I am an architect and painter. Into urbanism, urban planning, architecture, art, CG
I'm from Almaty. I love my hometown and if you're interested in Kazakh culture and living in Kazakhstan I'd love to share

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I haven't been travelling since Covid. I've been dreaming to visit UK, especially Edinburgh for a long time. Fascinated by architecture, nature and culture of this place.

Also I'm potterhead and love British TV.

I want to find out as much as it possible about everyday life in UK, how is it now, what bothers people, what do you love about your country etc

Interests

I'm interested in architecture, urbanism, love to ride my bicycle from time to time.

• arts
• architecture
• dancing
• wine
• traveling
• music
• ecology
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Portishead, Damien Rice, Elliott Smith, Sevdaliza,

Books: "Harry Potter"
"War and peace"
Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, W. Somerset Maugham, Kafka, Bulgakov, Remarque, Charlotte Brontë, Françoise Sagan. etc.
My favorite English poem is "The art of losing" by Elizabeth Bishop.

Movies: "Schindler's List"
"The Reader"
"The English Patient"
"La science des rêves"
"The Dreamers"
"Breakfast at Tiffany"
"Coco avant Chanel"
"Pride and prejudice"
"Atonement"
"Jane Eyre"
"Third star"
"Hi, Julie"
"The Giant mechanical man"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

More like crazy things, well... I hitchhiked all by myself for a couple of month. Is it counts?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Kazakhstan