ABOUT ME

I'm Russian. Live in Moscow. Have Masters degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics, specialize in Computer Science. Used to work as a software engineer, now I'm a project manager, but still interested in programming.

Love travelling (not surprising I suppose for my being here %) ). Enjoy hiking, nature, beautiful scenery, mountains, lakes, forests, sea, explore cities by bike.

Enjoy doing various sports and always willing to try smth new.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm newbie here %)

Interests

Reading fiction and history
learning japanese
Computer Science and programming
photography
learning how to play Go

Various sports:
tennis
mountain skiing, now learning snowboarding
swimming, snorkling and diving
learning surfing
trampoline jumping
cycling
hiking
yoga

I play MTG and am a boardgame geek. I own
Settlers of Catan
Small World
Civilization
Netrunner
Starcraft
Dixit
Evolution
Ticket to Ride
and have played many others. If you have the same interest and a free evening in Moscow... well, contact me)

• photography
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• clothing
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• tennis
• swimming
• computer science
• engineering
• history
• mathematics
• physics
• science
• software
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Inception, Requiem of a Dream, 12 Monkeys, Ocean's 11, The 5th Element, Matrix, Star Wars, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away and all other works of Hayao Miyazaki.

Music: Beatles, Doors, Rolling Stones, Muse, Moby, Younger Brother, Simon and Garfunkel, Maggie Railly, De-Phazz, also very much enjoy ethinc and classical music.

Books: Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Chronicles of Narnia, Chronicles of Amber, Hexwood, german, scandinavian and celtic myths and legends. Very much interested in japanese and chinese but haven't yet read much.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach how to cook borsch (ukranian/russian red-beet soup), russian pancakes and some other dishes.

Currently learning French and Japanese (beginner).

Would like to learn about local customs and traditions, traditional food, clothes, music. Also very much interested in history, myths and legends.