CURRENT MISSION

To find my path in life and get to know myself better

ABOUT ME

I love meeting new people and exploring new places, learning about different cultures and having inspiring conversations.

My favourite things are good meals, especially if I can share them with interesting people, parties, dancing (to mainly indie / rock / electronic music) and music in general, walking through cities and woods, reading at cafés, people-watching at parks, watching the sunset by the sea, listening to the waves and seagulls on the seashore, island-hopping, small club gigs, flea markets and village fairs, among others.

PHILOSOPHY

"We are meant to live in joy."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm always up to exploring the city according to different tastes and interests, exploring the endlessly interesting cafe/bar/restarant scene, spend the day at flea markets or vintage shops, partying through the night or just walking or cycling around and experiencing what is going on in the city at the moment, I can help you find your way and I'll be also happy to join you, whenever possible.

See more at the learn/share box :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I live in a shared flat and as my room is really small and there's no couch nor a spare bed, at the moment I can only offer my company :)

Interests

- cinema
- literature
- photography and photojournalism
- gastronomy, baking and good wines
- city culture, street art, subcultures etc.
- music, dancing, clubbing
- fashion, textile design, crafts
- ecology, recycling etc.
- voluntary work, community projects
- politics and human rights
- architecture and town planning
- history and art history
- Asian philosophies
- healthy living, nutrition, raw food etc.
- herbal skin/haircare, making my own cosmetics
- interior decoration
- graphic design, poster design and typography
- big trees, natural parks, forests and small villages

• arts
• culture
• literature
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• fashion
• street art
• photography
• make up
• dancing
• human rights
• dining
• recipes
• baking
• raw food
• walking
• partying
• clubbing
• crafts
• politics
• movies
• reading
• music
• electronic music
• cycling
• snorkeling
• boxing
• art history
• ecology
• history
• languages
• beaches
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh yes, lots of them! I couldn't live without them!

Some of my favourite films are:
Happy Together, In The Mood for Love, Chunking Express and Days of Being Wild by Wong Kar-Wai, La Notte by Antonioni, Vertigo, The Double Life of Veronica, The Immortal Story, Underground, Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation by Sofia Coppola, Enter The Void by Gaspar Noé, Innocence by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Heavenly Creatures, La Fille Sur Le Pont, La Haine, Blade Runner, Black Swan, Mary Poppins, My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and most films by Pedro Almodovar and Aki Kaurismäki...

I love Brazilian music, j-pop, indiepop/rock, electronic music (house, techno, electronica, new wave/synthpop), soul, jazz, Argentinian tango and folclore, singer-songwriters, classical music, European songs from the 1960's etc. Some of the bands and artists that I love are: 22-Pistepirkko, The Shins, Massive Attack, Chico Buarque, Björk, Belle & Sebastian, The Stone Roses, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Susumu Yokota, Feist, Pizzicato Five, Entre Rios, Nick Drake, The Strokes, Mercedes Sosa, Tchaikovsky, The Ramones, New Order, Alice Coltrane, The Cure, Goldfrapp and The Beatles.

Some of my favourite books and writers are Julio Cortázar, Haruki Murakami, Ray Bradbury, Mihail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita, William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, Edith Södergran's poems, The Catcher In the Rye, A Hundred Years' Solitude, Anna Karenina, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The moments I've enjoyed the most have been some moments of sharing with my family and friends.

However, there are some unforgettable experiences I'm very happy to have lived through:
*the night sky over the pampa region in Argentina
*the Nordic lights over Siberia seen from the plane from Helsinki to Tokyo
*the sunset at Uchinada beach at Noto Hanto in Japan
*snorkeling at Okinawa/Ryukyu islands in Japan
*breathing the pure air and meeting the penguins at Tierra del fuego at the southernmost tip of Argentina
*feeling the force of the water at the Iguazú falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil

(It was too difficult to choose only one!)

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Teach, Learn, Share

In addition to some local knowledge about London (and other cities I've lived in, which are Helsinki, Madrid and Buenos Aires) I can help you learn to take better photos or videos from your travels, teach you to bake nordic bread and other European and Latin American recipes, how to use local ingredients for home-made cosmetics, as well as help you practice the languages I know best (Finnish, Spanish, English).

See also the "How I participate" section :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Please see above :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Finland, Spain, United Kingdom