A world traveller who hasn't yet traveled all around the world yet but would definitely want to see and explore more!

Hi there 👋🏻 Nice that you popped up on my profile. I'm currently living in Finland, Lappeenranta and studying fine arts in the Institute of Design, LAB University of Applied Sciences. Originally I'm from Tampere, but I have also lived in Helsinki and worked a few winter seasons in Lapland.

I like to spend my free time doing different sports as running, wild swimming and other outdoor activities. I'm used to do some knitting or arts (as drawing and paintings) when I'm feeling less sporty. I love sharing my time and connect with different people all around the world and I like having exchange of thoughts. I'm always interested to get different views of life and learn some new skills. Books and cooking are also good ways to spend my time.

After all I think I'm a bit finnish and shy by my nature from time to time. But in the right company I might get very talkative and usually I love to have some conversation with others! I like to think I'm quite an open-minded person and usually very curious about new things. It's a good start for learning, because indeed there is so much to learn in life. I'm not yet sure what I'm gonna be when I grow up as an adult, but while trying to figure it out, I'm focusing on doing my best, being kind and honest with myself and with the people I'm surrounded by.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm interested in connecting with different people around the world and making my travel budget friendly. It is good to have a chance to meet nice local people while I'm travelling and get to know them a bit better, to understand about their country and culture too. It is usually the people whom I remember the best from the places I have visited :)

I would also love to offer a place to stay and meet up with surfers that are visiting Finland. Don't hesitate to ask and send me a message, if I can't host I might still be able to meet up and share some of my knowledge (related to Lappeenranta, Finland, or generally in life ;p )

I think couch surfing is a wonderful change to connect people all around the world and it helps like minded people finding each other.
I believe a kind soul finds friends wherever they go :)

Interests

Few biggest interests of mine are in nature, arts and healthy lifestyle which includes some sports aswell as healthy food.

Previously my art was mostly focusing on watercolor painting and drawing, but lately I have been experimenting with different materials and being able to create three dimensional art. As materials clay and different metals are fascinating me. I'm practising photography, even so it is not in my main focus. Besides fine arts, I love all types of art, such as dance, music, literature and theatre.

I'm also very interested in some spiritual and philosophical stuff as yoga, meditation, connection with nature, energies and healing (crystals, herbs, ect). Previously mentioned stuff I don't take too seriously, but definitely I would love to hear and learn more about them 🙏🏻 I'm also always interested in trying new sports (as some dance). In addition I love cooking and I'm open to share and learn new recipes (the healthy ones 😉).

• animals
• arts
• culture
• books
• dancing
• organic food
• yoga
• crafts
• traveling
• pottery
• knitting
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• sports
• swimming
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• nature
• forests
• organic gardening
• healthy lifestyle
• ceramics
• watercolor
• forest walks
• latino dance
• yoga and meditation
• drawing and painting
• pottery making

Music, Movies, and Books

I like usually calm and often melancolic music, some ethnical instruments such as handpand and different flutes. But in the other hands I love some joyfull music that makes me wanna dance.
Some artists music that I return to listen often are Malte Marten, Danit, The Pirouettes, Oh Wonder, Of Monsters and Men, Ludovico Einaudi, Oscar Schuster, Billy Joel and many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I swam on the Benagil cave in Portugal, Lagoa. It was a very wavy day and I did my way to the cave all alone. Luckily the way back I got some company from guys I met inside the cave. There were no other ways to reach the cave than swimming or by boat, but they said it was too wavy for reaching it by boat that day. We were on the beach and I saw people just disappearing on the sea. So I got curious and asked some locals where they went. They told me about the cave. I asked my friend if he wanted to come with me, but he was unsure about making it till the cave in the cold wavy water. The cave was not visible from the beach. After getting directions from the locals, I decided to reach it by swimming on my own. I must admit that on the way there I was scared as hell and thought for a second that I may die there by trying it 😂 It could have been so, but luckily I made it, from the beach inside the cave and back to the beach by swimming! This is one of my most memorable memories from Portugal 🌊🌊

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm open to share any skills I have (if I have?) and having talks about almost any topic. I try my best to be open and interact with the people I'm with.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Company for having (hopefully) an interesting conversations. I like making food for more than one person so I would not mind to share my meal with the hosts if they are up to it :)

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Estonia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland