CURRENT MISSION Experience Europe! ABOUT ME Hello! I'm Maija, I'm nice and easy to get along with (unless you're a cat. I'm very allergic to cats, my life's tragedy). I use a lot of brackets when I write and could go on for hours about my favorite band(s). I study Scandinavian languages and literature in Helsinki, though this fall I'm moving (back) to Sweden to study journalism. I like cheese. I am extremly afraid of mice. I'd like to travel a whole lot more than I do now (well yeah, who doesn't?).
Interested in Bars
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in Finnish
Learning English
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Right now I'm looking for hosts for me & my sister (Venice, Rome, Barcelona, somewhere in Western France, Paris, Amsterdam, Brugge, Berlin!). I live at my parents' this summer in Kauhajoki - if you happen to visit Kauhajoki, you're very welcome! Maybe I'll be able to host you next year in Umeå! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE The times when I've actually surfed - three times, all of them in Sweden - were really positive experiences. But then the negative side: I send numerous requests to hosts in Amsterdam and Brugge, and received two replies, both being "no". The rest of them didn't even bother to reply. So umm yeah thanks for that. A simple "decline" would've been nice.
Music, Movies, and Books
kent, Markus Krunegård, Säkert!, The Crash, Familjen, Pariisin kevät, Samuli Putro Anything written by Kjell Westö.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
An old-fashioned carousel in Strasbourg. It was dark elsewhere but the carousel was lit, and oh so beautiful. Stepping in to a narrow street in Malmö in December and finding an amazing toyshop at the end of it. visited 12 states (5.33%)Create your own visited map of The World or Like this? try: Vendian
My Interests
writing, record stores, music, books, seeing new places, eating breakfast, drinking green tea, Swedish, bridges,
