I'm a musician and/or wilderness guide who loves to dance and work with people. I'm now doing a Global Music masters (?) in Helsinki and I work as a seasonal wilderness guide in Lapland and eastern Finland.

I am also a meta-buddhist.

WARNING: No matter how much I insist, don't let me put a beer in the freezer so that it cools down more quickly. I will most probably forget and mess up your fridge. Please don't let me do that, thanks.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The reason I couchsurf is because I believe in conversation. I believe there needs to be more of it in the world. Conversation between people, artists, businesses, politicians. Through conversation we can get to know others, and I think knowing others is as important as knowing yourself, and a journey we have to take at the same time as knowing ourselves.

From time to time I can be very pretentious so don't believe everything I say. On the other hand, maybe saying something pretentious is ok.

Interests

At the moment I'm into making bread, rock climbing, and dancing (contact improvisation, and swing). Other things I enjoy trying things I've never tried, swimming, making lots of noise, going to places I shouldn't, doing things that scare me, and laughing.

• books
• dancing
• beer
• music
• rock climbing
• swimming
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books are my bread and butter, although I am not a big fan of butter myself. Now I am reading a bit of Epictetus.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fallen in love; cycled from London to Venice in two weeks; slept under the stars at -30ºC. We once sang a 25" song to gulls in a park in Helsinki with a group of very silly people. The gulls stayed for the whole piece and flew away seconds only after we had finished.

The rest you can try and find out over a beer.

Teach, Learn, Share

Don't sweat the small stuff. And it's all small stuff! :)

(from the same-titled book by Richard Carlson)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Greece, United Kingdom

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