I haven't been on my CS page for 5 years (because I stopped to be a host and stopped to travel as CS guest, the era of hostels began for me). nevertheless I decided to refresh my page and blow away dust of years) I need to improve my English, I'd like to find a person with whom I can interchange mothertongues - I can teach you Russian, you can improve my English.

https://instagram.com/katyaserbenko

about me:

born in Siberia and raised in Kazakhstan, in the most beautiful city of Almaty (if you haven't been there yet - you definitely should go there - it is amazing at any season). I've been living in St.Petersburg for 10 years and I love this city, though it is gloomy and wet approximately always.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love this community! I can't host now, but I'm eager to meet up.

Interests

Reading different books, writing, meeting bright people, photography, walking! I can't stop walking, it's my favorite occupation everywhere. I can walk for hours. seriously. I adore languages, but this love is unrequited, I can't get along even with english and I tried to learn french and español. but I really enjoy listening to the music of other people's speech. mmm, adorable!

• hiking
• sailing
• language exchange
• watching movies
• trekking
• reading books
• theatre
• español
• rockclimbing

Music, Movies, and Books

my favorite book is Gerald Durrell's "My family and other animals". I love it since childhood. not very good written book, but very lively and cheerful.

I'm really fond of Peter Jackson, he is a proper fimmaker, same as Werner Herzog, for example. I like cinema, it makes me think life got sense.

I like music, but I'm not good in choosing it. I like electronic, trip hop, synthpop... portishead, knife for example.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A lot of. It's so easy to amaze me:) Last time I've got amazed while me and my friend were sitting in a tiny café for locals in Istanbul, surrounded by turkish old gentlemen, they were plenty and no one could speak even a word in english but anyway we had a nice conversation together and I even got the adress of one of them and wrote him a letter... I was amazed how openminded people can be. So you see, you don't need to do much to impress me:)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to spoil relationship with any kind of people. I have a master degree in it.

I am a native speaker anyway, I can teach you russian.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kazakhstan, Russian Federation