Hi there ^_^

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I’m travelling through Russia rn, so I don’t accept any guest requests :(

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I’m Nika, a young traveler, a hitchhiker, a creator. I was born in a small town of Russia but currently live in Berlin. I used to be a full-time English teacher, but now I partly teach Russian and English and create materials for learning. At the moment I travel a lot and learn an illustrator profession.

Check on my art insta-page:
@schubi.nika

Telegram channel with my graphic diary:
t.me/schubinika

Please, read my home rules before applying:)

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Some interesting things that happened to me over this platform:
•being attacked by a guy with machete on the walk with my host in Wrocław, Poland
•being robbed by another couchsurfer at my own place (300€ and a credit card data) and having no credit card and no money for the last 3 months of my internship abroad
•having married my Berlin host Niki! ❤️

Interests

Traveling
Painting and sculpting
Photography and making videos
Cooking
Dancing (high heels, hip-hop)
Hiking
Hitchhiking

• graphic design
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• vegetarian
• traveling
• painting
• guitar
• hiking
• teaching
• hitchhiking
• volunteering
• learning languages
• teaching languages
• graffiti
• handmade
• 420
• russian literature
• pescatarian

Music, Movies, and Books

SERIES
How I met your mother, Breaking bad, Friends, Scrubs,

MOVIES
Cast away, Forest Gump, Slumdog Millionaire, The Shawshank Redemption, Harry Potter movies...

ANIME
Shaman King, Attack on Titans, Death Note, Avatar the last Airbender, Kiki’s delivery service

BOOKS
Harry Potter books by Joanne Rowling
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Russian poets and writers: Esenin (my love), Akhmatova, Tcvetaeva, Brodsky, Lermontov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2019 Erasmus internship in Poland, Częnstochowa
2020 Being stuck in Germany for 5 month because of Covid-19 quarantine
2023 Hitchhike through Russia: St.Petersburg - Vladivostok (9600km)

Teach, Learn, Share

To learn:
I’d like to hear more advice about hitchhiking and camping.I will be extremely happy to learn how to play the guitar. I would love to have language lessons or even just a little introduction to the languages of my guests and hosts.
To teach:
I will be happy to teach you some Russian, English or even German. I can show you how to make traditional Russian foods (pancakes, little cheesecakes, Oliver salad, okroshka, etc). I can give some drawing / pairing lessons. I can give you tips about hitchhiking and travelling in the countries I’ve been to.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would be glad to share the meal together and to show you my city if I have some free time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Poland, Russian Federation