Hi! My name is Ana (it's a short one from Anastasia). I was born in Tula, which is a relatively small city in Russia and grew up there. Then I moved to Moscow for my bachelor's degree when I was 18, and I've been living here from that time. Moscow is really livable city. I appreciate this a lot and really enjoy the life here. I am a supporter of a physical activity and Moscow gives me this one. Many people are tired of the lifestyle, but it's fine for me now. People there are open-minded and warm-hearted, they always ready to help, although they seem to be cold.
I graduated from university this summer and now work as a designer.

I'm glad to tell many stories about Russian culture in the case you're guys interested in. I want to get to know new people as good as possible.
Last summer I was a volunteer in Spain, went from city to city there, from country to country around Europe. Volunteering is one of the best experience of my life! Also, I had a chance to travel last winter with CS. It was so unusual and I love it so much! My friend and I were hosted by many strangers from three countries. It's like you live one more life!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've heard many great things about Couchsurfing before. And once I was determined to try this one. From that time I met a lot of amazing people I met people from all over the world and it's so worthwhile, guys :)

This is way to get additional experience from others and you know to get new friends, to mutual aid, to experience culture directly.

I try to get as many new things as possible, get to know as many people as possible, see as many places I want to go! As for me, I hope each trip here comes up with something different that will be kind of an unexpected and nice surprise for me. And it is from the experience :)

Interests

• culture
• design
• graphic design
• movies
• travel
• english
• friends
• sport
• humor
• sing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I find an interesting creativity of Boris Pasternak, Vladimir Vysotsky, Jack London, also I really like go to a theatrical play. In Moscow, this is a very common case, so I watched "The Three Sisters" by Zechof, "The Three Comrades" by Erich Maria, "Wolves and sheep Remark" by Ostrovsky and so on. Also I've been going to a play which shows life of known artist activity Marc Chagall.

Art: In love with Soviet visual language. And keep an open mind with different pieces of art

Movies: I don't watch a lot but Woody Allen's works are attractive to me. Here are some of the liked by me works: "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "Edward Scissorhands", "Frances Ha", "Yes Man", "The Truman Show" (Yes I like James Carrey), "The Green Mile", "Forrest Gump" (and Tom Hanks too). But there are many movies and many actors I like too

Music: I like listen to many kinds of music. It always depends on. When I meet a new man usually I discover something new. I like good old The Beatles. I like Depeche Mode, Twenty One Pilots, Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Woodkid, Pink Floyd, Muse, Lana Del Rey, Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, Drake. Sometimes I listen to the radio plays jazz. Anyway, it all depends on what mood I'm in.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Instead of prepare for my exam, I went to travel for a week with CS. Had no plan and that was the right way to brought more super things that I expected.

Teach, Learn, Share

After reading this much of text, I hope you've already known what I could share with others.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm happy to share with specific knowledge about culture of my country. And we can spend some time together of watching something, or either hanging out, we can just walking around beautiful places here. etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain