CURRENT MISSION

Vita activa et Vita contemplativa)

ABOUT ME

And we didn`t vote for Putin.
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French is a beautiful language but not the whole world speaks french, so i 've decided to add some words in English to Elena's story. We are from Saint Peterburg, Elena born Polotsk, Belarus(one of oldest Russian cities). She is a politolog by education. She likes a philosophy, history, arts, studing of foreign languages. And to travel of cause) Elena is begginer skydiver. Ivan (me) from city of Irkutsk, Siberia, near the greatest lake Baikal (its deepest and largest by amount of freshwater), close to border with Mongolia. I like history, art, talking and laughing. And first of all I like music and playing a guitar and a harp a little. Also i like the cycling, rolling, climbing, swimming and most of other -ing.

PHILOSOPHY

Sonrie y el mundo sonrie contigo ( smile and the world smiles with you)

Travel is not only about the places, it is about the people as much, so sometimes we could travel without leaving our sweet home.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

travel

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Je voudrais commencer

Interests

We like history,travelling, culture, ancien architecture, old castles, royal palaces, philosophy, literature, roman history, seas, mountains,skydiving

• arts
• culture
• literature
• architecture
• education
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• skydiving
• rock climbing
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Elena prefers classic literature and music. Ivan reads history books and memoirs, and anecdotes ( read a lot of classic literature when i was younger but now i prefer the real life stories) I'm crazy about the music, you could see my favs here http://www.lastfm.ru/user/londonov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My hitchike travel from St Petersburg to Novosibirsk (i was trying to get to Irkutsk but time was up) it's about 3000km. Climbing Munku Sardyk - highest mountain in the Siberia on the border of Russia and Mongolia.(Ivan)

Teach, Learn, Share

We could give some language lessons, or begginers music lessons (guitar, harp). initial 3d or photoshop graphic lessons.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Russian Federation