I love to travel around the world and learn new things. I would like to visit and see new places and experience the beauty, food and people of different regions. I am interested in photography of little visited or unknown natural sights and animals in their natural environment.

I love to work with children. I can teach them all of this as follows: Bulgarian language (writing and reading), basic level of English, world history, psychology, sociology, philosophy, critical thinking, working with data, biology, ecology, geography, astronomy, interpersonal communication, healthy nutrition and sports (basic level of swimming, ski, basketball, volleyball, soccer, water polo, running long distances). Also I can be partner both children and their parents in practicing different sports like: cycling, table tennis, tennis, horse riding, cross-country running, barefoot running, ultramarathons, beach volleyball, ice skating, archery, hiking and trekking.

For the last two years I worked in a private experimental school where there were only students between 5 and 7 years old (boys and girls).

I can walk all day with pleasure, but I do not like sitting in cafes and bars. I do not smoke and do not drink alcohol because I do not like it. I avoid to eat meat but love fish. I would like to try unknown for me foods from the local cuisine typical of the region. I love dancing and all kinds of sports- from swimming to flying. I love horse riding too. And ultramarathons.

About food: Vegetarian.

In the future I plan to get license as an instructor of acro and aerial yoga, pilates, kitesurfing, scuba diving, and I want as well to learn to ride a motorcycle and to drive yacht, sailing boat, motorboat, catamaran. I have the necessary international documents for a boat captain but I have no experience. I will also learn a few more languages besides Russian and English that I already speak.

I am interested in environmental projects, renewable energy, protection of wild animals, and business projects based on “from cradle to grave” approach (circled economics with zero emissions).

One of my main goals is all children around the world to have basic swimming skills and be able to swim long and safely in lakes, seas and oceans.
I think it is completely irresponsible to continue ignoring two of the leading causes of death of healthy children and young people worldwide: drownings and suicides. The introduction of a universal swimming culture in education and training systems around the world, as well as youth rescue activity and collective teamwork, will not only reduce the number of water victims, but also will lead to a decrease in the number of suicides (the lonely people and those who don't know who to ask for help, say goodbye to life much easier).
I hope that indirectly this practice can also affect the third main cause of death of healthy children and youth - car accidents, a large part of which are due to irresponsible attitude on the road, the result of low self-esteem, disregard for the lives of other people or alcohol. Only one thing is needed: Prevention!

SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Aquaphobia Coach CPD 1
Swim instructor
Windsurf, SUP & Kayak instructor
Sea lifeguard and swimming pool lifeguard
Psychologist and Sociologist
Creator of Walking Psychotherapy
Life coach and personal trainer
Mental trainer in endurance sports
NLP therapist: Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (by Dr. Richard Bandler)
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults certificate from STA (June 2023 to June 2026)
SRC (Short Range Certificate)/ VHF Marine Radio Operator, RYA
Skipper of seagoing vessel up to 40 GT, RYA
International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft (ICC)
Masseur – completed course of classical, medical and anti-cellulite massage
Ski instructor Level A, BPSI (Bulgarian Professional Ski Instructors)
Comparative Psychology and Ethology (Animal Behavior) education
Journalist in science, politics, ecology and sport in bulgarian informational website
Reporter in the field of extreme sports in bulgarian informational website
Teacher of psychology, sociology, logic and ethics
Mountain-guide (assistant)
Psychologist of the “Phone of the confidence” (for psychological help)
Coordinator of the Association “Transparency International”
Local team manager, working on ESR
Waiter-assistant
Reading of author scientific article in audio format for blind youths project
Volunteer for the cleaning of the mountains
Instructor (volunteer) in the free government program for pupils "Learn to ski". I have successfully trained children with autism and Down syndrome.

CREATIVE SKILLS AND CREATIVENESS
An article published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 111/july-august 2018
An article published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 109/may 2018
Two articles published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 108/april 2018
An article published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 97/april 2017
An article published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 89/may 2016
An article published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 87/march 2016
An article published in scientific e-magazine “Bulgarian Science” – issue 46/2012
8 popular science books - published
1 book of poetry - published
I practice mobile photography as an amateur (I mainly take pictures of nature and animals), but I continue to educate myself to reach some more professional level.
Photo prize and publication in the issue of magazine "Objects"
An article published in psychological magazine “Insight” – issue 6/2005
Сompleted course "Basics of Digital Photography"
A member of the “Boys’ choir” - Ruse
Experimenter in the field of cross-country and barefoot running
Successfully completed trail and mountain runs:
Urbanathlon 2013 (7 km)
Run for Chepan 2014 (21,3 km)
Ultra Trail Vitosha 2014 (100 km)
Chepelarski tarkala- 13.09. 2014 (80 km)
Kamchiyski pyasatsi- 31.05.2015 (21 km barefoot half-marathon or beach running)
Orehovo Ultra 2015 (80 km)
Pancharevo Trail Marathon 2017 (43 km)
Canyon Creek Ultra 2017 (20 km)
Via Pontica 2018 (21 km Cross-border trail running from Romania to Bulgaria)
Srebarna trail run- 7.10.2018 (22,6 km)
Renault Morning Run series- Plovdiv, 11.11.2018 (10 km)
Tarnovo Ultra- 14.04.2019 (43km)
Tryavna Ultra - 13.07.2019 (42 K)
Tracian Ultra - 14.05.2022 (50 K)
K3 Ultra - 17.09.2022 (63 K)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel a lot, especially in nature, visiting new places and meet people who whether they are rich or poor have dreams and strive to follow them, no matter how hard it is. My goal is to travel around as many as possible natural habitats before they being polluted, destroyed, cut down or sunk under water and to help (as far I can) for the protection of still surviving animal and plant species. Or at least to photograph them while I'll have the opportunity to do this while they still exist.
In many places the well-known tourist attractions do not deserve to be visited, so a local person who can show you a little known but beautiful place has a really valuable knowledge.

Interests

Sport: basketball, volleyball, soccer, climbing, track-and-field athletics, gymnastics, calisthenics, marshal arts, ski, parkour, sport dances, cycling, horse riding, swimming, table tennis, tennis, parachuting (6 jumps), paragliding, mountain ultrarunning experiments
Music, singing, history, ancient civilization, American Indian tribes, philosophy, psychology, sociology, astronomy, photography, animals and etology, cryptozoology, mnemonic, hiking, tourism, ecology

• animals
• arts
• writing
• singing
• photography
• organic food
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• skiing
• sports
• basketball
• rock climbing
• soccer
• gymnastics
• tennis
• track and field
• volleyball
• paragliding
• swimming
• table tennis
• astronomy
• ecology
• history
• languages
• psychology
• sociology
• tourism
• hitchhiking
• volunteering
• mountains
• local food
• nature conservation

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flying!
I've done a lot others but my list is not short

Teach, Learn, Share

Want to learn more languages and travel all over the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I also want to help people to rediscover themselves and the beauty of their homeland. And to remind them that in some places the bad people win just because they work together and interact like team players (and know very well the importance of organization), unlike the good people who do not believe that they can change something and just sit and fail to act.
When you need to present to a stranger the most remarkable places in the country, begin to see somehow with new eyes environmental reality and to notice things that you are not paying attention before.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Cyprus, England, Germany, Greece, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, England, Norway, United States