Hi all! My name is Viacheslav (Slava for friends) and I am from Russia. Biggest part of my life I lived in my home city, Bryansk, where I studied History (bachelor). Later I've decided that I didn't want to stay in Bryansk and i moved to Saint-Petersburg. There I studied museology (because I like culture and museums especially) and worked as a guide in Sheremetev Palace - Museum of Music. I was a guide there during 1 year and one day I decided to become a volunteer in Europeane Solidarity Corps programme and I went to Belgium for 1 year. I worked (and I am working now) at Music Fund, we collect old and broken instruments, repair them and send it in places, where people need these instruments to play music. Also we have many others social projects. I am happy that I can help people around me!

I have many hobbies (from gardening to history). Yes, I really like to grow vegetables and especially flowers. I also like history of art and cultural studies, sometimes I read a lot. Nature is my passion, I like to walk in the forests and make photos of flowers, plants, mushrooms and animals. I like sport, I go to the gym sometimes and recently I started to run.

I speak Russian, English and I am studying French now. I am not smoking (only seldom during a party with friends I can smoke one cigarette). Sometimes I drink some alcogol, mostly beer or wine.

If you want to know something else about me, feel free to ask :)

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PHILOSOPHY
Dream on!
I always learn new things because I like to do it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to communicate with people from different countries, to make friends, to learn languages, and to share travel experience. I think that travelling with CS is more intresting, because it allows to be not alone in a new place, to spend time with locals, to know some traditions of different cultures.

My motto: "Make peace not war". And I dream that one day people could live happily all together without wars, violence, borders, gender/orientation stereotypes etc.

Interests

• culture
• lgbt rights
• gardening
• history
• hitchhiking
• art
• food
• nature
• sport
• reading books
• plants
• sea
• museum
• computer games
• foreign languages
• foreign cultures
• listening to music
• new places
• talks
• nature walks
• tradition
• italian language

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Placebo, Mylene Farmer, LP, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Red Hot Chili Peppers, First Aid Kit, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, Eurythmics, Amy Winehouse, Sinead O'Connor, La Roux, Morcheeba, Gregorian, Portishead, Tracy Chapman, Night snipers, Everything But the Girl, King and joker, Zemfira, London grammar and many others... like retro music
Books: сlassic literature, fantasy, adventures, scientific historical literature, books about art.
Films: Mulholland Drive, Black cat white cat, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, all films with Louis de Funes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I can win my fear and go to my dream, it is my superpower =)
When I was in a volunteer camp on Crete, Greece a few years ago, we went to swim in a mountain river and we jumped off a small cliff into a large pool below. I was quite scared, I jumped with guys and I still remember this moment. I was full of adrenaline!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you to learn Russian language or history. I can speak with you about Russian classical literature. I can share my knowledge about houseplants or to help you with gardening. I also can tell you something intresting about art, culture, museums and something about my travels. And I know how to cook some tasty food! As we live in a difficult times, we can speak about politics too. I came to Belgium 1 week before Russia attacked Ukraine, it shocked me and change my life a lot.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I live in a small studio in town Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium, Wallonia) so I have 1-2 places for guests. So if you want to visit this beautiful region, send me a message.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Russian Federation