[MY REFERENCES ARE CURRENTLY IN FORM OF SCREENSHOTS FROM MY TRAVEL BUDDY'S CS PROFILE - located in the "References" photo folder]

An old soul living in a young body - that's who I am. Mastering the art of life, seeking experiences, questioning habitual things - that's what I'm doing. I want to connect with people around this big world - that's why I'm here.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is addictive. I look back at my month-long couchsurfing trip around Europe and think that it was one of the coolest memories of my life. Meeting so many people, glimpsing into their lives, getting inspired and hopefully becoming someone else's inspiration... From that moment on, I don't count staying at hotels and Airbnbs as true travelling and learning about different cultures.

Interests

I'm interested in literally anything ... interesting! From philosophical conversations about existential questions to sharing drunk stories (which I have a few having been a member of a rowing club), from discussions on literary theory to debates about pseudoscientific books about the journey of souls, from drafting a document in a defamation suit to setting up a shisha pipe, from attending a formal seven-course dinner with a Windsor family member to sleeping on the floor of a German train and drinking beer at 6 am in the morning.

What can I say - controversial figure I am... On a daily basis, I try to combine doing sports (yoga, rowing, ballroom and Latin dancing), doing creative things (creative writing - but I want to do more creative stuff!!!) and serving the common good (volunteering, helping people, spreading love).

• literature
• fashion
• hiking
• languages
• law
• philosophy
• psychology
• volunteering
• travelling
• nature
• cultures
• spirituality
• mindfulness
• sharing stories
• creative writing
• russian literature
• yoga and meditation
• stoicism
• political philosophy
• weird people
• dialectics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: good old rock (Pink Floyd, Dire Straits), classical composers (Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Bach), post-punk (doomer stuff and sovietwave), Russian rock (БГ, Цой, ДДТ) Russian contemporary stuff (СБПЧ, Oxxxymiron, Дайте танк (!)).

Books: a little bit of fantasy/ magical realism (Marquez, Tolkien, Rowling), Russian literature (Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov), political philosophy (Frankfurt School, Arendt, Nietzsche, Weber).

Movies: Tarkovsky (Stalker, Solaris), Bergman (Fanny and Alexander), Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill), Nolan (Interstellar, Memento), some funny/stupid stuff (Spinal Tap, Big Lebowski, Monty Python).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Pretended to be a part of a music band (I can't play any instruments though!) to get past security and broke into the seventh best party in the world

Teach, Learn, Share

If you can teach me to play chess, I'd be forever grateful. If you are good at knowing thyself and what you want, please teach me to hear myself - not just listen but hear!

Let me teach you the only useful skill I learnt after living in the UK for 3 years: making a perfect cup of tea the English way. I even converted my parents into drinking their Earl Grey with milk - it's a cult.

What I Can Share with Hosts

They say my sense of humour makes life brighter or at least less grim - it's a game really. Let me be your jester 😜

But anything really: I can help you cook, I can go to a party with you, I can give advice on your personal life... You name it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United Kingdom