I am an international student from Russia, currently studying at CWU in Ellensburg, WA. I will be in the US only until the end of December, so I really want to visit and see as many beautiful places as possible!

My Instagram: @helena_zhd

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to travel a lot, and Couchsurfing is a great opportunity to meet new people. I will be in the US only until the end of December, so I really want to visit and see as many beautiful places as possible!

Interests

• concerts
• video games
• reading
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• volleyball
• languages
• netflix

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Hollywood Undead, Attila, Blind Channel, ATL, The HU, Lacuna Coil, Charlie Scene, Imagine Dragons, New Medicine, AJR, Owl City, Thousand Foot Krutch, Linkin Park, Daft Punk, Set It Off, 5 Seconds of Summer, The Living Tombstone, The Offspring, Avril Lavigne, Skrillex, Daria Grossman, AronChupa, Panic! At The Disco, Neffex, Måneskin, Green Day, Twenty One Pilots, Weathers, The Fever 333, 3OH!3, Falling In Reverse, Pierce The Veil, Eskimo Callboy, The 5:55, Pearl Jam, Paramore, Papa Roach, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Yungblud, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Тараканы!, Luke Bryan, Avicii, Blues Saraceno, Marty Robbins, Deuce, etc.

Movies and books: Dune, old movies, musicals, classics (especially Tarantino films), Shadow and Bone, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Office, Chernobyl, Friends, The Clone, Lord of The Rings, Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman, Девчата, Harry Potter, animated movies, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I won a grant to study in the USA and crossed the ocean to get here. If someone had told me that I would do this a couple of years ago, I would have sincerely laughed at such a good joke.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you have a sudden wish to learn some Russian, Polish or Lithuanian, feel free to ask me!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will be happy to tell you about Russian culture, share my stories and cook a dish of Russian cuisine!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kazakhstan, Russian Federation