CURRENT MISSION: Exploring myself, life and world around me.

ABOUT ME: In the middle of 2015 I moved to study to the US where I obtained my Master degree from International and Transnational Law. Totally I spent more than 2 years in Chicago and then decided to start my big trip across 13 countries of Central and Southern America on my way to Ukraine.
At the end of 2018 together with my friend we created the educational platform SmartOwl (http://smartowlcrew.com/) where we help people from China, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Spain to learn different foreign languages.
Finally in 2020 I launched a pizza-bar Formula2020 (https://www.instagram.com/formula2020_if/) in my homecity.

You can also reach me here:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/yuriy.yakovyna
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yurii_yakovyna/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am going to visit all parts of our world, so it is a unique opportunity to be a member of Couchsurfing community, which gives me a great experience of communicating, making new acquaintances and learning a lot of interesting things about the world we live in.

Interests

• books
• politics
• music
• hiking
• soccer
• swimming
• freelancing
• languages
• philosophy
• mountains
• manga
• self-development
• cinematography
• foreign cultures
• world history
• urbanism
• international law

Music, Movies, and Books

Music(alternative rock, post-grunge, neoclassicism): Three Days Grace, Rise Against, Breaking Benjamin, 2Cellos, Hans Zimmer, Ludovico Einaudi.

Movies(drama, adventures, art-house): Million Dollar Baby, Gladiator, Cinderella Man, Inside I am dancing, The Lord of the Rings, A Beautiful Mind, Gone girl, Dances with Wolves, Braveheart, The Last Samurai, Forrest Gump, Legends of the Fall, Scent of a Woman.

Books(drama, philosophy, fantasy): Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Ethel Lilian Voynich, Brandon Sanderson, Andzej Sapkowski, Theodore Dreiser, Lina Kostenko.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent around 3 months traveling across 13 countries of Central and Southern America on my way home from US to Ukraine.

Totally I have already visited 58 countries and a lot of more are still ahead!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you more about freelancing and how I combine it with my travels; help you with Ukraunian, Russian or English languages; discuss different historical, sport or music events. I will also glad to speak with you about culture of our countries and talk more about interesting books, amazing movies and of course to try to create good mood for all my hosts and guests)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine, United States