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Overview

  • 34 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning French, German
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • journo (politics)
  • uni
  • From Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to know more, to see more, to understand more

ABOUT ME

a bit of a smartass. I want to know everything and I can do anything.

PHILOSOPHY

I have to do something at an accelerated rate. Otherwise I'd be ordinary, and would probably want to kill myself. © Quicksilver

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm devoted to my city so I like to show it off ;)
you can't learn anything about a country if you don't communicate with locals.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far so good

Interests

journalism, international relations, politics, economics, all the languages.

football, cinema, rock music, simply good music.

cosmos, literature, history, psychology, but NOT the popular dr.phil-ish one.

friends, dogs, all the dogs. cupcakes. stressbaking, hand made. hand made cupcakes baked under stress... for my friends and their dogs. etc. etc. etc.

I work a lot and love every minute of it.

and I AM A COMIC GEEK ..yeah, shut up

  • literature
  • politics
  • comics
  • movies
  • music
  • rock music
  • economics
  • history
  • international relations
  • journalism
  • languages
  • psychology
  • football

Music, Movies, and Books

RHCP, AC/DC, Avett Brothers, Arctic Monkeys, Beatles, Black Keys, Cold War Kids, Eagles of Death Metal, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz, Howard Shore, Interpol, Hendrix, Frusciante, Kasabian, Killers, Kooks, Led Zeppelin, Lumineers, Massive Attack, Metallica, Moby, Muse, Oasis, Offspring, Papa Roach, Placebo, Radiohead, Rammstein, Rolling Stones, Servant, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Sunset Rubdown, Tool, XX

anything with that Humphrey Bogart dude. old school noir. also Kurosawa, Capra, Polanski, Shyamalan, Hitchcock, Ritchie, Scott, Forman, Inarritu & Scorsese

My books are classic fiction, popular science stuff, good detectives and fantasy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

wanna make it out alive while being stuck at the russian-ukranian border without money or id? ASK ME HOW.

Teach, Learn, Share

bwaha, well, I can teach you Morse code. and how to make some delicious cupcakes extraordinaire.

What I Can Share with Hosts

my eternal love for St.Pete. and some cupcakes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation, Ukraine

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