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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Finnish, Swedish; learning Japanese
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Teacher
  • Master of education
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 70% complete

About Me

I am an easy going person who would like to try many things even once! I want to gain experience from many different fields and educate my self to understand better. I spend my time travelling, studying, exploring and keeping it fit!

I really love to hike, do various sports (such as snowboarding, Crossfit, dancing...) play guitar, cook, paint and read. Something to brag about: I have been a scout for about 15 years and have won the Finnish Scouting competition several times. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Me and my (soon to be) husband are starting a journey around Asia and Oceania on August 2019. We will start our journey from Japan, because Japan is such an awesome country: People are kind and hard working, nature is beautiful and the culture fascinating. We have visited Japan several times and it gets more interesting every time. Now we want to dig even deeper in this interesting country's culture by Couchsurfing.

Travelling and meeting people is our passion and we are very curious to know more about different countries and cultures. That said, we decided that now is the time to travel and meet people, get to know them, share knowledge and learn from each others! I hope to get new friends and experiences around the world and here in Finland as well.

Interests

I like to try new and old things!

  • arts
  • education
  • crossfit
  • anime
  • board games
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • blues
  • hiking
  • sailing
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • meeting people
  • jogging
  • teaching languages
  • exploring new places
  • game of thrones
  • exploring nature

Music, Movies, and Books

I really love Scifi and fantasy books. My favourite is the Hyperion series.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting married! And had the guts to quit my job and move/travel abroad :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Here are some skills we have and might help you with:

- Educating (Master's Degree)
- Language teaching (Master's Degree)
- P.E. teaching
- Marketing (Master's Degree)
- Psychology (Bachelor's Degree, soon)
- Guitar playing and singing (and we can play a bit of bass guitar and drums too)
- Karaoke!
- Cottage related work (tinkering, repairing, painting...)
- Gardening (planting seeds, pulling weeds, cutting trees (apparently some skills in poetry as well;)... raking, cutting grass...)
- Sailing (as a helper:), motor boating, rowing
- Cooking and baking
- Microsoft Office, Photo editing (Adobe Photoshop, GIMP)
- Oil painting, drawing
- Basic skills in sewing by hand and machine
- Nature (camping&hiking) skills

What I Can Share with Hosts

We are relaxed, kind and honest people with a smile. :) We are happy with small things. We like to play boardgames, sit by a camp fire, sing and play the guitar...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Japan

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