CURRENT MISSION

Being a part-time international grasshopper

ABOUT ME

I spent 2/3 of my life in Russia and 1/3 in US. Last year I started to travel internationally again after quite a long break. Love random and unique experiences - but then who doesn't? Amateurishly enjoy fine arts, opera and ballet. Can make yogurt and shaving cream, so there is some hope for me in a zombie apocalypse. I have been pretending to learn Japanese for quite some time with very little to show for it (25 kanji memorized, 1975 to go)

Interests

Gardening, reading, ballet, figure skating, making things, Ancient Rome, textiles and embroidery

• arts
• humanities
• ballet dancing
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• opera

Music, Movies, and Books

Bergman, Kusturica, Saura in films. Korean dramas are a guilty pleasure. Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Books - Russian classics of course: Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, the list goes on and on.
This Side Of Paradise. For Whom The Bell Tolls. Brideshead Revisited (I've such a crush on Sebastian Flyte).
Japanese literature - Pillow Book, Tale of Genji, Spring Snow, Makioka Sisters...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Archeological expedition

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation