My name is Maria. I live in Kyiv, Ukraine. I love my country for its nature, historical sites, culture, and the struggle for its freedom.

I graduated from the Faculty of Theater Arts. I make short films and act in the theater. I like to attend film festivals.

I also work as a sports journalist on television and I love football. My favorite teams are Liverpool and Dnipro.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To explore new cities and meet interesting people.

Interests

• photography
• film festivals
• wine
• traveling
• painting
• music
• sports
• art
• cinema
• cinematography
• footbal

Music, Movies, and Books

I love movies so mush.
Crash (2004),
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966),
The cranes are flying (1957),
Gran Torino (2008),
Green street hooligans (2005),
The Godfather (1972),
12 angry men (1957),
Pierrot le Fou (1965),
Seven samurai (1954),
Rope (1948).

Favourite book is Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and novels by J. R. R. Tolkien.

The genre of my favorite music is a lot. It's rock, country music, funk, r'n'b, jazz. Also I listening Kongos, Nirvana, Lonely The Brave, Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Nneka, Credens clearwater revival, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Beatles, The Jimi Hendrix.

Teach, Learn, Share

Culture experience

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, Ukraine