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Overview

  • 22 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Russian
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • PhD student
  • MA in Cultural Studies
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

love

ABOUT ME

I would describe myself as a calm, nice, a little bit serious girl with very beautiful smile (at list my friends think so). I'm very optimistic and positive person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf couches.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed couches in Geneva, Lyon, Paris and Berlin last summer during my big trip to France and Germany. I couldn't even think that there are so many CouchSurfers around me. I loved this kind of travelling and going to couchsurf in the future.
visited 11 states (4.88%)Create your own visited map of The World or Like this? try: Google Battle

Interests

I love people, I love children. Communication is one of the most important things for me. I really love walking along the cities, contrysides. I like travelling, biking, skating, swimming, dancing, listerning to music, doing yoga. I would love to learn playing a harmonium and singing (it's my dream). I love cooking and feeding my friends.
I have been volunteering for already 7 years: I've been participating in different camps in Germany, France, Denmark, Russia.

  • culture
  • singing
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • yoga
  • walking
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • swimming
  • volunteering
  • spirituality

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: spiritual.
Music: bajans, mantras.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have been a mentor of 63 children aged from 13 months to 16 years for 2 weeks.

Hitchhiked 30 cars and more then 1200 km in Denmark.

Cooked for 80 people several times in two different places.

Was standing in two sees (Baltic and North sees) at the same time.

Saw wild pinguins and a seal.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my experience of finding my path to a higher goal of life.
I can teach you seeing differences about cultures without judgements.
I can share with you a story of how to get higher education without paying for it.
I can teach you how to travel to different countries almost without spending money on food, public transport and hotels and get lots of fun.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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