Art historian, bookbinder, storyteller, escapist.

Remember what sir Terry said in The Amazing Maurice?
"If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Since the semester in Norway gave me a hundred new stories from all over the world, I've decided to keep collecting them.

Interests

Art, architecture, good books (and bad books, to keep myself alive), rock music and travelling.

I do a bit of bookbinding and also study medieval manuscripts. If you are looking for a nerdy talk - here I am.

I believe in fairytales, and one day I'll meet a dragon in a supermarket. Always willing to tell you a traditional Russian fairytale.

• arts
• books
• architecture
• traveling
• music
• rock music
• cycling
• art history
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

I love rock music! Nightwish and SOAD are my favorite bands. I also enjoy indie, like The Magnetic Fields or Kakkmaddafakka, and folk music, like Blackmore's night or Hagalaz Runedance

Books: Fairytales! JRRT and Poe; as I came from Russia, I love Dostoevsky. And several cool guys - Fowles, Pavich, Marquez, Kerouac and Bradbury.

Movies: Midnight in Paris, Grand Budapest Hotel, Hobbit (only the first chapter), LOTR, Star Wars, Inkheart, Bright Star

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Excavations in South Siberia (it was incredible!)

Learned to cycle at the age of 19

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Russian Federation, Scotland, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Russian Federation