I'm an artist with tones of dreams in my head. Love creative and artistic things, and want to discover interesting and inspiring places all over the world. Adore meeting new people and get know new cultures over the world! Try to be positive and look at the bright side of life in any situation...almost)
* I'm usually not really punctual and can be quite late (I think people should know this dark side of me in advance🙈)
Also, I'm an introverted one, so trying to avoid big companies and too many strangers around.

In 2021 I got married and moved to Tallinn, Estonia. I don’t know city as well as a local but would be glad to meet up and to show nice places I know :)
In 2022 since the war in my home-country started, my philosophy is to Live, because the cost of life is too high to waste.

More about me:
https://www.behance.net/zzzaec
https://www.facebook.com/helena.iastremska
https://www.instagram.com/helen.yastremska/

PHILOSOPHY

"People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn'€™t forget it. You become responsible forever, for what you've tamed." Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
"Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.” 
"I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember where you came from.” ― Ally Condie
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ― Marcel Proust

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

It started as “well is should be fun”. And by that time thanks to CS I met a lot of amazing people and made new lifetime friends!

As for me, hosting as well as surfing is always connected with the philosophy of visiting a friend-in-future :)
Hosting for me is ALWAYS not only giving a free place to stay but, what's more important, an opportunity to get to know new people, new cultures, ideas and attitudes to life.
Right now on this page of my life I'd like to explore CS via surfing 🤞

Interessen

As everybody in Couchsurfing, I love traveling! Also my biggest passion is art! And books! I love them very much and can spend hours in bookshops choosing or just enjoying them... By the way I adore starting at kids books as well as reading!
Love crafting and original things, music (I play piano...very rarely, but I can), theatre, going out with friends, cooking, picnics, forest walks and berry picking (thanks to Estonia!)

• arts
• books
• literature
• illustrations
• cooking
• flying
• reading
• traveling
• music
• piano
• animation
• japan
• handmade
• horseriding
• crafting
• ghibli
• arts and crafts

Musik, Filme und Bücher

"Le petit prince"
"The wind in the willows" Kenneth Grahame,
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien "Lord of the rings"

Music: depends on my mood. Mostly rock (old bands as well as new ones), instrumental. Also love opera.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

2016 I visited my surfer-friend overseas in Japan!! It was the very first time me making a reciprocal visit, and it was the best trip I ever had.
2017 brought me a reciprocal trip to my CS friend from Turkey.
In 2022 escaped the war (as when it started I was in my hometown in Kyiv) with a huge help of polish friend from Couchsurfing. I also received a huge support from my CS friends from all around the world!

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I can teach how to cook some national and other dishes, pies... I love cooking :)
Aleksander (my husband) is school and university teacher - he can teach you Estonian, Ukrainian ....and mathematics ...if by any chance it's something you'd like to learn :D

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I'd be glad to share my time, lifetime stories and my cooking.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Estonia, Ukraine