CURRENT MISSION

Live. Love. Eat.

ABOUT ME

I am a Son, a Husband, a Father...
I will write it here for all our family: me, my wife Tonya and our son Ivan, because we're hosting guests mostly together, but I might be at travel alone though. We live in Finland, but originally we're from Russia.
If you're coming to surf with us or you're hosting us it might be reasonable to know following:
the is a child at home and you are would have to deal with that. Sudden disturbance and noise may occur :)
We don't smoke and smoking is not allowed inside out apartment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCH-SURFING

Hosting and surfing:) Also I'm an active member of a local CS society of Oulu. I attend and participate in local meetings and trips with the group.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My Couch Surfing life has started in May 2010, when by chance I gave a car-lift to a hitchhiker girl which happened to be a couch-surfer from Russia (don't even remember her name, but I'm grateful to her). She introduced to me this website and I suddenly realized that it is the door to new world for me.
In next month after I registered here, I surfed in Estonia and in Russia during my motorcycle trip.
The overall experience:
I had very positive experience with Couch Surfing so far. Let's stay on this path.
I've met many wonderful persons via CS. We stay in touch with many of them. Some has become our good friends.

Interests

I love hiking, cycling and motorcycling. For me, the best way to discover the world is to travel on two wheels. As for every motorcycle-tourist my dream to make a ride around the world by bike. I like to play the guitar and sing Russian songs. I practice and love sports... mainly volleyball.
I like to play chess.
I do Geocaching every time I'm away from home. This is a great way to discover new places in my opinion.
I practice yoga (also pair-yoga), mediation and mindfulness practices and I liked it a lot. I'm extremely interested to find a small group or a personal teacher for yoga.

• singing
• yoga
• sauna
• chess
• traveling
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• sports
• volleyball
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

My list of preferences in movies-music-books I wold need to edit regularly because I always find something new, but I could mention something by now:
Books:
- "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", written by Richard Bach - I love that thing!
- All books of Carlos Castaneda. The very special books, which has changed my life.
- All books of Paulo Coelho.
- Literature of Russian classic and modern writers.
Movies:
- "The Fountain" by Darren Aronofsky
- "Peaceful Warrior" by Victor Salva
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Thomas Jahn and many others
Music: I have huge range of preferences in all musical stiles and trends.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you languages: Russian, Finnish and English.
I could give you a guitar lessons.
I play chess and I could teach you basics or advance level games. My ELO is about 1800 and I could help you to reach same level I'm on.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I could offer you:
- sauna;
- laundry;
- I could introduce you to a local CS community, so you may extend your CS network;
- I have tools and facilities to fix/maintain you bicycle or a motorcycle.

Surely some stories and positive attitude as well :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Russian Federation

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