I like couchsurfing - because of a possible spontainity it offers: in meeting, in hosting, in discovering.

I am a little bit selective with hosting: I am busy with my job and two little kids. But I would still be happy to host travellers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting travellers,
travelling...in the south of France and in Serbia and in Paris and Strasbourg and in Israel and in Palestine, in Armenia, in Italy and so on

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Russain-French lunguistic exchange with Pierrick a Moscou
a wonderful girl Irina Borisova hosted me and my friend in St.Petersbourg, thanks to her!
I hosted two really nice girls from Germany, hope they liked it here in Moscow inspite for the terrible rain.
stayed in Toulouse by Sebastien Boher and in Albi by Sabrine and Alexandre Abadie, thanks to them it was
unpicable, uncroyable!
and again St.Petersburg and thanks to Marina Rappoport!
hosted Justina from Germany in autumn 2008.
and hosted Jenny from USA in November 2008.

Than I finally understood how important it is to write the references, so you can see the following experiences bellow, with compliments to my hosts and guests.

Interests

swingdance, languages that I don't know, cognac, history especially the twenties, contralto voices, simply beautiful voices

• literature
• singing
• traveling
• history
• languages
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

John Fowles, Kurt Vonnegut, Antony Burgess, Harper Lee, Evelyn Waugh, Raymond Queneau, William Holding, Michael Shishkin

Scent of a woman, Rain Man, Clockwork orange, La Strada, O brother where art thou?, Kin-dza-dza, Les quantre cents coups

Paris Combo, Dublin Cowboys, Edith Piaf, Alexander Vertinsky, The Dubliners, Amsterdam Klesmer Band, Georges Brassens, the Doors, Pyotr Leschenko, Sonia Timofeeva, Last shadow puppets, Tom Waits, Gulag orchestra, Fado songs, Pyotr Nalich especially romansy, LaMinor

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

total solar eclipse in Siberia in summer 2008, rainy night in Toulouse, the Dresden gallery, the White sea, martian landscape of Cappadocia

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach my guests to sing songs in French, Russian, Yiddish and some other languages, tell a lot about literature (German and Russian especially) and dream of the world without private cars (even though we have one), a little bit about history and travelling, but mostly I prefer to listen rather than to talk

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Russian Federation, Switzerland