Update (year 2021)

I'm Nadja. 38 years old and I live in Schwerin, Germany. I have two beautiful little twin sons, a cat and I big garden with lots of vegetables and fruits. Since I fell in love with Ukraine I love to travel and discover this amazing country. Work as freelancer English teacher and Russian interpreter at the moment. Love my sons, dancing salsa and meet new people.

Update (year 2019)

I'm Nadja. 36 years old. Live with my boyfriend and cat in the beautiful Schwerin since 9 years. I have a big garden with growing lots of vegetables and fruits. Work as media and PR-expert, but my passion is designing and handcrafts - jewellery, cutlery and modelling with clay. Love swimming in one of the 7 lakes in Schwerin. At the moment I teach small girls in rhythmic gymnastics.

ABOUT ME (year 2009)

I'm a 24 years old Russian/German girl.
I grew up on a Siberian farm. That's why I love simple way of life, nature and animals. I guess I will keep traveling around the world for the next couple years - for several reasons... Because for me real life experiences and friendships are much more important than material things and a secured job and because I love making films (especially for children) So I'm always searching for mystical stories and observing people's lifes in different cultures...

PHILOSOPHY

Be always yourself and keep your mind wide open!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One single CouchSurfing experience in Darwin yet.. A very extraordinary one - extraordinary in a good way! Luka is an artist and plays drum and base with Emdee (the band, which is having great open air gigs at the Sunset Market at Mindl Beach) So, we loved to live at his crazy place, next to the gay club:-), having his easy-going company and feel the vibrations of his music while dancing at the beach!

Interests

salsa, good films, sauna, op-shopping, drawing, video editing, observing people and animals, playing durak (a Russian card game)

• animals
• dancing
• sauna
• clubbing
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• animation
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Leon, the Professional, Forest Gump, La vita e belle (Life is beatiful), Schokolat, Eis am Stil, La Boom - Die Fete, Rendezvous mit Jow Black, Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain, Moulin Rouge, Borat, Russian movies: Burnt by the sun, Gardemarini, Sibirskij cerjulnik...

Music:
Salsa and other Latino Music, Santana, Steve Wonder, Jack Johnson, Peter Björn & John, Madonna, Depeche Mode, Royksopp and Australian bands, some of them I met while travelling around Australia: Angus & Julia Stone, eMDee, Tinpan Orange, Double Entendre...

Books: I never remember the titles of the books I read, but the latest fascinating and unforgetable one is 'David Pelzer'
...historical/political books (especially about Russia, Australia and Africa), Russian books and every kind of fairytales:-)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Emigrated from Russia to Germany in 1993.
The seven-months trip to Australia in 2007.
3 months road trip through Russia in 2009.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could help with salsa and other latino dances, video editing, photoshop, graphic programms and traditinal animation, as well as mixing good caipiroschkas:-)))

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Russian Federation

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