CURRENT MISSION

"find your place in the world or die trying" .. : )

ABOUT ME

Hi there !
I'm Nadia.

Once I changed my life, left lots of nice things&memories behind and moved from a small town in the middle of nowhere to the city of Petersburg. This was probably the best decision I've ever made 'cauze I realized how big and how small the world is at the same time and how broad is the choice of opportunities we get if we're not afraid to try. I enjoyed living in Petersburg and showing the nicest unique&hidden places in the city to my guests. I also spent some time travelling which was always a great experience.

Then I moved again a coulple of times, and currently I'm in Aarhus, Denmark, where I work as a Russian teacher at Aarhus University. I do enjoy living here and will definitely stay til the end of the academic year 2019, but this experience will be incomplete without you, inspiring, beautiful couchsurfing people. I am always up to explore the surroundings, spend a couple of hours on a conversation in a coffee shop, walk, ride a bike, enjoy live music & performances, all these kinds of things : ). I'm pretty busy with work but weekends are normally free.

"Life is about people you meet".. I find this phrase fair enough. I believe that not only beauty will save the world, but also our kindness and open mindedness.
So that I am trying to do : be light and calm and stay positive. Simplify my life and share the best I have. laugh together, support each other, and be honest.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

it seems i meet special people here.

Interests

music, cinema, theatre, foreign languages, culture of different countries, literature, architecture, science;
handmade things, cooking (vegetarian food especially :)), sport (yoga, swimming, skiing, jogging)

Music, Movies, and Books

movies : mostly European cinema art and arthouse. but sometimes it's really nice to watch a nice romantic movie (like He's Just Not That Into You) or an old American comedy (like Bringing up Baby).
So,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mulholland Dr., Garden State, Babel, Drive, Kislorod, Perfect Sense, Howl's Moving Castle, Auf der anderen Seite, Begin Again, Victoria(2015).
My favorite directors: Michel Gondry, Ivan Vyrypaev, Woody Allen, Alejandro González Iñárritu.

music : 60's, jazz; The Beatles, Radiohead, Placebo, Oasis, Beirut, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, The Shins....

books : a lot of russian and foreign authors, but Haruki Murakami is my favorite. also, Oliver Sacks, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

it was summer 2014 and i had been going up on a mountain lake for 4.5 hours all alone in South Kazakhstan.
and then when i saw this lake i just sat down on the shore and told myself: "i did it.. well !"
there going up without a respite i understood that a process can be really more important than the result .

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : russian language (i'm teacher of russian as a foreign language), cooking vegetarian food, sing Bob Dylan's songs if you can play guitar (because i can't))), walk for 12 hours and not be tired :)))

Learn : what do you like ? what is your hobby or a work which you are willing to devote your life? We all are here to learn something from each other .

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, South Korea, Ukraine, United Kingdom