Hey there!

My name Ella. My best friend calls me just L. I live in Charlotte, NC, but originally I am from Moldova and Russia. I moved to the U.S. 4 years ago with my husband. We lived in NYC for 1,5 years and then moved to cute North Carolina (yeah, crazy NYC prices). Nathan and I work as graphic design freelancers and we love our job.

PHILOSOPHY
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood”, — Marie Curie

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's more fun than staying in the hotel! I want to meet more cool people and have friends all over the world.

Interests

The main interests are connected with the design: typography, architecture, graphic design, fashion.

Besides design, I love photography. I like analyzing and looking at works of the great photographers. I often go out for a walk with my camera because who knows what I can find during the walk.

I want to be more into science, history and philosophy in the future, just need to start reading more about it.

• architecture
• graphic design
• photography
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• animation
• landscape architecture

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Beatles, Nicolas Jaar, Massive Attack, Radiohead, David Bowie, Amy Whinehouse, Trentemøller, Tricky and any beautiful symphonies or piano music.

Books: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy, "Lolita" by Nabokov, "Fathers and sons" by Ivan Turgenev, "Evgenij Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, "Woe from Wit" by Alexander Griboyedov, "Atlas Shrugged", "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand, Robot series by Isaac Asimov, "Harry Potter" narrated by Stephen Fry.

Movies: My Neighbour Totoro, all Pixar studio movies, Monty Python, Inglorious Bastards, Aviator, Maniac, Burn After Reading, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and so on. This list is too long, I love both classic and modern movies preferably with good humor and strong story.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I draw and can teach you some exercises for improving your drawing skills.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good mood, taking photos of the host and I am a pretty good cooker.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Moldova, Russian Federation, United States