I'm Tanja / Tatiana, currently I am working as a Russian language tutor (RFL), developing my skills in 2D animation, illustration and analog photography.

inst: @tanya_tonic
https://www.lomography.com/homes/v_letovsky

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To clash the social and cultural side of the world face to face. To be honest - I want to explore everything around me, practice my language skills and share some cultural experience with interestig people, I know, Couchsurfing is one of the best ways to immerse yourself in the study of the surrounding world, people and culture

Interests

• photography
• cooking
• painting
• hiking
• geography
• physics
• art
• cinema
• tea
• sport
• film
• language
• whales
• wild nature
• local history
• film photo

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: turkish street music, Current Joys, The Cure, David Bowie, mujuice, The Smith, M.I.A, Moloko, Placebo, Moby, Led Zeppelin, Yasmine Hamdan, Altin Gun, Massive attack, archive

Cinema: psychological and documentary movies, soviet cinema, movies about military conflicts. Favourites: İncendies(2010), Persepolis(2007), Irreversible(2002), Amores Perros(2000), Biutiful(2010), Мне 20 лет / Застава Ильича, Жить (2012), Night on Earth, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Deadman (1995), This is England, Detachment

Books: russian classical literature / One Hundred Years of Solitude / Les Misérables / Красный смех - Леонид Андреев / The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'd started to make film photos - it is always an experiment
I was on the edge of Russia on the shores of the Arctic Ocean
Observed the Milky Way while walking the Likya Yolu in Turkiye
Morning shower in Seealpsee and then Schafler hiking in Switzerland

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach Russian as a foreign language - so I can share with you some stories about traditions / cultural side of my country

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'll cook Twin Peaks cherry pie or grandma's apple pie sharlotka if u want

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey