Hello! I'm Mayya. I'm a kind person who loves to share, learn and spend time with others. I am a massive extrovert and need people around me 24/7. But they don’t even need to talk to me; I get the most energy from being in the same space with someone, but all doing our own thing (reading, drawing, gardening…). I love animals and would be at my happiest anywhere that has them. I have really strong ADHD which makes me very fun!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have made three wonderful friends so far by hosting. It is so refreshing to be received by a friendly face that is happy to have you in their home and show you around. I find that some people that use Couchsurfing have such a pure soul that it is a pleasure to be around them. On Couchsurfing, I get a local experience, immediately make new friends in the place I am visiting, and actually enjoy the place I'm visiting. I want to stay in a home with a story, rather than a hotel that is scrubbed of all personality after every guest. If I can associate a place with the nice people I met there, I tend to have better memories.

We are all human, connected and share a planet. When I host, I enjoy offering my place to people. They bring me their personality and experience, and sometimes they even make me discover new places that I would have never thought about visiting.

Interests

I place a lot of focus on my health and fitness. My favourite sports are pole dancing (which is now a lifestlye), squash, survival running (a Dutch sport) and cycling. I love the idea of adventure sports and it's something on my bucket list. I love being in nature, but my energy levels are chronically low, so I don’t usually walk but cycle, and small distances (20 km max) at a time. I also love dancing of any kind, aerial and circus arts.

I appreciate good design and architecture, especially ex-soviet and communist. I love to spend a nice afternoon laying in a hammock reading.

As a person I am strong on social justice and have strong morals that I don’t bend for anything. I study sustainability (taking a break now) from the social side: human rights, the effects of climate change on people, political and economic systems, etc.

• pole dance

Music, Movies, and Books

Finding new music is one of my favourite things. If you can show me new music I like I'll be super happy. I have a very diverse taste, I listen to most stuff: drum & bass, techno, indie, rock, pop, metal. I'm actually doing a reverse emo where I discovered metal at 24 and now it's most of what I listen to haha. My favourite genres are modern rock & metal.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I cycled 200 km down the Polish-German border and slept on the 7th floor of an abandoned building, suspended in a hammock 3 metres over the floor below me. I have pictures for anyone interested. The place is in Camping an der Oder, a very strange free campsite with abandoned derelict buildings next to it. The place looks like it was stuck in the 80s.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching about sports, nutrition, physical and mental health and related topics.

I recently got into camping, hiking, etc, so any help and information about that will be greatly alpareciated.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Let me cook you some great food! Breakfast, lunch, dinner, I have recipes coming out of my ears. I'm an amazing cook. I mostly cook vegan/vegeterian.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom