Hello! My name is Maria, I am designer and illustrator from Moscow. Now I live both in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, work freelance and in Yandex — big russian IT-company. I love travelling and exploring any great places, such as local sights. Speak English very well — you can talk to me about anything :)
In Moscow and SP I can show you some nice places — I studied art history for 4 years) So feel free to contact me if you want to see some fab architecture) Also I know a lot of museums.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Love meeting new people, find new places and save some money ahaha. Also, hotels sucks, and friendly local hosts — absolutely not.

Interests

Books —classical literature, russian and foreign. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and others. Love Jane Austen, Sharlotte Bronte and other english XIX century writers. One of my favourite books — The Forsyte saga. Love LOTR.

Music — the most weird list: Richard Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven, K-POP, POP MUSIC AT ALL, RUSSIAN POP ahaha. That's true) I love Beyonce, Madonna, Rammstein, AC/DC, k-pop groups, Wagner, Daft Punk, Ed Sheeran, Serebro, aand many others. Sorry not sorry)

Painting — Renaissance, english painting, french, all of it actually. You can try and examine me)

Gaming — huge fan of computer and console games. Have my adorable PS4 and many games on it. Also know some old stuff as Tetris and others.

Comics — Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Vertigo, Image etc. Love Batman, Spider-man and Thor the most. Have Masters Degree in comics studies.

• books
• comics
• painting
• music
• gaming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music — told you in «my interests».
Movies — Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, all comic book movies, DOCTOR WHO, bbc-episodes, Black Books etc. I can't name all of it, better ask me in person.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Brought my lovely cat home 3 years ago (I have some photos here, check it out).

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach — russian, gaming, loving books, art history.
Learn — languages and your culture)
Share — my optimism and ideas.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My free time, great conversations, art/political/social etc discussion. Can play you piano!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation