I am a world-explorer. Only this year, I travelled to Oman, UAE, Costa-Rica, Panama, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, UK, Russia, and Turkey. If you are planning to travel to those countries, I could give you some useful tips and put you in touch with locals to explore local traditions and culture.

I am well educated, intelligent, and sportive. I prefer a healthy style of life and organic and simple food. I don't eat red meat and don't drink black tea. I don't smoke and can't stand smoking in the room.

I adore poetry, literature, and music. I would like to improve my French and Italian. I love dancing. My favorite musical instruments are piano and guitar. I used to play both a lot. I wish I had an opportunity to play the piano every day. I am a fun of musicals. I used to sing by myself The Fantom of The Opera and Evita. I love cinema, especially French, Italian, and Russian.

I did figure skating from 3 to 10 years old. So, I consider myself an expert in figure skating. I gained some extra weight, but I hope to get rid of it in the nearest future. I love the sea and the mountains. Skiing and windsurfing have always been my passions.

I love pets and wild animals. Cats and Africa are my favorites. Africa is the most beautiful place I visited.

I am a responsible mother. My son is a grown up. I consider myself an independent and free woman. That's a great feeling. Not so many women in the world could say/feel the same. I wish all of us could.

My life is deeply impacted by the war in Ukraine. I have family on both sides.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to explore new cultures and places, meet people, share cuisines, views, passions, etc.

Interests

• animals
• cats
• arts
• literature
• poetry
• theater
• education
• environment
• seafood
• politics
• traveling
• music
• sailing
• atheism
• law
• physics
• political science
• mountains
• travel
• russian language
• phylosophy
• film
• sea
• sci-fi
• healthy food
• ski
• healthy lifestyle
• seaside
• skating
• socialism
• politic
• world food
• russian culture
• university
• turism
• russian literature
• higher education
• laws
• intellectual conversations
• educator
• political economy
• political activism
• figure skating
• rainforest
• lawyer
• political philosophy
• educating
• political theory
• education reform
• education populaire

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Rachmaninov, Bach, Chopin, Chaikovskiy, Beethoven. I play piano. Love musicals: Phantom of the Opera (used to sing by myself), Cats, Evita. Love Russian bards: Vysotsky, Okudhava, Visbor, Nikitiny.

Movies
The Silence of the Lambs; all Tarkovsky ( Andrew Rublev is the most); Doctor Zhivago (music is particularly fantastic); Basic Instinct; all Truffaut (especially everything with F Ardant, favorite The Woman Next Door); Italian cinema. etc.

Books
Russian and English poetry. Russian classic.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I gave birth to my son.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach Math, Science, Russian.
I would be happy to practice my French and Italian.
I would like to improve my American pronunciation.
I could share my views, my meals, my time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I could share my views, my meals, my time. I would be willing to help with kids, pets or around the house or garden.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Netherlands, Oman, Panama, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Seychelles, United Kingdom, United States