Smiling, friendly, adventurous but at least 2 (I'm not very athletic but I have a mind of steel that makes me going to my limits).
I love being surrounded by optimism and good energy.
I love the concept of carpooling or moving other than by car (except in cases of obligation).

Discovering others activities, learning and most of all, being happy are my motivation :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hei Suomalaiset !

I love Finland : language, culture, landscape, mentality, songs (i already worked with finns and traveled there). I spent 3 weeks in 4 cities in Finland for Juhannus 2015 and meeting local people, discovering the traditions and practicing a bit finnish (beginner but motivated) were amazing experience. Then, in october 2017, I went to Turku for vacation for a month and 11 months of sabbatical leave, so a complete year. Now, I am living and working in Turku :).

I like social activity, foreign culture, meeting new people and sharing our experiences.
I would like to be accompanied in the various activities : I do not seek tourism but a human adventure first (the ideal is to do both ;-)). Also, being a loyal friend, why not staying in touch after that?

Kiitos ja nähdään pian :-)

Interests

Like all of you, nothing more original than traveling ;-).

Sea / river / lakes : I love water sports in team (from min 2 people) such as sea kayaking, rowing. Solo canoeing. I love cruises sail, jetski ride. Fishing is fun too.

Nature / riding a bike : a good picnic (respecting nature) in the middle of nowhere after a bike ride (I'm not talking about mountain biking, flat land fits me very well ;-)). Also I like playing disc golf.

In another category, everything related to music / dance / instruments : I play the saxophone (long time ago the piano and classical guitar); I love concerts, musical shows; I am eclectic in music and radio : hard rock / industrial metal/ french and foreign variety / classical music / movies music and i am addicted to Radio Suomi! (Radio Suomipop / Radio Aalto / Radio rock).

• culture
• concerts
• dancing
• cooking
• picnic
• walking
• clothing
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• fishing
• canoeing
• kayaking
• spelunking
• camping
• sailing
• sports
• rowing
• tourism
• carpooling
• lakes
• cinema
• nature
• forests
• sea
• disc golf
• saxophone
• chinchillas

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (depends of the moon): "Halo" (Beyoncé), "Hallelujah" (Jeff Buckley), "Puhu äänellä jonka kuulen" (Happoradio), "Siskoni" (Laura Narhi), "Vihaan kyllästynyt" (Haloo Helsinki!), Jenni Vartiainen, "Maanantai" (Apulanta), "Nathan" & "L'embéllie" (Calogéro), "Frühling In Paris" & "Ohne dich" & "Wo bist du" (Rammstein) "Four rusted horses" & "Tainted Love" & "This is the New Shit" & "The Nobodies" (Marilyn Manson), "Quelque chose de Tennessee" & "Que je t'aime" (Johnny Haliday), "Là-bas" (Jean-Jacques Goldman)...

Movies : "the Lord of the rings", "Face/Off", "Into the wild", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Seven Pounds", "the Dead poet society" ...

Books : i don't read, i prefer living the experiences/historys, than reading experiences/historys of others ;-).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking in the darkness of the forest and sleeping with no lighting, no hot clothes, after the rising waters (opening the dam) preventing us from reaching the camping.

Vogalonga with rowing team at Venezia.

In caving, crawl into a tunnel whose ceiling height reaches the head.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : french language of course ;-), cooking, saxophone/music theory.

Learn: all about Finland : finnish language and culture.

Share : i am talk active and it will be with pleasure to share our different life experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If I know in advance, I can be available to show you my city and surrounding area. Be aware : I don't have a car (i can drive) but we'll manage. We can go out during the night also or just stay in the apartment, eat good french specialty with good music ;-), or some others ideas are welcome ;-).

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, England, Finland, France