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Overview

  • 63 references 50 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Estonian, German; learning Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Sales manager for facade company
  • Bachelors degree, mechanical engineer
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Travelling until July 2023

I am a bohemian with a realistic mind :D True values in life are friendship and love, things wich can not be measured in gold :) I think Jon Lajoie would say "Everyday normal guy" :D
Prefer to host people who have also hosted people, because coucsurfing is about giving and receiving.
My favourite spot in Tallinn is Kalarand just a perfect rustic place to have some beers and stare @ the sea allthough not for long as they will soon build new appartments there so i guess i have to start searching for a new spot.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, eat new cusines and to live the life to the fullest ! Lately reading the request some people do not seem to understand what couchsurfing is all about. Its not just a way to find cheap accommodation if I want that I can check into a hostel. The main thing is cultural experience, to see the country through local eyes and finding new friends all over the world.

Interests

Cooking, when I have the mood for it. Beer, i love beer. Weekend parties with good music( dancehall, rock, metal, punk, electro house, techno). Dancing - i do not have a very good sense of rhythm and thats the reason why it might look funny and awkward when I dance but who cares main thing is to have fun :D
And also the usual theatre, cinema, sport events(soccer, basketball).
I am a FC Bayern München and German national footbal team fan :)
And I like to be outside, camping, fishing, BBQ, bycycle riding, allthough in Estonia its quite complicated because of the weather. Oh yeah and fishing I am not very good @ it, mostly drinking beer :D but i really like to be out in the nature and if im lucky also catch smth.

  • books
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • music
  • hiking
  • theatre
  • party
  • bycicle

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Charles Bukowski " Women", Mikhail Bulgakov " The Master and Margarita"
I would like to read a book from every country wich kind of gives a hint or a picture of the people who are living there. For estonians i think the closest book is "Tõde ja Õigus"(Truth and Justice) by Anton Hansen Tammsaare, its quite hard reading but it gives you a really good insight about estonians

Music: Rammstein, Kasabian, Major Lazer, Korn, Audio Bullys, Robyn, Die Antwoord, Blood Orange, Tame Impala, Fever Ray and so many more, I am abit of melomaniac. A must see: Silverio from Mexico :D
My favourite song is "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt, its just makes you think how beautiful of a soul a person must have to create someting like that. And also what kind of garbage we are forced to listen from radio.

Movies: Yeah i watch a lot of them. Do not like the american fart humour and horror movies that much but everything else goes. But a must watch is the french one "The Intouchables"

TV series: Balck Sails, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men(before Ashton Kutcher), Vikings, Modern Family, Fringe, Person of Interest, Game of Thrones, Happy!, Star Trek, The End of the F***ing World.
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern - just love that tv show :P

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have visited 4 times european biggest music festival Woodstock in Poland, aprox 700 000 people( this is the actual number, insane). Place where i learned that The Darkness is one hell of a live band :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Not sure what to write here :)
I have a Ukulele but have been to lazy to learn it so someone can have an awsome oppurtunity to teach me :D
A few useful links:
Public transportation schedule
http://soiduplaan.tallinn.ee/#bus/en
Interactive map of Tallinn, good for planning transportation in the city: http://kaart.tallinn.ee/Tallinn/Show?REQUEST=Main&lang=eng
Parties in Tallinn:
http://t2na.ee/tallinn.php
Abandoned buildings all around Estonia:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=14osOa-msrIinTXs5OCrJZau1GCY&ll=59.38761050576864%2C24.71972272265623&z=9
And a blog with pictures allthough it is in estonian language : http://heesti.blogspot.com.ee
http://thetallinncollector.com/
If you plan a longer stay in Estonia, then this might be helpful https://www.settleinestonia.ee

What I Can Share with Hosts

My wonderful personality. Hombrewed beer if I have some left.
The shy, grumpy, reserved attitude of estonians.
My time and when you belive the wiseman then the time is the most valuable thing of all :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia

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