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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Hebrew (modern), Russian
  • Unspecified age, Other
  • Member since 2006
  • street ambassdor/ learning sponge
  • Degreed but learned more outside Univ than in.
  • From Hartford, Conn. USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learning, learning, learning....adjusting to our new life in America

ABOUT ME

Happy to be here Mom to ...two great teens who are warm, interesting, creative young people. Ages 17+15. Kids have grown up in Moscow, Russia, from the States as I was invited to Russia as marketing specialist for construction/development co in '94. Found the great treasure of Russia is its hospitality and its people. Over 20 years in sales+marketing and sales-promotion mostly premiums for BK, Arby's, RJR,... Have lived many wonderful chapters of my life with travel adventures all over Asia, Europe+ USA. My love for business translated into a new chapter of inner growth+exploration. Great passion for people, wonderful books, interesting shoes+ the unexpected. Dream to spend time in each place on our places to go list to taste and savour every bite. Wonderful, memorable adventures, great postcards in my memory. We....are spiritual, cerebral, passionate about life, people, learning+ living full life. We like to make mistakes, get messy, dream Big, laugh at ourselves and start again!!

PHILOSOPHY

Simply, just live full life as possible. We make our own fate, cause+effect, the things we do or don't do in our lives. For me, life is only becomes life when we have compassion, conscience, character + courage. Full life means welcoming change even when dif. It means having open mind which opens our hearts. The proc of life is the greatest joy possible..and along the way, learn to laugh as Life is truly a comedy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Fellow travelers are welcome to stretch their $$, rbles, euros...sharing my couch+I can share what I find great about Moscow, meet new people from all over the world. I love this project as no better wayt to open our eyes about people, dif cultures and world at large.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

First couchsurfing experience in Israel and was amazing!!! Met the most warm hospitable people who opened their hearts and their homes to us.

Interests

One earlier passport had (3) fold-out extention pages filled with stamps. I'm dying to do again, new+old place becuz I'll be with my kids and will see thru new eyes!! So many interests....nature, cultural studies, travel (of course), writing, dreaming, developing new ideas, personal growth, telling stories, psychology growth/development, meeting new people, camping+road trips, spirituality+Kabbalah, health, new technologies, writing, Tae Bo, Karate+Boxing....and so much more

  • writing
  • books
  • traveling
  • stamps
  • camping
  • boxing
  • business
  • cultural studies
  • psychology
  • road trips

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Perhaps just amazing for me but this summer my kids/I drove our little Palio car 8,000 kilometers. Took train to Latvia, bus to Germany, bought car and drove Germany-Austria (thru Alps, amazingly beautiful, then to Slovenia (picturesque, charming-wonderful, wonderful people!!) then to France, Italy back to Slovenia, then Austria, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania, Latvia and back to Moscow. No plan, just a Map book, some ideas and word of mouth of people we met along our way.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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