CURRENT MISSION

Few years ago I would have written here with a smile "eat, sleep, love", but now only kind-eternal-pure. I would like to be a catcher in the rye.

ABOUT ME

They say Russians never smile. This is true, because we laugh all over the time.
I am thin-skinned, vivid and warm, but more often I can be a damned wretch and Ferris wheel in a human form.
I lived in Moscow, built a theatre for disabled children, worked in Greenpeace and cynologic centre, was a nude, hitch-hiked, jumped with a parachute, wrote poems, had a motorbike accident, sold Moleskine notebooks.
Now I am a guide, paint pictures, drive a small yellow car and dream about deep and blue sea.

PHILOSOPHY

do only those things which you really want to do.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will be glad to host, to chat during the dinner and drink smth hot and savoury in small and cosy bars

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a beginner but I am sure my Couchsurfing Experience will be positive. Earlier I hosted people but all of them were Russians and had recommendations of my good friends.
Also in Denmark a friend of mine decided to take me to a meeting in a small art gallery where a woman from web-site was celebrating her birthday: we were there for a while because she was too busy and it was really difficult to enjoy the party where nobody had known you. But is seems to be a first pancake.

Interests

I like feel cities that is why I prefer watch not only their glamorous sights but also their inner side - narrow streets, local cafes, desolate beaches

• arts
• poetry
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• partying
• drinking
• board games
• painting
• history
• languages
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amores Perros, The eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Big Fish, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Love Actually, Green Mile, Island, Aibolit 66, Cold Summer of 1953, Scoop, La Mala Educacion, Dead Poets Society, Frida, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Tideland, Bridget Jones's Diary (1, 2), The Great Gatsby, Monsters Inc., Wall-E, Take This Waltz, Jagten

Music: Zemfira, Russian rock, classic music

Books: J. D. Salinger, F. M. Dostoevsky, Truman Capote, B. Blier, A. Slapovsky, K. Vonnegut, G. Márquez, P. Høeg

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visited 17 states (8.88%)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
-Painting (acrylic)
-Cooking/Baking
-Russian language
-History of arts
-Playing board games

Learn:
-New languages
-Dance
-Play harmonica

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cambodia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation