ATTENTION PLEASE!
If you think that couchsurfing was created for one-night-stand and sex adventures, or it is the tinder travel department, or that all the Russian girls are looking for a chance to flirt with any random foreigner, please don't text me and don't reply to my public request. I am here not for finding a lover, I am looking for friends and interesting personalities, and I wish every pervert to find a web-site for his own preferences and stop using couchsurfing for a wrong purpose!!!

As people don't understand and recently I had an inappropriate situation again:

NO PERVERTS PLEASE
If you want to have sex without consent
If you want to masturbate in front of an unfamiliar woman
If you want to find a dominant or a submissive
If you think that women of another religion and culture are dirty sl*ts ans sex objects
DO NOT USE COUCHSURFING

I know, there are many stories about romantic relationships started thanks for couchsurfing, and I think it's great, but some people just cannot understand the others' privacy and they are expecting sex for stay. I already had an experience of leaving the host's apartment at rainy midnight, and I do not want this in my life anymore. Thanks for understanding.

Ok, if you are still reading and do not think I am an angry bitch, let me tell some facts about myself.

* I belong to a small national minority named Mari. The anthropologists call us "the last paganists of Europe" (I'm an agnosticist, don't worry, I am not planning to ritual at your place!)
* I am a professional journalist and literature criticist, but most of the time I'm writing articles about travel and cinema. Now I do my second Master's in historical sociology.
* I play organ. Absolutely useless skill. And I really envy people who play guitar or violin - because when I'm broke, I cannot just go out and earn some money on the streets!
* I adoooooore cats, for me they are angels. I like dogs too, but I never owned one.
* I spent three years working with people with mental disabilities in the communities called L'Arche (maybe you know). It was good experience, but completely destroyed my life (this is a long story....)
* I lived in 5 countries
* I crossed Iran and used couchsurfing there.
* I crossed all the Ireland by hitchhiking with a tent.
* I slept in Sahara in a tent too.
* I teached my 60 years old mother how to hitchhike.
* I watched all the movies of Bergman and Tarkovsky, not because I'm an arrogant snob, but for professional needs
* I spent 9 years playing in a theatre (I was a stage kid). I'm still dreaming about becoming a performer, but my friends think I could be a good stand-up comedian.
* I am an obsessed drone pilot.
* I can bring you some Moravian wine (I live in Prague now). Or Becherovka. Or choose what you prefer 😊
* I speak English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, also I understant Italian and Spanish, I am vaccinated and LGBTQ+ friendly. Pet friendly a lot (pet obsessed let's say)!!!

If you want to know something more about me, my lifestyle, hobbies and my days, you can check up my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margarita.travels/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Now my couchsurfing experience is really wide. I was hosted in Ukraine, Belarus, France, UK, Lithuania, Ireland, Germany, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Italy, Armenia, Andorra, Belgium, Malta and Russia and I was a host for guests from Italy, Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, Egypt, Turkey, France, Germany and Russia (unfortunately I do not have many references on my page, cause I was sharing the apartment with my friend who was a couchsurfer too, and some of the guests were writing on her page). Currently I live in a student dorm, so I cannot really host people, but of course I am planning to be back to my host career in future.

When I've started visiting foreign countries using CS I realised that communication was the best part of my voyages. Even going somewhere with the working trip I was trying to meet up with local people at least fot coffee and chat. This is really amazing! This is not just about traveling, it is most of all about making friends, hearing the opinions, and exchanging an experience. CS is one of the most important and interesting parts of my life, and it is still giving me many friends all over the world.

Interests

Travelling is probably my main passion now (hiking, hitchhiking, camping, CS). I also love making music (I play piano and organ), riding a horse, reading books, visiting theatres and museums, supsurfing, snowboarding, writing stories, cooking traditional food of different countries, taking pictures...

• arts
• culture
• literature
• singing
• architecture
• photography
• tattoos
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• boxing
• swimming
• history
• hitchhiking
• cinema
• nature
• theatre
• couchsurfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Metropolis, Casablanca, Летят журавли, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Солярис, Edipo re, Сказка сказок, Amadeus, Chung Hing sam lam, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, La double vie de Veronique, Dekalog, Krótki film o milosci, Breaking the Waves, Dogville, The Hours, Atonement, Moulin Rouge!, Il portiere di notte, In Bruges, Das Leben der Anderen, El laberinto del fauno, The Boat That Rocked, Triage (Eyes of war), Fish Tank, Les chansons d'amour, A Single Man, Sucker Punch, The Lobster, Hardcore Henry, Arrival, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, all of the Harry Potter movies and Fantastic Beasts too

TV shows: Dark, Game of thrones, Humans, The Leftovers, The Handmaid's tale, Daredevil season 1, American gods season 1, The Witcher, Legion.

Music: Henry Purcell, Wilhelm Richard Wagner, Giovanni Gabrieli, John Dowland, David Lang, Dario Marianelly, The Clockwork Dolls, Raiohead, Damien Rice, New Tango Orquesta, Franz Ferdinand, Jay Jay Johanson, Antony And The Johnsons, CocoRosie, Kasabian, The amazing devil, Aparat, First aid kit, She wants revenge!, Chinawoman, АИГЕЛ, Drummatix, Dakooka, ...

Books: John Fowles, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Joanne K. Rowling, Joseph Brodsky, Michail Shishkin, Feodor Dostoevsky, Witold Gombrowicz, Nina Berberova, Vladimir Nabokov, Dante Alighieri, Jean Anouilh, Edmond Rostand, Michael Cunningham, Hermann Hesse, Ian McEwan, Daniel Keyes, George Martin, Elizabeth Kostova. Also I fond of antique literature — Sophokles, Euripídes are my faves.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I left my home, friends and familty to work in charity in Northern Ireland. Still have no home, but I am enjoying this life!

Crossed Ireland hitchhiking, backpacking and camping in summer 2018.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always ready to show you the city I live in. You are very welcome to share a cup of coffee or a glass of wine with me no matter where. Also I am always ready for any adventure!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am always ready to spend time with my host, but if he or she is working hard or not ready to hang out, I wouldn't be annoying. But storysharing is necessary!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Cambodia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, Northern Ireland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom