We left Moscow with my family when Russia started its agression war against Ukraine. Now the three of us live in Montpellier.

I like stories. I read, learn languages, travel, try to follow an uncertain path to meet with story tellers.

I became a French teacher to be able to work from anywhere. I was not supposed to settle for so long in Moscow nor to arrive in Montpellier, but life plays with our plans.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By surfing, hosting and meeting Couchsurfers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

From september 2012 to september 2013, I travelled from France to China using mainly CS and I met many friends on the road that - for some of them - I was happy to meet again and host in Paris. Since I have been living in Moscow I could not host people yet but I am trying to convert my wife Olya into the world of couchsurfing and I am not losing the hope.

Interests

• writing
• singing
• photography
• cooking
• wine
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• jazz
• boxing
• rugby
• teaching
• languages
• psychology
• film
• series
• pedagogy

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie directors : Kim Ki Duk, Almodovar, Truffaut, Fatih Akın, Леонид Гайдай, Георгий Данелия, Андрей Звягинцев, Ousmane Sembène

Writers : Proust, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Dostoëvski, Franz Fanon, Garcia Marquez, Diderot, Cioran, Goethe, Herman Hesse, Romain Rolland, Nicolas Bouvier, Sartre, Romain Gary, Kundera, Natsume Soseki, Mishima, Tagore, Nerval, Ella Maillart, Marguerite Yourcenar, Alfred Döblin, Fernando Pessoa, Drieu La Rochelle, Cendrars, Ahmadou Kourouma, Baudelaire, Charles Bukowski, Malaparte, Chinua Achebe, Henry Miller, Gontcharov, Dante, Mikhail Boulgakov, Boris Pasternak, Kazantsakis, Proust, Sergey Dovlatov, Roberto Bolaño, Kessel

Singers : Billie Holiday, Fayrouz, Edith Piaf, Rokia Traoré, Mehlem Barakat, Ali Farka Touré, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ravi Shankar, Mohamed Abdou,Jacques Brel, George Brassens, Wu Tang Clan, Smif n Wessun, Oxmo Puccino, Fella Kuti, Hindi Zahra, Léo Ferré, Haydeh, Charles Aznavour, Duman, Django Reinhardt, Joao Gilberto, Elis Regina, Cesaria Evora, Shadia Mansour, Eugène Mona, Leo Fuld, Şivan Perwer, Владимир Высоцкий, Земфира, Olamide, Yemi Alade, Orelsan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being a father
Travelling a year alone from Paris to Beijing.
Attending the World Cup final in Moscow, being in the corridor and speaking with players just before the match.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn : anything that you have a crush for and you'd like to share with me

Teach : French, Russian, changing a diaper, piloting an airbus A380

Share : anything but my toothbrush

What I Can Share with Hosts

A walk, a meal, a drink, a good conversation,

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Turkey, Uzbekistan

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