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Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
@GEORDIEJAY
Member since 2012
CURRENT MISSION Rediscovering my Estonian roots and meeting new people! ABOUT ME I believe the most important aspect of life and art is balance, and that includes having fun while I'm at it. I am open and outgoing but equally self-sufficient, grateful for my own space, and respectful towards others. I've spent over 18 months travelling the world on my own to discover new things and help strengthen these ideas. I value learning and teaching, good relationships with people, connection with the here-and-now, and enjoying the little things in life; escaping the money-hungry rat race cliché.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Art
Fluent in German
Learning Arabic (Egypt)
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Because I think people who think Couchsurfing is a good idea are generally the kinds of people I'd want to spend time with!
Music, Movies, and Books
I spend most of my spare time either listening to, playing, or producing music, so the list is broad. Rock, Indie, Folk-Pop, Trip-Hop, Hip-Hop, IDM, Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Post-... you get the idea. Right now I'm listening to Tame Impala, The Helio Sequence, Alpine, Midlake, Yeasayer, Glass Animals, Alt-J, Dirty Projectors, Here We Go Magic, Grizzly Bear, Kings of Convenience, This Town Needs Guns, Kashmir etc. Movies- American Beauty, Children of Men, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Black Swan, and Monty Python and The Holy Grail are a few that come to mind. Books- Margaret Atwood, George Orwell, François LeLord, Kahlil Gibran
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Skydiving over Byron Bay in Australia gave me an amazing perspective over the area I grew up in. Seeing Lake Bled in Slovenia in perfect weather with no one else around was indescribably serene.
Teach, Learn, Share
I have spent a good chunk of time teaching English, French, and German professionally, guitar and bass privately, and cooking insatiably. If I can do something I'd love to share it with you- meditation, yoga, photography, whatever!
What I Can Share With Hosts
Enthusiasm, good music, good mood, good food, any number of the things listed above.
My Interests
I have always played music (guitar, bass, keys, drums, beats), which is my biggest passion besides photography. I have a bunch of different film and digital cameras - my latest photographic obsession is using old full-manual lenses on my SLR. I'm a big fan of good food, and I always enjoy a bit of creative cooking. Education is a big thing for me so I'm always teaching and learning. I am a language nerd- I've learnt bits of a lot of different languages, and intend to learn (and teach) many more. My latest projects are Estonian because my family is from there, and Arabic, because I recently met a bunch of fun and open-minded people from Egypt and spent some time there.
