Hi there,

I'm Vladimir (or just Vova - my short name), originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. I've lived in Brussels for 4 years and moved to Geneva in Jan 2018.

I'm trying to travel as much as I can - yes, once you get hooked on this, you will never be the same again... So short trips, long trips, weekend trips, day trips are very big part of my life.
During the travelling i find it very enriching to meet people and to learn from them. Anything. Culture, stories, skills, whatever... i think everyone could be an interesting person - one just have to find a key :)
I think the best way to learn more about different people and cultures is to speak their language, so i'm a big fan of languages. Other than Russian and English (must-have traveler's language) i can have discussions in French, German, Spanish and Dutch. I also learn Italian, but unfortunately it doesn't go too quickly...
I'm a huge music fan - listening, playing and singing. I used to play oboe, when i was a kid, but since then i've fallen in love with guitar and piano.
Also I can't live without sports. My favourite are Basketball, Football, Table tennis, Squash, Swimming, Volleyball, Surfing and Petanque :) But my latest love is rock climbing - i think it's the best sports ever...
I also do quite a lot of reading and photography. + i enjoy the board games.

One other thing i absolutely adore is philosophical discussion: about society, psychology, behavior, motivation, sometimes politics (even though i'm quite weak in it), happiness, and so on...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Obviously to meet new people while travelling or hosting during their traveling. Letting other people add colors to my life is an amazing thing i'll try to do until the end.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:
Rana - Lyon
Elena - Mairena Del Alcor

Hosted:
Alexander from Amsterdam
Sergey from St.Pete

Interests

My Last FM profile: http://www.last.fm/user/vovcha
My instagram user name: vovcha

• writing
• singing
• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• fitness
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• surfing
• sports
• basketball
• rock climbing
• soccer
• volleyball
• swimming
• table tennis
• languages
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Mr. Nobody, The fountain, Café de Flore, Memento, Inception, Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 hours, Lock stock and 2 smoking barrels, Schindler's List, La Vita è bella, 21 Grams, Amores perros, Back to the Future, Biutiful, My Sister's Keeper, Love Actually, V for Vendetta, Children of Men, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko, Crash, Dead Poets Society, Das Leben der Anderen, Gran Torino, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Fight Club, Gattaca
Kings of convenience, Depeche mode, Blank & Jones, Chicane, Phoenix, Travis, Badly Drawn Boy, Zoot woman, Athlete, Placebo, Slow Dancing Society, Barcelona, Triangle Sun, То

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A small hitchhiking trip with two friends including sleeping under the tree in Yalta downtown. Survived Kazantip (see http://kazantipa.net/) 3 times. And that evening in Hamburg, when Paper Aeroplanes sang my favourite "Orange lights" to me in their dressing room was just incredible...

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach:
Russian, English, Guitar, Piano, Rock climbing basics, Photography basics, excel and some programming,
I'd love to learn or improve skills in:
Rock climbing, swimming, cooking, music writing, photography, fitness, drawing, singing, and many other things...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, drinks, vision, stories, almost anything...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Germany, Russian Federation, Switzerland

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