Hi! My name is Marthadina, like if Martha Stewart and Paula Deen had a name child. I'm a recent college graduate from Seattle, and I'm currently traveling around the United States! All my interests are listed below so it feels repetitive to write them here, but to sum up I'm a rather artistic, rather friendly human who loves to meet new people and see new things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Essentially, because I love this idea of giving people both an opportunity to travel at low cost and also to make new friends/connections!

Interests

• traveling
• painting
• classical music
• international relations
• languages
• political science
• solo travel
• learning languages
• reading books
• jogging
• harry potter
• arabic
• french
• playing piano

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
- I grew up on classical music, love the Romantic/Impressionist era
- Anything by Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, or Rachmaninoff
- HUGE Sufjan Stevens fan
- Indie folk; think Avett Brothers and the like
- (To be honest, even though these are my interests I have huge holes in my knowledge and am always keen on collecting suggestions)
MOVIES:
- Call Me By Your Name
- About Time
- La La Land
- Most Wes Anderson films
- Black Swan
BOOKS:
- Chocolat
- Siddhartha
- Grew up on Harry Potter; it was my childhood and is basically my adulthood.
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- The Picture of Dorian Gray

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Oh, uh, playing piano? Well, people have played longer, so I guess it's not that impressive... But I would say (while hoping not to come across too cheesy) that through music I have managed to travel to more worlds than I could possibly dream of visiting in this reality. So to me that's a lovely and amazing thing on its own.

Teach, Learn, Share

Though I'm currently learning French, I am so happy to pick up any language from the region I may be traveling. Actually, I'm happy to learn anything, really. As far as teaching, I can definitely teach English, and some French. I play piano so if you've got keys, I can show you a thing or two :)

Also, though I don't live in Seattle anymore, if anyone is planning on going, I could talk for hours about what to see, eat, and do there.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Philippines, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States