Hii everyone! I'm Alina

I have lived in three different parts of Russia (12 years in northern Siberia), in the USA and the Netherlands, and now I am based in Rome in Italy. And I still don't know where I'm going to live in a month! So I live in the moment and travel 🥰

I am a product designer: I create different designs, from wooden chairs to food packaging, from websites to children's bicycles, from jewelry to illustrations and logos.

This year 2024, I am especially passionate about cooking from different cuisines, creating my jewelry with real flowers inside and traveling to picturesque places in Europe!

About food: I don't eat meat (but I do eat fish, eggs and milk). And I don't eat spicy, at all at all. If it's a little spicy, I feel like a dragon with fire in my mouth! I like to try to cook and to eat new dishes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here because I absolutely love discovering new cultures and people with different mindset. Connect deeply, walk or bike for hours, see authentic places and especially nature, try to understand a new culture, feel freedom and trust in the world 🌍

Couchsurfing gives me endless joy from the people I meet here, which I carry through the years 🫶🏻

Interests

I've done a lot of crazy things in my life, and hopefully even crazier ones are ahead.

I have hitchhiked thousands of kilometers in 6 countries. I did mountaineering professionally and was on 5 peaks of the Caucasus mountains (the highest in Europe). I went on long bike trips from Russia to Estonia and Finland. I've been dancing all my life and doing yoga for 4 years. I am engaged in volunteering, I was at the excavations of the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey (where one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world is located).

I love psychology and even studied it for 1.5 years. I have been in my personal therapy for 4 years now, and this is one of the best processes in my life! I can openly share my changes and talk about psychology in general.

• culture
• design
• traveling
• cycling
• camping
• psychology
• nature
• videography
• kids

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I slept on the top of a mountain in the Caucasus right under the glacier at an altitude of 3500 meters. Starry sky is awesome!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my experience, talk for a long time about cultural differences or psychology, cook something from Russian cuisine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Netherlands, Russian Federation, United States