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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Spanish; learning Ancient Greek, Latin
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Teacher, Translator, Traveller
  • Russian State University for Humanities (Moscow, Russia)....
  • From Moscow, Russia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To feel and to share

ABOUT ME

It must be smth in the blood – a passion for traveling.

As children my brother and I used “to travel” by bicycle – short trips from the city, discovering new paths and people. Then there was a period of archaeological expeditions and hiking in the South of Russia, afterwards – a bit of Europe and the USA.

Why am I traveling? To meet, to feel, to share

PHILOSOPHY

I believe every person has a dream. And every day gives us a possibility to get closer to this dream. But sometimes we prefer just to live comfortably and not to take any risks.
But it's better to fight and lose, than never fight and never lose. Because otherwise you will never win also.

Interests

People, traditions and new approaches, sun, music, nature, search, art, ancient and medieval cultures, Impressionism and Pre-Raphaelites, smiles, walking, skating, hiking, architecture, bikes and bicycles.

Watching, reading, listening, feeling the atmosphere, trying to understand and share.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • impressionism
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Listening to the sound of the sea.

The Beatles, Vladimir Vysotsky, Joaquin Sabina, Paco Ibáñez, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, rock (not very hard), Spanish guitar, folk and lots of others...

Poetry (Pushkin, Homer, Ovidius, Dante Alighieri, Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda...). Dostoevsky. Chekhov. Turgenev. "Dandelion wine" (Ray Bradbury).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I used to be a youth leader in a summer camp for children. Children can teach you so many things you have forgotten!

Night sky and splashing waves on the Black sea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Spain

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