Hello, friends)
I'm Mykola (it's same as Nicolas or Nick).
I study creative writing in Kyiv and I do love literature (yeah, It's obvious).
So, I'm a kinda boring person, If you don't like it).
Also, You can be bored because of my music. I play guitar and any other instruments with strings (bet you won't prove it).
When I have a lot of free time I'm hitchhiking. It is my own way to open new places on Earth and new aspects of my character. Usually, I do it alone, but I won't refuse If somebody wants to join my loneliness.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet a new people and sharing my knowledge with them.
I don't like traditional kinds of traveling (city tours with boring guide, staying in hotel 24/7) because it won't give me one important thing - the view of locals. I hope, I can find it here.
Also, I love the city, where I'm living now, and the city where I was born.
So, I can show you my hometown, Zhytomyr, and Kyiv, the city of my University.
Ukrainian hospitality and good food are inclusive)

Interests

• literature
• performing arts
• modern art
• avant-garde art
• music festivals
• traveling
• music
• live music
• classical music
• guitar
• cultural studies
• adventure travel
• reading books
• creativity
• poems
• cinematography
• cultural exchange
• independent cinema
• world cinema
• creative writing
• modernism
• russian literature
• classic literature
• english literature
• arthouse
• writing poems

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I love different kinds of music. I can listen to archaic jazz and ambient in one hour.
If you want some names, here is them: Django Reinhard, Miles Davis, The Beatles, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Vangelis, W.A.S.P., Motley Crue etc.
Cinematography = Kubrick, Scorsese, Coppola, Tarkovsky, Parajanov, Illienko, Mykolaychuk, Carpenter, Nolan, Fincher, early Balabanoff, Tarantino etc.
Books: Reiner Maria Rilke, T. S. Eliot, Mychayl' Semenko, Mike Yohansen, Andriy Chuzhiy, Gabriel Garsia Lorca, Paul Celan, Samuel Beckett, Ivan Wernisch, Oleh Lysheha and others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've found a book of Lord Byron on bookcrossing after night when I was dreamt about it.
Another "interesting" stories I'll tell you later)

Teach, Learn, Share

I have experience in guitar and basic music tutoring.
Now, I learn a lot about poetry in XX century.
It's all about literature.
I am a philologist...
What else would you expect?

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share with you some tips on creative writing and music composing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Ukraine