CURRENT MISSION

After completing my liberal arts degree, I embarked on a journey for one year across various post-Communist countries to seek traces of the past and to discover how the past works its way into the present. I am currently a graduate student in Social Anthropology, which satisfies my wanderlust in a different way.

ABOUT ME

I am friendly, easygoing, curious and perceptive. I like making not-so-funny puns and trying different cuisines.

PHILOSOPHY

"Always be a poet, even in prose."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

meet interesting people, learn about different cultures one conversation at a time, make friends, laugh

Interests

hiking, reading, doodling, writing, dancing, photography, and films

• writing
• photography
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• history
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS

Wunderkind by Nikolai Grozni
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

MOVIES/TV SERIES

Goodbye Lenin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Farewell My Concubine
Mad Men

MUSIC
folk, indie, classical, sea shanties

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tongariro alpine crossing in New Zealand
Hitchhiking in Southern Ethiopia with a CS friend

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you the basics of chacha and salsa dancing.
I am happy to share some knowledge about Chinese, English, and French languages.
I am also keen to help clean and cook.

What I Can Share with Hosts

cultural knowledge, travel experience, amateur cooking, puns

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, China, England, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Mongolia, United States