CURRENT MISSION
Learning Japanese, moving to Japan soon (March 2023). Doing the English teaching thing again.

ABOUT ME

I have spent most of my life learning foreign languages because I have always been interested in other countries and cultures.

I tend to be a bit shy when first meeting people, but once I feel comfortable or feel I can trust someone, I can just be myself. one of my main goals in life is to learn to be more open with people so I can make more connections with people, and I think Couchsurfing is a good way to do that. I think that the more you give of yourself to people, the more they will give back, and everyone stands to gain from that.

I taught English in Korea for 15 months and then I traveled around Southeast Asia for 5 months.

PHILOSOPHY

Learn, explore, focus on what's really important in life.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have couchsurfed in Nizhny Novogorod, Russia and it was a great experience. Other than that, I have used couchsurfing to meet up with lots of cool people in different countries.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I initially got an account here to find people to speak Russian with while I was studying Russian in Moscow.

I couchsurfed for the first time while visiting nizhny novgorod and it was an amazing experience. completely changed the way I think about people, traveling, the world, and so many other things! :)

I also couchsurfed in Jakarta, Indonesia and Penang, Malayisa. I saw local things that I never would have on my own and met some great people at the same time.

Интересы

as long as i can remember, my greatest interest has been to visit and learn about other countries and other ways of life. i also really love studying languages.

also: russia, literature, riding bikes, yoga, pop culture, traveling, meeting new people and learning about their lives, good conversation

• literature
• coffee
• reading
• languages
• exploring
• long walks
• lgbtq
• pokemon go
• apex legends

Музыка, кино и книги

movies: the babadook, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, t

music: anything from ani difranco to justin timberlake, sleater-kinney, kishi bashi, thao and the get down stay down.
books: john steinbeck, truman capote, fyodor dostoevsky, david sedaris.

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Rode my bike 100 miles round trip with my friend.

Got lost in the crowd at Tet (Vietnamese New Year) in Hanoi.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

i can gladly help people with their english.

Чем я могу поделиться с хостами

i can cook a meal or help clean the dishes :)

Где я побывал(-а)

Austria, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Ukraine, United States, Viet Nam

Где я жил(-а)

China, Japan, Russian Federation, South Korea, United States