CURRENT MISSION

Explore, talk and listen, learn, love and laugh. Basically, what I've been always doing. See no other "purposes'" in life worth striving for.

ABOUT ME

Hi, I am Julia. I was born and raised in Lviv, Ukraine (best city in the country, no kidding). Work as an interpreter right now but have done so many different things in many different countries. People say that I have lots of stories to tell, and that I am funny :D We'll see about that right?
I am respectful, know what boundaries mean, and I don't smoke.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life EXACTLY the way i would NEVER think i would and that is the BEST thing that could happen to me!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

One cold day in the very end of 2009 (wow) my friend and I left without new things to do...so we signed up, hosted 5 people from different parts of the world in 5 days and celebrated New Year with the best people! It's that easy. At least it was in 2009 :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had amazing (and just fine) experiences so far. You never know what to expect:) It's the best part!

Interests

Languages, Scandinavian everything, art, Dutch design (and people), Berlin, colorful books, funny dogs and guys, Ukrainian beer and salo, cooking, Italian food and not only, traveling (duh!), snowboarding, open-air gigs, languages, boats, canals, be different

• dogs
• arts
• writing
• books
• design
• dining
• italian food
• cooking
• beer
• partying
• traveling
• snowboarding
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Kings of Convenience, Rhye, Honne, The Doors, The Kinks, Ray Charles, Parov Stelar, Lana Del Rey, Frank Sinatra, the Strokes, the White Stripes, jamiroquai, Nirvana, Gogol BordelloEdit Piaf, dredg, Welbilt, OffSpring, Outfield haha....
all Emir Kusturica movies, Guy Ritchie, Martin Scorcese, Pedro Almodovar. Books...oh wow...probably more than anything. Love classics. Bulgakov (would probably marry him), Kuprin, Turgenev, Fitzgerald, Maugham and so sooo many more!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Happened to be on a Gay Pride weekend in Amsterdam by chance...twice!
Got robbed on a way from Berlin to Antwerp by Russian guy...on my B-Day))))
Moved to Rome with my best friend just because we wanted it.
Went to Sweden to visit my sister....and stayed there for 2 years haha!

Teach, Learn, Share

Life is so much easier than we tend to make it

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Sweden, Ukraine, United States

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