Hello!
I'm Anna.
In January 2016 I left Ekaterinburg (Russia) to pursue my studies in France, and here I am. Now I am working as a Russian language assistant in Lycée Bellevue in Albi and Lycée Saint-Sernin in Toulouse. Currently based in Albi.
There is a lot of things I do, but my biggest passion is visual arts: I am fond of photography and cinema, and I spend a lot of time exploring this dimension. Some of my works can be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/captain_annie/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Currently I'm based in France, so now there is a great possibility to connect with people from all over the world which was much more complicated when I was in my home country. I really enjoy travelling and meet new people, and CS is a great and safe platform to combine everything that is necessary for a nice journey.

Interests

Photography, foreign languages and cultures (especially Nordic), visual arts, theatre, contemporary art, cinematography, cinema studies, gender studies.

• arts
• theater
• contemporary art
• photography
• education
• movies
• traveling
• music
• opera
• teaching
• gender studies
• languages
• visual arts
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

In cinema I'm a big fan of Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Xavier Dolan and Edgar Wright for their brilliant visual and narrative styles. I also really enjoy Robert Yeoman's and Emmanuel Lubezky's amazing cinematography.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Even though I can't really impress fellow couchsurfers with a number of countries I've visited and mountains which I conquered (it's all in the future, I hope), I can tell you about my best professional experience which is also sort of my professional revelation as well.
In autumn 2015 due to the several circumstances, I was given an amazing opportunity to work as an interpreter (French/Russian and vice-versa) in the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Balley in Yekaterinburg. I've always loved music, I even have a musical education, so I was quite familiar with the terminology, so I accepted the invitation with a great excitement. So for the next month, I worked with the opera singers improving their French pronunciation behind the curtains of one of the greatest opera ever, "Carmen" by Georges Bizet.
This actually changed my life, because a brave new world of professional opportunities for a Language student has opened to me, and I also reconnected to my musical experience from my childhood.
And since then I really, really love theater, opera and "Carmen" in particular.

Also I did a Transsiberian (from Moscow to Beijing) in 2017 :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sadly I don't have anything from my home city with me, but I'd really want to thank my Hosts with small breton presents!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Monaco, Mongolia, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Russian Federation