My first post in this blog

Hi! My name is Michael. I live in Saint Petersburg, Russia. I am a vegan and raw foodist. I will learn English to get more from my trips, and to have talks with interesting people from any country. Thank you for your help.

Here's a sentence which contains some good variants:    I would like to learn English to get more from my trips, and to be able to talk with interesting people from around the world.