Hey there! My name is Valerie, 20 y.o. I live in Moscow and study political science at the University. I’m an easy going person and I'm also into photography. I like travelling, discovering new places and people.

I've been studying Chinese for three years now because I’m absolutely in love with Chinese culture. I adore Chinese people, Taoism, Erhu music and Chinese cuisine.

My lifelong dreams are to visit Japan, Iceland and New Zealand.

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to embrace the world, meet as many people and see as many places as possible

Interests

• arts
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• chinese food
• anime
• movies
• video games
• traveling
• music
• alternative music
• sports
• political science
• psychology
• nature
• tv series
• phylosophy
• manga
• china
• lord of the rings
• chinese culture
• radiohead
• chinese medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Radiohead, Bombay Bicycle Club, David Bowie, Fleet Foxes, MGMT, Syd Matters, Strokes, Jeff Buckley, Ben Howard, Interpol, Pearl Jam, Queen, Nirvana, Hozier, Birdy, Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix, Tame Impala, Doors, Billie Eilish, alt-J

Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Fellini, Zvyagintsev, Lanthimos, von Trier, Miyazaki, Inarittu, Fincher, Besson

Joaquin Phoenix, Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Keanu Reeves, James McAvoy, Leo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt

Phantom Thread, You Were Never Really Here, Three Billboards, Meet Joe Black, Les Miserables, Godfather, Trainspotting, Master and Commander, The VVitch, LOTR, The Tree of Life

Black Mirror, The Office (US), Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Death Note, Psychopass, The End of the F*** World, Stranger Things, Vikings, Sherlock, Sabrina, Breaking Bad, Marvel

Plato, Laozi, Shakespeare, Remark, Wilde, Hume, Foucault, Dostoyevsky, Hesse

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I’ve been to Cabo da Roca

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can tell you about Russia, it’s political history, culture, cinematography and literature. We can also discuss philosophy and take nice pictures :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Maldives, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation