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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning German, Japanese, Swedish
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Journalist (newspaper)
  • Master of Philosophy (Translation studies)
  • From Lieksa, Finland
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Trying to get into a university to study a bit further!

ABOUT ME

I guess I'm pretty easy-going and easy to get along with! I try to live up with green values and generally take the best out of life.

PHILOSOPHY

"There's the whole world at your feet. And who gets to see it but the birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much yet! But I'm hoping to get a lot, lot more!

Interests

Traveling and reading, writing and talking about traveling. Exploring new places and things. Theatre (both doing and seeing), books, music, movies. Journalism and languages. Nature and outdoors. What not!

  • birds
  • writing
  • books
  • chocolate
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • journalism
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, Singin in the Rain, Some Like It Hot, Candy, Juno, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, etc.

Books: The Secret History (Donna Tart), Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare), Tuntematon sotilas (Väinö Linna), Työmiehen vaimo (Minna Canth), A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini), etc...

Music: The White Stripes, Nina Simone, Värttinä, The Ramones, Alamaailman vasarat, Miriam Makeba, Beirut, Sigur Ros, Biffy Clyro, The Dresden Dolls, Faith No More, The Clash, Imogen Heap, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Three places that I will never forget:
The temples of Ankor in Cambodia.
The ancient city of Petra in Jordan.
Mt. Fuji and the town of Kawaguchiko in Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make the best chocolate-beetroot cake ever!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Japan

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