Hi! My name is Valeria. I'm a born-and-bred Muscovite, a student (who is currently on a 'survival mode' due to a never-ending cycle of exams🙈).
I guess since I'm here, it goes without saying that I enjoy meeting people, travelling, learning about foreign cultures and exploring new places of the beautiful world 🌏I also want to get acquainted with at least some basics of various foreign languages. It's so much fun, isn't it? :) (especially swear words 😜🙊 I'm joking ofc 🙃)
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Might sound trivial, but I'm on Couchsurfing because I love travelling, meeting people and learning about different cultures.

I'm really grateful for the opportunity to meet people from all around the globe and I believe that every person we meet affects who we are in a way as we are shaped by our environment.

Interests

I'm a fan of creativity namely drawing, handicrafts, photography, etc.

I just absolutely love music, play the guitar a bit and sing and, you know, I wonder how only my neighbours still haven't hit me with something heavy :D I bet they simply happen to share my taste in music...

• arts
• singing
• traveling
• music
• playing guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

Well, as you can see below, I just can't live without music! :D
I'm a huge fan of British artists such as Coldplay / London Grammar / Florence + The Machine / Snow Patrol / Keane / Ed Sheeran / Bonobo / Calvin Harris / Disclosure / Amber Run / Muse / Bombay Bicycle Club / Jess Glynne / Newton Faulkner / Radiohead / Dido / The xx / Elbow / Sting... I really hope to watch their gigs one day!!!
I also like Levante / God Is An Astronaut / Thrupence / Doe Paoro / Daft Punk / The Prodigy / Angus & Julia Stone / Ludovico Einaudi / Sia / Lorde / Paramore / Rihanna / Jay Z / Eminem / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Linkin Park / Nirvana / The Weeknd / Bob Marley / Roxette / Sigur Rós / I Am Waiting For You Last Summer / 5'nizza / Lumen / Noize MC / Oxxxymiron

My favourite book is 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë

Favourite films: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Inception / Interstellar / Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears / The Big Blue / Into The Wild / Peaceful Warrior / The Edge / Lost In Translation / The Bucket List / Fight Club / Gladiator

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well...let me see...
I led tourist groups to Vesuvius...and had to deal with different sorts of people... I mean...at times with some exceptional weirdos...who had no spark of decency...so I haven't dropped them down the crater👌 I guess,at least for me, that's called a remarkable achievement :P

I've survived a real English college bar crawl! :D LOL Oh, man...those wild English students (I adore them) apparently have a liver of steel so, now don't tell me about the Russian vodka culture! ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play so called 'the glass harp' (not a useful skill though :D) or how to use chopsticks in the most ungraceful way possible plus spill soy sauce all over your stuff (probably you don't need that either :D ) and obviously I'm willing to help you with Russian. In case you have any obstacles or misunderstandings, I'm here for you to clear them up! :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversations + I'll gladly keep you company when you visit Moscow ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Croatia, Cyprus, England, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States