I'm a PhD student living in Leicester, UK right now. So, I make some science, poke the brains, and try to understand how this whole system works.

P.S. The strange hat on my head (on one of the photos) is so-called hood, in other words chaperon. Historical contraption.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet local people and plunge into the country with the help of their eyes. Not only seeing the country but feeling it as well.

Interests

Reading books, playing tin whistle and learning guitar, science, role-playing games (LARP), archery, travelling, skiing, surfing, snooker, whisky, playing games (board/words/PC/etc).
To be more specific: Heroes of Might&Magic III/ 3.58 and Starcraft - my favorite among PC ones. I used to play World of Warcraft for 5 years on official and now quite nostalgic about this.
Board games: backgammon, chinese checkers, cards, domino, Munchkin alike.

• books
• wine
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• skiing
• archery
• science
• snooker
• pool
• larp
• swing dance

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Celtic folk, jazz, blues, country, metal (old school mostly), classic and some other not so popular genres.

Here some of favorites:
Helloween, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Blind Guardian, Lake of Tears, Finntroll, ZZ Top, RHCP, Offspring, Irish Rovers, The Dubliners, The Beatles, Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ryan Bingham, The White Buffalo, Tim Minchin, Marty Robbins, Elvis, R. L. Burnside, Tom Waits, Ruth Brown, Maria Muldaur, Roy Rogers, Vaya Con Dios, Paul McCartney, Bruno Coulais, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Marricone, The Kooks, The Kinks, and lots of others...

Books:
Tolkien, Sabatini, Conan Doyle, Remarque, Wilde, brothers Strugatskie, Yudkowsky, etc.

Movies:
The Lord of the Rings, Dead Poets Society, The Boondock Saints, Brave Heart, Back to the Future, Interstate 60, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch!.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I was galloping on a horse barebacked down the hill and wasn't falling for whole three minutes.

I got lost on the top of the Esya mountain (Reykjavik) in complete dense cloud for 5 hours, but I found the way back.
I survived in Iceland having 50 euros in my pocket for 6 days :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to shoot with the bow (if suddenly you don't know how) and how to make some nice coctails.
I hope that sharing interesting stories is the one of my distinctive qualities.
I like to learn, so if there is anything weird (or not really) you want to teach me - I'm opened to a new knowledge.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Leisure, wine and wide smile.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, England, France, Portugal, Scotland, Ukraine