"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hello! I am Nadia, I was born in Russia, but for the last 10 years I´ve been living in Spain.
Now I live in Catalonia, on the Costa Brava, one of the most beautiful regions in the world from my point of view :)

I consider myself being a citizen of the world.

I adore nature, one of my favourite things to do is collecting mushrooms in The Pyrenees Mountains.

At the same time, I adore the sea, that´s why I'm living just in front of the little beach of Roses Bay, in a little fisherman village L'Escala.

One day when I was 18 I woke up and told myself: "Ok, it´s time to change it all". So I decided to leave Russia and go to Spain to make my University Studies. First year was wonderful and..terrible: I did´t know any word in Spanish when I arrive, so I literally closed myself up in my room and crammed as a crazy person in order to pass the exams. A hard year, but I resisted, learned Spanish and passed all the exams succesfully! In 2010 I entered Salamanca University, my alma mater, my heaven, my soul, my big challenge. Since then, I live in this beautiful country which I adore to infinity and beyond.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I don´t have experience in couchsurfing, but I would very much like to start.
I am planning a roadtrip in northern Italy with my younger brother and we would like to meet local people and share good time together :)

Interests

• literature
• languages
• mushrooms

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books are "The Reader" by Schlink, "Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee" by Brussig and almost everything from Ernest Hemingway.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learned Spanish from zero to advanced in 8 months

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey