CURRENT MISSION

Life is pushing out the boundaries of the comfortable.

ABOUT ME

My friends usually describe me as a very adventurous, fearless and caring person. Personally, I believe that building life lasting relationships is the most important thing in life. None of the materialistic things will make one happy unless there are people who deeply care for him.

I moved to the States five years ago to go to school in Spokane, WA. I am now done with my MBA degree and my little heart is asking for adventures. I am proud to say that I've been to 12 states, which leaves me with 38 more to go. Probably my next two destinations will be Hawaii and Miami. As much as I love four seasons, I've decided that I like tropical climate much more :)

You should probably be aware of my passion for wine. At some point I even considered getting my MBA in wine industry. Wine making is a real art and I will never miss an opportunity to visit a new winery. By the way, you might have not heard much about Washington state wines (not yet!!), but they are delicious. Soon the world will forget all about Californian wines and indulge into WA ones :D

PHILOSOPHY

Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I meet cool people :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brand new.

Interests

I love traveling and meeting new people. Learning is something I do constantly, it is like a drug for me to stay alive.

Exploring new venues, cities, countries is my passion. I also love playing tennis and riding horses. My new thing is running. I ran my first 5K in May. It's a big thing for me because I never thought I can run more than 1 lap :) It is a great stress relief and way to stay in shape!

• horses
• arts
• wine
• running
• traveling
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

I like Indie, Rock, Electronic, House... folk? Sometimes rap. It really all depends on the situation and the mood I am in.

Let's see... opening my current playlist you'll see: Calvin Harris, Phantogram, The XX, The Knife, Peter Bjorn and John, Iron and Wine, Plan B, Royksopp... etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've jumped from 13 waterfalls in El Salvador. It took me 20 minutes and multiple shouts from everyone in the group who have already jumped in front of me to convince me to jump the first one. Further along the trail I almost got addicted to jumping one waterfall after another and ended up loving it. Although, I will never forget standing on the edge of the cliff and trying to convince myself that I really want to jump the first one.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Ukraine, United States