CURRENT MISSION

Learn archery!

ABOUT ME

"Ridiculous the waste sad time
Stretching before and after."

We are a family of three. I, my wife Susanna and our little daughter Ilona, who was born in the end of 2011.

We are happy to host anyone, and we hope to meet families too.

PHILOSOPHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AWQ5aBjgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf and host, hope to be of help and company for everyone. I do like to cook for guests, or eat whatever kind of plate they put in front of me.

These days we're not much of a party house because our lives revolve around our child. However, I do not know a better way to couchsurf than to sit around our kitchen table in the evening and enjoy a good conversation and quality coffee or whiskey with our guests.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I have been mostly hosting. I like to think of it as traveling without moving. My experiences with guests have so far been only positive.

Interests

The great outdoors: Wondering the woods, picking mushrooms and berries, fishing.
Aikido: Because it is a sport where you can be a bad-ass and have a beer belly at the same time.
Music: listening to it, arguing about it, playing it with my guitar/banjo/mandolin.
Cooking and eating.
Wine, beer and whiskey.
Musing and meditating.
Films.
Books.
...and of course, my bicycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GugsCdLHm-Q

• books
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• movies
• traveling
• eating out
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• sports
• archery

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Bill Bryson: A Short history of almost everything
Favourite Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Esko Valtaoja, Stephen Jay Gould, Alastair Reynolds etc.
Favourite directors: Roy Anderson, Michael Haneke, Richard Linklater, Lars Von Trier.
Best film I have seen in recent years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Onuy5USTc
Music: Don't even get me started.
Right now, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn5sHyFgnmk

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In one week: Toured the Scottish Highlands and felt a baby kick in my wifes belly.

Teach, Learn, Share

- I will be happy to take you fishing or picking mushrooms and berries.
- Adobe after Effects & Photoshop basics.
- Basics of bicycle repair.
- Baking Karelian pies & traditional Finnish Rye Bread
(Will be able to hook you up to a bread root over sixty years of age. But only for those with fire in their hearts)

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Greece, Japan, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland