Hi! I'm a student in political science from Helsinki. Before moving back to Finland I studied in France for 4 years and in Germany for 3 months. I appreciate traveling by land, dancing hip hop, salsa and modern dance and reading novels and philosophy. I live with two flatmates whom I didn't know in beforehand but who have become good friends of mine.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy the very fact that the exchange happens outside the market economy. It is so much warmer and more human to stay at someone's home, and share some time together. Just like in hitchhiking, I can offer my company in my attempt to give as much of it as possible. :)

Interests

Following the news and reading books to understand how the world works and my place in it. Doing what I can to change the injustices there are. I think discussing and sharing with people is a good way to learn as I need to justify myself, and that's why I love it so much.

Another interest of mine is taking care of my body: moving regularly (going to dance classes, doing yoga and going for a run) and eating mostly healthy (even though I love everything sweet).

• books
• news
• reading
• dance

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: modern jazz, ambient jazz, post-rock, Finnish hip hop, trash metal

Movies: Waking life, Totoro, Black Swan, Requem for a Dream

Books: everything from E. Hemingway, A. Camus and P. Purokuru

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I cycled on a blocked highway up and down a huge bridge with thousands of other people in a protest.

What I Can Share with Hosts

At least the same ancestors from Eastern Africa, the passion for understanding and new experiences and the same language, which is enough to start with I think! (:

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, England, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, France, Germany