Hi!

My name is Katia which is a shortening from Kateryna. I've been meaning to join couchsufring for a long time, but as my appartment is still under reconstruction, I cannot accep guests.

Still, I am willing to meet people from all over the world coming to Ukraine. I studied Cultural Studies for my BA, so I can explain history, culture and traditions of my country and I am also familiar with the collections of many of Kyiv museums. I as well have tips for sightseeing in other cities of Ukraine (I love to travel both abroad and within the native boarders =).

I also have an MA in Political Science, so a talk about Ukrainian politics, economy and international relations over a cup of tea is also very welcome. By the way, in my student years I studied in Germany for one semester and later I graduated from Estonian School of Diplomacy. Both times studying abroad I enjoyed the ability to communicate with the international student community the most and I am really looking forward to broaden my network of interantional friends.

My other interests (except culture and politics) are languages, travel, music (I play guitar and piano), design (at the moment I am attending graphic design classes) and the whole world!

I also love good food and know many nice placec in Kyiv, which may be beneficial for you as well =).

Interests

• arts
• culture
• design
• graphic design
• environment
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• business
• communications
• history
• international relations
• languages
• travel
• learning languages
• cuisine
• foreign languages
• charity
• diplomacy
• social business
• international law
• new technology
• environmental protection
• crowdfunding

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Minds of Billy Milighan and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys
All books by Kaled Hosseini
Cloud of Sparrows by Takasi Matsuoka
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Almost all books by Gerald Durrell
Short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Poetry by Paul Celan
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
All books by Mikhail Bulgakov
Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
Ancient epic stories (for example, the Finnish "Kalevala" or the Armenian "Davit Sasunci")

Movies
The Hours (my top-1 film =))
Jumpin Jack Flash (my top-1 comedy film =))
The Martian (he made both lists)
As Good as it Gets
This is 40
Futurama
Hayao Miazaki movies
God of Cookery
Little Big Soldier

Music
Tom Odell
Ed Sheeran
Muse
Depeche Mode
The Rolling Stones
Metallica
Ronnie James Dio
Golden Earring
and a lot more...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Germany, Ukraine