HI, my name is Rina, I am from Moscow and currently I am in Israel. Travelling is one of my passions. I am sociable and like to meet new people (and I also believe that people never meet by a coinsidence!), but I am good with "keeping the distance" in terms of privacy and comfortable silence :) I observe Shabbat and kashrut, teach and practice yoga, I am intetrested in spiritual studies and curious about other cultures while sticking to my own tradition)
I learned Hebrew at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for one year, my knowledge of Spanish is from my Moscow MGIMO University major. I lived in the US and worked there some years ago when I worked in PR, today I am focused on teaching, translations and yoga training.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I did a youtube reality show project "Hitchhiking to Havana" when me and another girl - we just made it through Europe, flew to NYC from Paris and continued to Cuba through Miami... Since then I have so many friends who helped us out with accomodation and advice.. we found mirabulous people through facebook, friends of friends and just word of mouth... Since then I felt the power of connecting with people and decided to open my flat for travellers as well.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

far more than one

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States