Hi! I'm Valentina and I'm trying to be as proactive as possible to not to have regrets about things that I haven't done in my past!

Despite the fact that I can be shy sometimes, I can surely call myself a friendly and open-minded person! I love lots of things and I'm curious about the world where I live.

People call me an ideas generator and I like my creativity that happens everywhere!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As a SURFER: Isn’t it exciting to have a friends all over the world and to know more about other cultures, believes and values?
I know that there is a huge community that shares my ideals and I like to transfer my knowledge that i got from my trips into my own life to improve it!

I lived in a host family, I lived with strangers on CS and I found lots of amazing people. So as a HOST I want to return this favor and let people travel and meet locals so there will be no boundary that hotels/trip tours are making to the traveler. I want other people to get the proper hospitality from my side that they surely deserve.

Interests

I'm a person with a completely different things of interests! I'm standing between arts and sciences, so I can talk on a variety of topics!
My favorite things to do are: MEMES, exploring video games industry, hiking, create something by following my ideas, GEOLOGY and of course traveling!

• pets
• arts
• literature
• poetry
• folklore
• performing arts
• photography
• film making
• concerts
• cooking
• yoga
• movies
• board games
• drawing
• folk music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• geology
• science
• volunteering
• solo travel
• mountains
• nature
• videogames
• museums
• sarcasm

Music, Movies, and Books

ALTERNATIVE!
but I prefer some genres like indie, neo-classic and post-rock/ambient!
don’t be surprised seeing me dancing on pop/metal/other types of music! There are gems everywhere!

My favorite authors are: Oscar Wilde, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Vladimir Nabokov...almost all of them are Slavic but I read when I have time for that.
The last book I read was “The curious incident of the dog at night ” by Mark Haddon. I’m in love with things like that and pop science recently.

I am also fascinated by Ted Chaing, Jerome Salinger...

I like sci-fi, thrillers, fantasy, and I am terrified but still watching horrors!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I became a blood donor and saved two lives!

Became an Alumni of the YEAR program 16/17 (studied in the UofM)

Finished a courses of a children camp counselor(a Boy Scout Analogue)

Visited 30 countries by the age of 20(Never enough)

Went around the Iceland in October 2018 and lived in a tent there!!!

Did a standup in Russian in 2023

Have a meme page about ROCKS (stones) with 3k people. Live with this knowledge.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm studying languages(English, German) and I would love to know more about world where I live! I'm open to everything new and Im interested in gaining new skills! Just imagining that there is an RPG tree with skill branches like in video games!

I love cooking and I can make a genius food out of leftovers.

basically, just ask me and I will figure out if I'm master in some sort of things or not! I doubt that would be real fun!

I would also like to share some of the stories that happened to me in my last trips! The quintessence of shared stories and feelings are incredible and I started to value this not a long time ago. I want to live in harmony with myself and my surroundings.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my travel and life experience, Russian culture, especially indigenous people of north, teach new skills or tell more information about things that I really like! Just ask! We can jam music together or create something DIY, find a new hike or investigate thaaat cafe near the corner :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States