CURRENT MISSION

I would like to leave after myself something more useful than a mountain of garbage.

ABOUT ME

I am a structural engineer interested in sustainable architecture and looking for a way to combine it in my professional life. Kind, polite and try to be always optimistic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Now I live and work in Moscow but can't offer a coach here unfortunately. Any way if you need some tips or a guide in Moscow let me know. If you are interested in town Tambov and life in Russian village, you are welcome to my house there!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never hosted a stranger, but have already been hosted and met several couchsurfers. It was new and positive experince for me. It's a wonderful feeling that leaving each new place in the World you know that somebody will be glad to meet again if you'll return.

You can find a reference to my stay with Helen Blaginykh in Genova here: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/matteo.rebuffo/references

My second trip may be described by words of Andrey Tarkivsky:"Only one journey is possible: the journey within. We don’t learn a whole lot from dashing about on the surface of the Earth. Neither do I believe that one travels so as to eventually return. Man can never reach back to the point of origin, because he has changed in the process. And of course we cannot escape from ourselves; what we are we carry with us. We carry with us the dwelling place of our soul, like the turtle carries its shell. A journey through all the countries of the world would be a mere symbolic journey. Whatever place one arrives at, it is still one’s own soul that one is searching for."

So since that time this is one of the main reasons why I'd prefere to discover the World and myself with Couchsurfing.

Interests

I like music and theater, reading, painting and movies. I also like to make photos, traveling and walking a lot. I enjoy spending time outside and working in a garden (but not for a long time).

• theater
• coach
• walking
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Have never had clear answer to such questions.
Each day, each month and year bring new members to these lists of favorite movies, compositions and books. Sooner or later we can forget their titles, but once we try it and like it - they become parts of ourselves.
So, if movies - then those which ask questions, give answers or just make me thinking.
If music - then it should make me singing, dancing or paint pictures in my imagination (jazz, blues, classical music, rock'n'roll, piano compositions and a little bit from everything).
If books - then in the end I should regret that it is finished, maybe that's why I like long stories.
I used to read classical novels of Russian writers and now I am interested in books about brain and self-development.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been quiet and shy 19 years old girl I left my hometown to work in another continent during summer. That was the begining of my jorneys and spontaniously made decisions.

Teach, Learn, Share

No problem. I'd be glad to share my knowledge and experience or find someone who is more compitent in this question.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversations, borsch receipt, Russian tea ceremony.
By the way, if you need photoes I can make some during our walk. Do not hessitate to ask. I like to catch moments. But warning: I am not professional photographer and not garantee shots for a magazine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, United States