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  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Swedish; learning German
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • student again!
  • Social Anthropology + Museum studies
  • From Kostomuksha, Karelia, Russia
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to feel happy every day of life

ABOUT ME

I believe that changing places makes us closer to real ourselves.

Things I enjoy the most in life is spending time with my amazing friends, listening to music, being outside in the nature, experiencing art... I love russian dacha (summer house) and banya (sauna) and all activities connected to those. I love dogs and kids - so as anything that makes me smile and laugh)! I can spend hours just walking around the city absorbing the air and atmosphere of the place. I used to party much but now i'd rather prefer a morning picnic than staying up all night in a club. Still i enjoy going out for a glass of beer/wine and there's definitely nothing more inspiring for me than a good live concert - whether of some indie band or philharmonic orchestra.

PHILOSOPHY

learning to accept myself and reality as it is. if you know what I mean)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As a part of my short working experience on TV I participated in making a tv-story about Couchsurfing on St.Petersburg 5th channel which is available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrJJpQl_b4

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met many wonderful people and many more are to come i hope!

Interests

photography, art, architecture, museums, music, live concerts, classical and independent cinema, social science, reading, going out, eating out, cooking, walking around, blowing round, nature, sea coast, animals, travelling by car, travelling by train, cycling, yoga...

  • animals
  • dogs
  • arts
  • architecture
  • photography
  • concerts
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • picnic
  • yoga
  • sauna
  • walking
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • movies
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • eating out
  • music
  • cycling
  • science
  • social science

Music, Movies, and Books

it's impossible to embrace everything here, but i'll make a try

music - http://www.last.fm/user/kindai/

movies - old black and whites like the ones by godard, antonioni, tarkovsky... new coloured like the ones by gus van sant, michael winterbottom, michel gondry, wes anderson, the cohen brothers...

books - i prefer the authors of the late 19's early-mid 20's century and i do love russian classical literature, esp. chekhov and nabokov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I easily get impressed so such things as thunderstorm or beautiful early sunday morning make me feel truly happy

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you to improve your russian !

(and will be grateful if you could do so with my beginning swedish that i dream to start speaking since childhood)

I am happy to share any knowledge I've got- don't hesitate to ask me

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Sweden

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