I’m an English teacher and amateur naturalist (NOT naturist lol). I’m from the US. I love reading classic literature and poetry, shouting from the top of a hill, mimicking accents, being clueless in a different country, pointing stupidly at food items because i can’t speak the language.

I am a very great catcher of frogs and lizards. If you need a lizard or a frog, I will bring it to you in a firm, but gentle clasp.

I loved backpacking in Russia and Turkey, and in South America, and I hope to go do it again and again, until I perish of some memorable and unnatural cause.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because travelling is pointless without the human element. I want to meet lovely people and oddballs—either I’ll have a really good time, or a really good story.

Interests

• literature
• poetry
• coffee
• flowers
• hiking
• languages
• nature
• russian language
• russian literature

Music, Movies, and Books

Moby-Dick, Iliad, Ulysses

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

transited the Panama Canal! as crew!

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot of facts about nature and animals, and I can help with English or Russian language. Also I could teach you to make chicory-root coffee

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cookin! and I can cook well! And I often send postcards to people I’ve surfed with, when I get back home :) I really like sending postcards. The hard part is finding people to send them to

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Panama, Russian Federation, United States