Hey travelers!

I come from Kyiv, Ukraine but currently live in Weimar, Germany where I am pursuing my Master’s in international relations. Though I unfortunately cannot offer you a stay here, I love a good company and will gladly show you around the best places in this lovely little town or in the cities nearby - Erfurt and Jena:) And of course giver you the tips for the best experience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Despite my love for reading, some of the most important things I’ve learned so far came not from books but from people. And the more people I meet the more reassured I am that this world is such an beautiful, kind and interesting place to live in.

I enjoy the idea, that I can contribute to somebody’s life experience, either as a host or as a traveller. My first time traveling with CS was such an eye-opening thing, it forever turned traveling into something more than places for me.

Now, when it comes to traveling, I don’t make up comprehensive bucket lists of things to see. I feel perfectly at ease spending a whole day in the park or at a museum in a nice company of some locals. I don’t rush things. I like exploring less obvious locations with the new people I meet. This feels more natural to me.

Interests

• photography
• yoga
• politics
• piano
• hiking
• biking
• diving
• jogging
• foreign languages
• horsebackriding

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a book worm. Sometimes I read two books at a time because I can’t make a choice.
My all-time favorite fictional character is Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird and Alexander Rostov from a Gentleman in Moscow (both summarizing the qualities I strive for myself and appreciate in others).
My favorite fiction books are: The Book Thief, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Storyteller (by Jody Picoult), A Gentleman in Moscow and all of Chekhov.

Music: anything really
I generally love the oldies like the Eagles, Simon and Garfunkel and their contemporaries.

There are too many movies I like, but the one I have watched inappropriately many times is Catch Me if You Can (2002).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- exchange year in the USA
- hitchhiking to the Carpathian Mountains
- diving in the Red Sea
- meeting lovely people during my first time couch-surfing in Germany.
- riding four-wheelers in the desert

many more I’m trying to remember and update this list

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you have the piano, I will be beyond happy to play for you.

I bring my stories and Ukrainian chocolate/tea/honey:)

I usually take my Cannon camera with me when I travel, and I’m always up for making some portraits for you to keep as my humble thank you gesture😉

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine, United States