Well, I live in Russia in Moscow region. I have studied economics, lived in Paris during my ERASMUS programme in 2012, graduated here in Moscow with a bachelors degree. After university I started working at EY - international consulting/audit/tax company, which is one of "Big-4" companies.

I am crazy about travelling aroung the world. The main reason for it are my friends who live all around the globe. So I have visited almost entire Europe and several countries in South America. My last big travel was Cuba (completely in love with it).

I speak English and studying Spanish.

Yet I don't have a rich experience on Couchserfing because while traveling with my friends we usually used hostels or airbnb. Here is also my airbnb profile: https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/26193485

Also here is my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mariakurina

Photos from my travels and just things that are around me: https://www.instagram.com/mariakurina/

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I consider Couchserfing as an option to meet new people, get familiar with local culture and houses. I wanna eat what locals eat, listen to music that locals listen to, walk the streets that locals walk, say “no” to typical touristic routes. After lots of travels I realized that all the hostels are pretty the same. That's why at Cuba I was staying in private "casas" only where you can talk to the owner, ask him about local things that will never be published and so on.

Interessen

I really love photography, watching movies and listening to music. I also love going out, having parties with old and new friends.

• animals
• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• wine
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• eating out
• music
• swimming
• economics
• languages
• study abroad
• beaches
• food
• stand up comedy
• drinks

Musik, Filme und Bücher

This is a pretty hard question. I listen to all kinds of music depending on my mood from classic to electro. Visited lots of concerts from Tricky to the Chemical Brothers, from Jessie Ware to Arctic Monkeys, from Kasabian to underground hip-hop gigs.
I love movies overall. Sometimes it’s the mood to think, sometimes it’s the mood to relax and watch Marvel :) I really like Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Guy Ritchie, Wes Anderson and many many others.
I really love books but unfortunately almost all my limited spare time goes to music and movies. I love Erich Maria Remarque, Alexander Duma, Oscar Wilde, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Charles Dickens (those who occupy my bookshelf).

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I have met the sunset 3,000 meters above the sea in Machu Picchu. It is worth living.
Ate alpaca in Peru, have seen Iggy Pop and Tim Burton in Paris

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I can teach you speak russian, you can teach me your language :) Well basically it’s about having fun together and telling stories, right?

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

My life experience, jokes, easy conversations, I can tell stories from different countries I have been to. I can talk about hundreds of things. Although I am a bit shy to new people :)

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

France