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Overview

  • 14 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian
  • 37, Other
  • Member since 2013
  • Hospitality
  • Ternopil Ivan Pul’uj National Technical University
  • From Ternopil, Ternopil's'ka oblast, Ukraine
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About Me

We are a couple of sociable, calm, polite, neat people. Like hiking, cycling, walking, interesting stories, traveling, tea (no, better this way "LOTS OF TEA"), cooking ,..
We grew up in a small city in Western Ukraine - Ternopil. For the last few years, we have been working in Dubai, UAE. Now we are back home (though, it's a bit tricky to say "home" without having a proper one for the last 10 years).
Our Facebook profiles:
https://www.facebook.com/vberestovskyy
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001558255625

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We sincerely believe that the best way to understand a culture is an informal conversation or collaboration. Though we are great proponents of decorum and decent behavior, we admit that formal communication which you have while staying in a hotel and attending mainstream excursions will not acquaint you with an everyday life of real people, their values, habits, way of life.
When we surf, this is the way to complement our experience of immersion into a journey. When we host, we are trying to give the same kind of experience to the others.
Previously we had a great experience while both hosting and surfing, however at the moment we are living in the employer's dormitory and are unable to host.

Interests

  • dogs
  • photography
  • cooking
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • english

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite movies:
Arrival, Ex Machina, Coherence, Solace, Whiplash, Contratiempo, Doctor Strange, X-Men, The Butterfly Effect, The Prestige, Inception, Fight Club, Despicable Me, Shutter Island, The Game, The Godfather, Knight and Day, Minority Report, Taken, Law Abiding Citizen,..

Favorite books:
Those, have written by J. K. Rowling, S. King, S. Meyer, A. Dumas, S. Collins, M. Puzo.

As for my favorite music, I'm afraid you'll not understand, how a person can enjoy Nightwish and Eminem, Vivaldi and Armin van Buuren, Ukrainian and Mexican folk songs.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We both used to work in the tallest building in the world - Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE.
Another thing which is "crazy, but amazing" - I had lost my passport in New York airport few hours before departure.

Teach, Learn, Share

SURFING
We are not desperate to find a couch, we are looking for a person to share a memorable experience. Go through our profile. If you see that we are just "not your type" it's better to decline a request, rather than leave both us and yourself not really content.
HOSTING
We've had enough of copy/pasted request from people, which don't even bother to read our profile. So, as a proof of reading our profile, we would like to see the word "Banana!!" in your request ;-)

What I Can Share with Hosts

It totally depends on the host. If you would like us to cook something for you - we can do that (I still remember, how desperately were we looking for a sour cream to cook Ukrainian national soup in Belgium). Want us to bring a bottle of wine or few bottles of beer - no problem. Eager to talk about everyday life, places we've been to - we are more than happy to do that. I appreciate you allowing us to enter your home. Your home - your rules.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Arab Emirates, United States

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