CURRENT MISSION

Expand my cultural horizons

ABOUT ME

I’ve been on this site forever and my profile is poorly maintained. I’m a freelance translator who lives in Berlin. My top interests are travel, food and leftist politics.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Once, I arrived to a new town, and couldn't find my host. It ended with me turning him into a CS host, who I have since kept in touch with. Other than that, I've stayed at a lot of CS houses, and gone to a lot of CS meetups in Moscow. Nowadays, I'm hoping to try and meet up with some cool people in my digital nomad journey.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In Moscow I had a couple of good experiences just hanging out with CS people, and also at the end of my time when I suddenly had no where to go due to visa issues, CS got my back. Later I stayed in loads of CS houses on a trip through Europe.

Interests

I love foreign languages, music, literature, films, politics and cooking. I also enjoy downhill skiing, but it's been a bit hard to get to the slopes in the last few years.

• literature
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• politics
• movies
• music
• skiing
• languages
• law
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

These days I mainly listen to modern fairly mainstream rap and alternative rock. I like lots of movies. My favorite movie is Woman under the Influence, and my favorite director is Tarkovsky. I watch a lot of crappy thrillers and horror movies too. What can I say? I like to jump.
In terms of books, my favorite authors are Bulgakov, Dovlatov, Charles Portis, JK Toole. Unfortunately, I don't always read as much as I like anymore now that I write for a living.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Russian, and English. I'm also a pretty good cook, and have picked up recipes from a lot of different places I've been. I love sharing the food I've made, and even more when people want to learn about cooking.

I wrote that I am "learning German," but it would be more accurate to say I have forgotten German, though I was once quite proficient at it. So, if you're German and are willing to just give me some (perhaps somewhat frustrating) conversation practice, that would be awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Russian Federation, United States