Hi there beautiful people of the world, I'm sure travelling is the best thing in life and nothing is more exciting than life itself!
I'm Russian and I live partly in Moscow partly in Europe. After more than 10 years of office job in Moscow I work for a small European online wine business now, not easy but very interesting, lots of trips and no day's like the other one.
I am smart and friendly, humorous and easy-going, I respect the others and myself. And I don't smoke.
I love arts - always take a chance to go to the opera and picture galleries, love rock music of the 60s and 70s, I'm a retro girl, very fond of vintage fashion too. Love taking pictures and some of them are not too bad. Love simple pleasures, good food, good wine, good talk, good laugh with my family or old friends or the new ones. I'm always very happy to meet smart people with good sense of humor :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To me knowing the place is knowing people. "Follow the locals" is my travelling motto, eat where they eat, go where they go. The best memories are about those places where I have met wonderful people.
I am new at CS and cannot host for the accommodation reasons and because of frequent trips too, but you can have a look at my AirBnb references https://www.airbnb.com/users/reviews/15267700

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Queen, Black Sabbath, Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Metallica, Motorhead, Franz Ferdinand, Amy Winehouse, Jamiroquai, Sam Smith, jazz, opera

Books: Shakespeare, Flaubert, Zola, Nabokov, Suskind, Marquez, Fowles, Murdoch, Wassmo, Beigbeder

Movies: Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Martin McDonagh, Tom Tykwer, Fatih Akin, Coen brothers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Many years before the "ice bucket challenge" on a freezing January night (about -25 C) in Russia I have poured a whole bucket of ice-cold water on myself. This is how we, Russians, celebrate Epiphany night :) Never repeated it anyway :)

Teach, Learn, Share

As I learn Italian I'm always grateful for some Italian language practice

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sharing travel stories and cooking Italian food

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Russian Federation