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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Estonian; learning French, German
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • Student
  • Interior Architecture
  • From Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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About Me

I like to have long conversations with people when I travel to get to know the place and people there. I enjoy storytelling at home as well, I think that stories are that which make our world go round. I also enjoy going to hikes and other offroad places and just wandering around the city to get the feeling. I enjoy adventures and meeting new people, learning new skills, getting to know things more deeply and have good fun.
Currently I'm learning interior architecture, formerly cultural theory and semiotics.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share the stories! Also I like to get to know the city as good as I possibly can and its people. I want to be in real contact which can only be offered by couchsurfing, either that, or I just would ask people on the streets or other places where I could spend my nights. I don't think that living in hostels and hotels gives me the opportunity to get to know the local soul.

Interests

  • culture
  • writing
  • books
  • theater
  • architecture
  • design
  • interior design
  • acting
  • politics
  • history
  • languages
  • philosophy
  • psychology
  • science
  • art
  • adventures
  • storytelling
  • cuisine
  • meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

Music.
Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom, Nick Cave, Tricky, Jan Garbarek,
I actually enjoy very various kinds of music, anything except for trance and house. Anything I can dance to is great as well.
Books.
I'm not sure if I have that many favourite books, I just enjoy reading itself. But...
A Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM, The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Secret History by Donna Tartt, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Kraken by China Mieville, Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin and poets like Betti Alver, Heiti Talvik, Juhan Viiding.
Movies.
Breakfast on Pluto, Pan's Labyrinth, The Boat that Rocked, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Darjeeling Limited ( anything from Wes Anderson, really), Django etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have done an interview with George RR Martin in a cafe!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything I have with me!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Morocco, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Estonia

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