I was born in cold snowy Siberia. My family moved to Brazil in 1994, when I was 12. I'd say I've experienced two extremes, regarding both climate and mindset (which I believe are closely related BTW). In 2013 I've moved to the Netherlands because of a job offer (I press buttons in order to produce pixel arrangements useful to the stakeholders, which describes basically any profession nowadays... but mine is software engineer). Climate and mindset are sorta kinda in between Russia & Brazil here. I have both Russian and Brazilian colleagues so generally speaking I finally feel home 😊
Europe fascinates me since I lived in Germany for a couple of months in 1992. I intend to visit all the countries on this amazing continent. Either by road, train or airplane. Perhaps even being the captain of the aforementioned airplane (I'm working on a pilot license).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For introspecting people of very different cultural background. I'm very easily amused.

Interests

• arts
• concerts
• aviation
• languages
• playing piano
• industrial design
• gliding

Music, Movies, and Books

My tastes shift and evolve continuously. At the moment I'm mostly into electronic psy music; can't work without my headphones blasting Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Skazi, Younger Brother, Shpongle, Ott, Ticon, Sesto Sento, Juno Reactor... Progressive rock like Dream Theater, Ayreon, Rush, Gentle Storm... Classics like The Who, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd. And undefined genre like Mr. Bungle. Oh, very recently I've discovered MUSE and now I wanna learn playing them on piano :D
I like weird puzzle movies the most. Nymphomaniac, Memento, Enter The Void. But really loved Dr. Strange. Currently I'm mostly into series. Black Mirror and Mr. Robot are my favorite. Also watched Rick & Morty maybe 10 times?
Regarding books, I love SciFi. In love with Iain M. Banks & Phillip K. Dick. Philosophical stuff like Island by Aldous Huxley and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig were life-changers for me. And of course Blindsight by Peter Watts.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've learned to fly for hours, without an engine. Sailplanes 😎

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a very good (photographic?) memory but I'm terrible recalling things when needed. I'm very chatty and can talk for hours about loosely knitted subjects. My belief is that it is only possible to learn from other people so I really enjoy sharing experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Many people perceive me as a good conversationalist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Hungary, Malaysia, Paraguay, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Russian Federation