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Overview

  • 355 references 235 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Spanish; learning French, Hebrew (modern)
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2005
  • interpreter
  • degree in management
  • From Russian Federation
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About Me

I can take you to a cool language exchange event, go salsa dancing or just hang out in Ramat Gan/Yarkon park. If you're into street epistemology, rationality and/or NVC I might know where to take you.

I usd t host a lot. I don't host now but I am planning to start hosting again after I move to a more convenient flat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I used to be a volunteer for Moscow hospitality exchange community in 2005-2009 and organize Jazz CS events in Cancun in 2011-2012 I sometimes organize CS events.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used to host a lot (I guess I had over 1000 guests in my homes in 3 countries and was hosted couple of hundreds of times too in 70+ countries). I'm also in Hospitalityclub.org, trustroots.org, BeWelcome.org and Globalfreeloaders.com.

Interests

Rationality, critical thinking, history, languages

  • arts
  • books
  • singing
  • architecture
  • dancing
  • salsa dancing
  • swing dancing
  • cooking
  • fitness
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • jazz
  • hiking
  • camping
  • scuba diving
  • snorkeling
  • atheism
  • teaching
  • languages
  • psychology
  • science
  • social science
  • sociology
  • hitchhiking
  • volunteering
  • budget travel
  • sightseeing
  • museum
  • craft beer
  • contact improvisation
  • gym
  • healthy food
  • talking
  • lindy hop
  • popular science
  • pedagogy
  • skepticism
  • nvc
  • acro yoga
  • transhumanism
  • rationality
  • mnemonics
  • libertarianism
  • public speaking
  • swing dance
  • vine

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock'n'roll, jazz, rock, blues, classic, trova, anti-folk, indie, singers-songwriters. I love to read non-fiction books about science and psychology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

You will not believe me:)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to cook some Russian dishes and give a lot of advice about budget travelling, share some knowledge about mnemonics (memory techniques)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook, help cleaning, do art-related tasks, babysit, help translating something (English-Russian-Spanish).

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Mexico, Russian Federation, Turkey, United States

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