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Overview

  • 7 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian, Russian, Spanish; learning French, Portuguese
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Musician, singer, vocal coach, linguist
  • La Sapienza Universita di Roma, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow St...
  • From Russian Federation
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About Me

Might be the most versatile person you've ever met:)) Super positive. Music is the main thing in my life. I sing, compose, write songs, play the piano and the guitar, perform with my band. Can't live without sports (jogging, gym workouts, long-distance walks). Work as a vocal trainer and a voice coach. I speak 5 languages (Russian, English and Italian fluently) and understand 3 more. I don’t like to call myself polyglot. It’s just easy for me. I also teach public speaking and acting. Travelled a lot. Passionate about hiking. For example, I've done trekking to the Everest Base Camp in 2019 and Camino de Santiago - twice. Love Italian cuisine. Studied in Rome. Lived a couple of months in Madrid and almost half of the year in Indonesia. Traveled a lot with my motorbike around the area. Saw the dolphins in Lovina and went to Java Island to see the amazing volcanoes and fantastic temples. Friendly and open-minded person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have a lot of couchsurfing experience: Paris, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Palermo, Madrid, Porto, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostella, Rome, Venice, etc. It's always great to meet new interesting people, see different cultures and speak different languages. Usually people I meet are very broad-minded and helpful. I truly believe that we attract what we have inside and what we see in this world ✨

Interests

Music, piano, singing, trekking, running, traveling, bicycle, psychology, tasty food, new people, esoteric, comedies, nature, foreign languages, books, etc.

  • music festivals
  • italian food
  • running
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • sports
  • psychology
  • mountains
  • trekking
  • learning languages
  • biking
  • ocean
  • gym
  • italy
  • camino
  • french culture
  • travelling around the world
  • italian language
  • italian culture

Music, Movies, and Books

One of my favorite books which really changed my mind a lot is "The Journey Home: The Story of Michael Thomas and the Seven Angels : A Kryon". I read it during my travel to Croatia. It's amazing, deep and I'm sure it will change your idea of life.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

SOME MAGIC

We live in a very good time having great opportunities to travel and meet new people. Some of those meetings have the power to change our lives. And I know what I'm saying. I can tell you a wonderful story which happened to me a couple of years ago. At that period of time I was living in Italy. And I had this "crazy" dream to walk a Camino de Santiago on my own. Can you imagine around 1000 kms by foot without any preparations? Starting in France, ending in Spain. It was that right time to clear my mind and to think about future. So the adventure started at the moment when I, sitting on a bench in the Villa Borghese in Rome, just bought my oneway ticket to Paris. Oh my God! I've met so many wonderful people during that way. And I had one amazing coincidence. After 2 weeks of walking and more than 500 kms I've injured my leg and just couldn't go any further. And do you know when it happened?

One month before this I was travelling with my mom. And we were somewhere between Portugal and Spain. Amazing place where you can easily cross the boarder, which means just to cross the bridge. So we where walking in a small Spanish city and in the evening we had to take a train to get back to Portugal. So we were running to the station as I was completely sure that the train leaves within 10 minutes. But when we came there, we found out that there is a 1 hour time difference between these 2 countries. So we had to wait one hour sitting at the station. By chance I saw a woman with a big backpack. I don’t know why I’ve decided to start a conversation. In a few minutes it turned out that this woman just ended her Camino and I told her about my intentions to walk a long way striating somewhere in France.

Do you know what? She told me that her house is located on the way! And that every morning waking up she hears the voices of the pilgrims which are passing by the road in front of her house. So she gave me her contacts and invited so have a tea once I’ll be near her place in Spain. Long story short, when I’ve injured my leg and couldn’t make even a step, I was completely exhausted, when I suddenly realised that I have that women’s dress. I started to google it and (Oh my God!), I was just in 2 kms from Olga’s house. I called her immediately, told what happened and she said: stay where you are, I’ll be there in 5 minutes! So she drove me to a hospital. I didn’t even have an insurance and the doctor of course didn’t want to do something with me without all these papers. But Olga insisted saying that I’m a hero, walking a long way alone, everybody in Spain knows what a Camino is and that I’m from another country and that we’ll not leave the place until they do something and finally they helped me. Shall I say that we become real friends? It’s just one story from my life, but it shows all the magic of a chance encounter.

Teach, Learn, Share

Language exchange. Singing.
P.S. Taking really good pictures:)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Wear comfortable shoes! We are going to walk a lot. Are you ready to see the real city? I'm going to show you the best places of Moscow. Local tips only.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Monaco, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, France, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain

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