2024 update. Hello everyone, my name is Elena. I grew up in St Petetersburg, Russia. Later I had a chance to live in Hangzhou, China where I taught English to kids and Nepal where I spent the pandemic year. Both were great experiences. My husband is from Nepal. He is a trekking guide, and he does soundhealing. We both love traditional culture and music. My other interests include yoga, meditation practice and tea culture. Also I enjoy dancing contemporary ballet and painting with watercolour. We have a 2 year old daughter (born in 2021) her name is Himani. Just like us she enjoys travelling and is very curious.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love having people in my house, old friends and new people. Couchsurfing is great in getting people together and I am enjoying the experience. I have found lots of meaningful connections through Couchsurfing and I will be forever grateful for that

Interests

• books
• baking
• painting
• mountains
• trekking
• dance
• nepal
• rockclimbing
• traditional music

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
fiction:
kite runner by hosseini, seven years in tibet by harrer, 12 chairs, golden calf by ilf and petrov, illusions by r bach, perfume by suskind, 99 francs by beigbeder, gambler by dostoevski, dersu uzala by arseniev, god is my broker by buckley, catcher in the rye by salinger, defence, laughter in the dark by nabokov, evenings on a farm near dikanka, viy, nose, overcoat, dead souls by gogol, 100 years of solitude by marquez, buddha's little finger (clay mashine gun) by pelevin, white guard, heart of a dog, master and margarita by bulgakov, animal farm - orwell, village and other works by bunin...

I also really enjoy non-fiction:
the choice: embrace the possible by dr. edith eva eger, history of god by k armstrong, moody bitches by julie holland, dopamine nation by anna lembke, indocile child of biosphere by dolnik, public enemies by burrough, war's unwomanly face by alexievich, guns, germs and steel by diamond, solomon volkov's books on cultural history of russia, on aggression by lorenz, short history of nearly everything by bryson, pavel fokin's book series "klassiki bez glyantsa"

spiritual:
surrender experiment, untethered soul by singer, the diamond cutter by roach

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went on two solo trekking trips in the Himalayas

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, South Korea, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Nepal, Russian Federation

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