CURRENT MISSION

de Madrid à Wellington

ABOUT ME

I think that our world is a great place to live in, and that humans are rational beings who can be trusted ;-)) I also believe that our world is better and safer today than it was 100 years ago (even though I study history and love it ;-))

I pursue my own goals, but I respect your interests and ideals. I am always looking for the ways to collaborate with you, and I would be happy to exchange value for value!

PHILOSOPHY

Classical liberalism. Free minds and free markets.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a little bit, and did some surfing. my initial experience with CouchSurfing was very positive! I always look forward to hearing from you! =)

Interests

Movies, languages, history, traveling, sports (playing soccer and table tennis; watching biathlon), museums, Internet.

Apart from this standard set - architecture (mostly modernist and contemporary; no baroque beauties, please!), painting (again, mostly late 19th - 20th centuries), Japanese cuisine, How I Met Your Mother, amateur acting, some urbex.

Any really unique interests? History of medicine and drugs, maybe? Or my attempts to decipher the Phaistos Disc? (check out Wikipedia article, it's really exciting!)

• architecture
• acting
• dancing
• tango
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• hunting
• surfing
• sports
• soccer
• tennis
• table tennis
• history
• languages
• medicine
• sign language

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Hollywood and contemporary Russian comedy movies, Mulholland Dr, Serendipity, Otpusk v sentiabre, Balabanov (but without nationalist pathos), Coen brothers (especially Fargo and A Serious Man).

Music: Alarm Will Sound, Suede, Muse, Bizet, Bartok, international pop.

Books: The Violent Bear It Away, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Atlas Shrugged (but not fanatically!), Russian poetry. Also detective stories (Poe, Christie, Conan Doyle and others)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Papagayo Peak in Brazil! (990 meters or so)

create your own visited country map

Teach, Learn, Share

I am pursuing academic career in history, so if you would like to get some background in Russian or Central European history, that would be a good practice for me - and much fun for you! (I hope ;-)) I also have some knowledge of classical liberal/libertarian philosophy, so don't hesitate to ask me if you want to learn some fresh perspective on current affairs. Or maybe you dreamt about acquiring some basic linguistic competency in Russian or Latin? I'm available! And if you're just about to make your first steps in ping pong, I might be of some help, too!

Oh, and now it comes to learning. Well, I'm interested in practically everything - but especially in foreign languages. I've experimented a little bit with Hungarian, Ukrainian and Japanese - so native speakers are eagerly expected! =) I also hope to embark on French, Italian or Spanish some day (or on the more exotic stuff like Yiddish, Arabic, or Uzbek). And sign language too! OK, linguistics is fine, but I also want to learn dancing (tango, salsa, some classical waltzes etc.), shooting, skating and movie-making - and maybe some Krav Maga ))
Any other interesting propositions are more than welcome!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Hungary, Israel, Russian Federation

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