My life mission is to visit every single one of the UNESCO's world heritage sites. There are over thousand sites and at the moment I've visited a bit over 100 of them. So, there are still new places to visit ;)

I love exploring our planet and trying to understand the dynamics of it (as an oceanographer). (Un)fortunately this planet of ours is quite complex system but at least I get a lot of experience while trying to understand. Fellow people have an important role in this - sharing stories and making new memories. I usually travel with my husband (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2003921603) but sometimes I do shorter trips within Europe by myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I heard some interesting stories about CS from my friends. This sounded pretty cool project and I wanted to participate.

So far I have had only positive experiences with CS - it's one of the greatest ways to get to know the local life style(s).

Interests

The globe: I find it quite weird that we're living on this small rock and most of us don't even realize that how amazing it is -they are too busy with their everyday lives. I do want to understand where I actually live.

Art: music, theater, exhibitions... It's interesting to find out how others have seen the world.

Science: There are still so much that we don't understand in our everyday life - like formation of rain for example and so much cool stuff that we do actually understand - like the structure of an atom and the gravity field of Mars.

• arts
• theater
• movies
• music
• jazz
• metal music
• sailing
• physics
• science
• ocean
• scifi

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I found science fiction again a while ago. Just finished the Neuromancer - I do recommend it to all. Also historical novels with travel stories are inspirational and take the reader to different places and time. I especially like the novels from M. M. Kaye.

Movies: Usually music has a big role in those I found great ones. Indiana Jones was my hero when I was a kid and one of the reasons I went to science.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The hyena man of Harar (Ethiopia) is true. One can visit a place off-city during the night time and feed wild hyenas! That is pretty stupid thing to do but also amazing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Germany, Norway