CURRENT MISSION

To Holmgard and beyond...

ABOUT ME

I have the infinite curiousity of a small child. I read just about anything. That's how I found CouchSurfing - in a trashy free London newspaper. You just never know where the greatest things in your life will come from! I told my friend Pasi about CouchSurfing and he joined and introduced others to it. In short, curiousity is my best quality and my greatest resource.

PHILOSOPHY

"Friendship is everything. It is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted my friends from Germany and Finland and have travelled to visit them myself. I'd like to make some more friends and continue adventuring. :)

Interests

Travel, politics, live music, knitting, art, cooking, films, reading, history, foreign languages, medicine, beer, sweet and sugary things.

• arts
• cooking
• beer
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• live music
• history
• languages
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Fight Club, Girl Interrupted, Bonnie and Clyde, Kill Bill, Donnie Darko, Dead Man Walking, Schindler's List, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Meet Joe Black, Angela's Ashes, Downfall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Laitakaupungin Valot, Frida, The Lord of the Rings (whole trilogy), The Green Mile, The Pursuit of Happyness, Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Carribean, March of the Penguins, Good Will Hunting, Million Dollar Baby, Dogma, Borat, Equilibrium, Amelie, K-Pax, After the Wedding, Eastern Promises, The Notebook, Pan's Labyrinth.

Books:Alice in Wonderland. Anything by Hans Christian Andersen. Uncle Tom's Cabin. A Russian book called "Dinka". History and reference books.

Music:Breed 77, Nightwish, Rammstein, Garbage, Poets of the Fall, Muse, Placebo, Turisas, System of a Down, Leaves Eyes. Awesome pieces like "Lux Aeterna" and "O fortuna". Some Amy Winehouse.The occaisional Russian pop or folk song. Currently enjoying discovering Esoterica.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I survived Chernobyl.
I have seen the northern lights.
I have explored an Arctic forest next to two reindeer.
I have learned to walk all over again at the age of nineteen.
I have started a new life in a country that is really more like a different planet compared to my homeland.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Russian if you're feeling brave and help out with English too. Not sure if anybody wants to learn to knit, but the offer is there. And if there's anything you want to know about politics... ask at your own peril. ;)

I believe that I can learn something from every-one, so feel free to teach. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Finland, France, Germany, Moldova, Norway, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, United Kingdom