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Overview

  • 25 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian; learning French
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Operations Manager in MedTech company/Ex-Hotelier
  • B.A. in Management of tourim business
  • From Ukraine
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About Me

Currently I'm living in my home city Kyiv (Ukraine) after living 3 years abroad in Asia (Dubai, Vietnam and Bali).

CURRENT MISSION

Travel all around the world to expand my horizons

My travel blog with hoteliers travel stories - https://footprintonthemoon.wordpress.com

ABOUT ME

I adore traveling, art (keen on impressionism), hiking mountains, cycling, badminton, snorkeling, talking with interesting people and share my experience.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had wonderful BeNeFra, Baltic and Scandinavian trips by couchsurfing

Interests

Painting, writing articles about travel, reading inspiring books, watching art house films, and going into the mountains treks to be closer to nature.

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • impressionism
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • blogging
  • painting
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • badminton
  • languages
  • trekking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - On the Road, The Minds of Billy Milligan, Flowers for Algernon, Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher in the Rye, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Movies - Into the Wild, Cloud Atlas, A Beautiful Mind, Eat Pray Love

Music - Enya, The XX, Avicii, Imagine Dragons, Hurts, Coldplay

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Stayed in 2 hemispheres at the same time

- Crossed USA from east to west

- Was flying above Etretat cliffs in Normandy with my host

- Jumped at the end of Trolltunga above the breathtaking Geiranger fjord

- Hiked rice terraces in Sapa with a local Hmong tribe

- Was kayaking in Blue Lagoon in El Nido, Philippines

- Learned surfing on the green waves in Bali

- Visited the active volcano Merapi in Java after that it's erupted

- Saw an Aurora in Iceland during the trip around it by the route #1

- Had a whales watching in the North of Iceland

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm happy to share my travel experience worldwide (for now I've visited 41 country), and how to start mountain hiking (just get interested in this at 26 y.o and conquered many Tops in the Carpathian mountains), and will be glad to introduce you to Ukrainian culture and language and talk about everything that inspires me (I'm a big fan of Hygge and Lagom philosophy).

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

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