CURRENT MISSION

ABOUT ME

I'm a curious character - into arts and science and other wonders of the world. I love a bicycle tour or an afternoon on roller skates, as much as tour of the galleries or a book club meeting. Bollywood discos, Asian chill and Trance work for me, but I find it hard to stay up late so I often miss the best gigs...

PHILOSOPHY

Do what you love, the money will follow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd like to accommodate guests whenever I'm around - although I travel a lot of course :-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had great experiences couch-surfing, and met such wonderful people!

Interests

I love...
dancing -- Bollywood, modern, salsa... I love it all! -- bicycling (no day without!), roller skating (wanna see new places on skates!) ...and why not lying on the beach once the muscles ache...
the arts - stuff like Hans Arp's Nuages, organic forms, Klee, Miró, and the fresh ideas that hang and hum in the galleries these days...
literature -- Borges, Neruda, Prevert, Pratchett (who occasionally gets accused of literature as well) ---
creatures -- from cats to rats to goats to gibbons -- (but I'm allergic to most of them)
languages (European, mainly - but I'd love to learn more)
travel (goes without saying)

• cats
• arts
• books
• literature
• dancing
• cooking
• clubbing
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• languages
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Prose: Pratchett, Cortazar, Kerouac, Jonathan Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Paul Theroux, ...writers whose every line is like poetry, or who make you chuckle on every page. J.K. Rowling --- she does know how to spin a plot!
Poetry: for the earthy colors of life, Pablo Neruda; for the playfulness of youth, Jacques Prevert; for beautiful contemplation on history, W. Szymborska
Music: Bollywood! Asian chill... flamenco guitar <3, finn-metal, Finnish rock, Maija Vilkkumaa, Kingston Wall, Shpongle, Eat Static, Shostakovitch, Debussy, Schubert piano trios, african drumming... The beat is my lifeline

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited our ancient cousins, the lemurs of Madagascar, our distant cousins, living isolated on the island for millions of years.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like sharing music - listening to what you enjoy, and letting you hear some of my favorite songs. Cooking together can be fun, as well as learning languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Réunion, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, France, Spain, United States

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