Hi,
Im Polina, 26 y.o living and working in Helsinki. I was born in Siberia, Russia and I moved from there to Finland at age of 17 to get my Bachelor's degree and settled in Scandinavia for good.
I like to travel and huge fan of hiking and running. In my free time I like to read books, meet with friends and do yoga. I also like to dance salsa and I do long-distance running.

I did a half-marathon in Stockholm and a full marathon on my own ...I just decided one day that I wanna go out and run as far as I can, so I did 42.2 km. Crazy I know. I also scaled highest peak of Europe in June of last year- Mount Elbrus. Unfortunately you can't travel without money so I am working as an HR manager in Helsinki full time.

I like to meet people from all over the world and I my biggest dream is to travel to New Zealand and Australia and hike and live there as a carefree child :) Also Patagonia is one of my biggest dream places to ever go to.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

meeting new people, need I say more?

Interests

• dancing
• baking
• yoga
• hiking
• reading books
• long distance running

Music, Movies, and Books

Hozier, Interpol, Coldpay, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Jose Gonzalez, Iron and Wine, First Aid Kit, Adele, Jessie Ware, Young Fathers, Sampha, Sarah Klang, John Mayer
anything that you can run to like Arcade Fire, Jungle, Dua Lipa, Kygo, Weeknd, Jamie XX

TV show: Frasier, Brooklyn 99, Game of Thrones, Girls, Mad Man, Handmaid's Tale.

Books: sooo many, anything from Margaret Atwood- "Oryx and Crake", "Year of the flood"; Flowers for Algernon, Light Between Oceans -M.L Stedman, Fahrenheit 451, Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, Madame Bovari by Flobert, "Wool" by Hugh Howey, "On the road" by Kerouac, "Goldfinch" Donna Tartt.
Russian classics: Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Boris Pasternak "Doctor Zhivago" but especially his poems

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing to the top of Sweden- Kebnekaise (3057m)
Running half-marathon in Stockhom
running marathon on my own summer 2018, I just decided one day that I wanna go out and run as far as I can, so I took 5 energy gels and ran 42.2 km :)
everytime I do a Headstand, I feel like Im beating gravity and doing some kind of magic
Scaling mount Elbrus! It was craaaazy! I'll tell you about it, maybe :)
Travelling to Stockholm to see Coldplay
Hiking in Iceland. I mean it's Iceland, everything is amazing there.

Teach, Learn, Share

I do love baking, my cakes are actually awesome (i'm so humble i know). And I don't eat cakes so good for those around me. So I can teach you to make most amazing banana bread ( I really like healthy baking)
I can also go for a run with you
I can teach you Russian and Finnish

What I Can Share with Hosts

I was living my whole childhood in Siberia so I could tell you how to start an engine in a car in -40 :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Russian Federation