Hello! My name is Yana. I'm 21.

I was born in Luhansk region, Ukraine 🇺🇦. I studied in Poland and found out I just can’t live without traveling. I have been to more than 30 countries and still feel there’re so many beautiful places to visit and people to meet :)

Unfortunately in 2022 russia bombed my town, destroyed my house and made me go away to the safer place. That’s why now I’m trying to come back to life and I know that traveling will definitely help me.

I live between 2 countries now - Spain and Norway. These are beautiful countries, and I would love to know them as well as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing helps to understand the country, people, traditions.

I love to meet new people. I want to have as many friends as possible in all corners of our world. And I would like to help other travelers like myself.

Interests

Languages! I love learning new languages, meet new people, see new cities and countries, hear new songs.
I played the piano when I was younger. I would love to learn how to play the guitar.

• animals
• books
• music festivals
• traveling
• languages
• hitchhiking
• films
• meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

Mostly, I love listening indie-rock music. My favorite bands: Radiohead, Spleen (Сплин), 5'nizza

I really love watching films. When I finished the school, I wanted to study film editing, but unfortunately didn’t have enough money to do that. Hopefully in the future :) My favorites are: Mr. Nobody, The Shawshank Redemption, Requiem for a Dream, The Truman Show

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled by my own foot in Malta. It's a small country, so it was great to see everything, all cozy streets and parks.

I love animals. At home in Ukraine we had cats and dogs, and when the war started we couldn't leave them alone. We took all of our animals with us - 6 cats (4 our cats + 2 cats of my grandma), 2 huskies, a rabbit and a guinea pig. That was the most difficult, expensive and best thing I have done in my whole life. I love my pets, they are everything I have left from my hometown.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you Ukrainian, Polish, a little bit of Norwegian (nynorsk) languages :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My stories :) I have lots of them. I would like to let you know about my country - Ukraine, or about the countries where I lived - Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Spain, Norway - or about the countries I have visited :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine