( ). I can also introduce you to some Australian foods that aren't really all that fancy, but are interesting all the same (e.g. try googling 'fairy bread'). Also in-depth conversations about the intricacies of languages (although I might start rambling and bore you to death).

I'm a fairly laid back person, so while I would love to socialise and chat, I am also just as happy to do my own thing if hosts are busy with work, study and life in general.

我游览过的国家

Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Australia