CURRENT MISSION

exploring the world & enjoying life in the Baltics

ABOUT ME

Young, positive, helpful, open, sociable. I love Saint-Petersburg, Stockholm and Riga and I'd like it if other people could love these cities too.

PHILOSOPHY

I love people
I love life
trying not to hurt
and to understand what is called differences
though I don't believe that there are any REAL differences :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

more than 5 years with CS so far.
I hope to help interesting people to stay at Stockhom/SPb/Riga with comfort and to enjoy everything.

I'm located in Stockholm mainly now, though occasionally I live in Riga (as often as I can) or (almost never currently) come back to my home in St. Petersburg. Crazy I am.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

several days in Paris, France; in Tallinn, Estonia; in Lithuania: in Kaunas, in Vilnius (thrice), in Klaipėda and in Šiauliai; in Poland (Warszawa); in Stockholm, Sweden (twice); in Brussels, Belgium; in Turku, Finland; in Ålesund, Norway (twice); in Georgia (Batumi and Tbilisi)

Interests

languages, literature, music, architecture, history, townscapes, francophonie, la France, Saint-Petersburg, Europe, the Baltic Region (especially Ingria, Latvia and Lithuania), strolling, urban orienteering

I like linguistics. I think it's wonderful that I like my speciality. Sometimes I take part in conferences, and it's great if you go to other cities or countries to discuss something interesting for you and other people. And of course, it's a way for seeing different places.
I take part in linguistic expeditions. I had been to Kalmykia 3 times, it's a very exotic and interesting region in the south of Russia, with sunny and warm weather and culture of the only Mongolian nation in Europe.
In 2009, I took part in another expedition, during which we had a great experience of cmmunicating with Ingrian Finnish who live in our region.
Baltistics is one more thing I adore. Latvian and Lithuanian are very good. At the moment these languages are what I'm interested in more. The culture and history of the Baltic region are of great interest for me as well.

http://www.lastfm.ru/user/Nofenigma

• culture
• literature
• architecture
• running
• music
• history
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: J. S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Pärt; Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Gerry Mulligan; The Beatles, U2, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Louise Attaque, The Who, Camel, The Yardbirds, Caravan, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Electric Light Orchestra, R.E.M., Franz Ferdinand, The Decemberists, Alina Orlova, Prāta Vētra, Gaujarts, Hospitāļu iela, Bo Kaspers orkester, First Aid Kit, The Black Keys, Goran Gora

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hitchhiking in -25°C
organizing Running City Riga and participation in other urban orienteering projects
crazy night walk from the centre of Riga to Varnukrogs (Jurmala)
beautiful star nights in Kalmykia
the Volga in Nižniy, Volgograd and Astrakhan
Riga from the porthole
the Baltic islands (Kotlin/Kronstadt, Gotland, Saaremaa, Åland)
living for a week in Salų dvaras (Lithuania)
all our lingustic expeditions

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you different languages, tell the stories about our city, country and other cities and countries, show you my beloved places and so on...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, Russian Federation, Sweden

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