Hi! I'm from California and I'm studying at the University of Oulu right now. It's soo beautiful up here and I would LOVE to see more of the country before I leave. I'm here to find some friendly people that would like to host my friend and I as we try to busk and hitchhike our way down to Tallinn!

We're really chill people and we can play you a song or two too:) Let me know if you have any questions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m here to see this big and beautiful world in a way that lets me meet and talk with people from all over. I’ve lived in the bubble of Southern California almost all my life and I’m here in Finland now to take a baby step into the rest of the world. My friends here are from all over Europe and they tell me a lot of cool things about their home countries that I can only imagine experiencing. I want to make their homes and special places real and personal. And I know that meeting and having conversations with cool people that are kind enough to host me for a night or two will make my travels all the more special. I'm SO excited to try this out!

Interests

• film making
• chess
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• table tennis
• film photography
• settlers of catan
• busking
• artificial intelligence
• league of legends

Music, Movies, and Books

movies/Tv shows I'm a big fan of:
- Clerks, Her, Ex Machina, Reservoir Dogs, Black Mirror, The office

books I like:
- Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, pretty much everything Neil Gaiman writes, Superintelligence, Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis Vol. 2

musicians I dig:
- Tame Impala, XXXtentatcion, Lil Peep, Ben Howard

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmm...When I was 17, I organized this carnival for kids in my community with specials needs. It was my big "end of Boy Scouts" project, and I got some friends together to create carnival games in my garage a few weeks before the event. I think the kiddos had a really fun time and I remember being super happy seeing all my friends around me dressed up as pirates and helping out. I had this really good feeling right after when I was cleaning up and putting away the yellow table cloths. I took them back to the storage unit and my scout leader drove me back home during sun set. It was the end to really really good day. All in all it's probably the coolest thing I've ever done.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hm... I'd say I'm pretty good at guitar and I know how to work a camera so if your interested in learning either I can show you what I've know.

Also, I'm a native English speaker so if you want some practice with the language or have any questions I'm happy to help!

Countries I’ve Visited

Finland, India, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, United States