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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning French, Spanish, Swedish
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Photography
  • Photography, Aalto University School of Art and Design
  • From Helsinki, Finland
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Not to stress and enjoy!

ABOUT ME

I'm a 26-year old photography student from Helsinki.

I really love traveling and seeing new places, experiencing new things, meeting people. But I also love summers in Helsinki, long nights with lots of light and good people, the nature, and the sea with its islands. I have a small garden plot and I think city gardens are the most interesting thing at the moment.

PHILOSOPHY

I try not to take things too seriously and be relaxed and not to stress about stuff..sometimes it's difficult because I'm good in over-occupying myself with stuff. But luckily usually with interesting stuff.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new to this but I like to meet new people

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had a couple of surfers in my couch some years ago and it was a really cool thing to get to know people from different parts of the world, definitely a positive experience. I could not do that for several years, but when I was living in Madrid for 5 months in 2010, all the new awesome people from all around I met there inspired me to join in again.

Interests

traveling, kitchen gardens, cooking, dancing, art, partying

  • arts
  • photography
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • partying
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

Pedro Almodovar's and Coen brothers' movies, nature documentaries, many kinds of music but my favourite is 80's disco

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling by train from St. Petersburg to Beijing was truly an amazing thing. I realized that slow traveling really is my thing. It is awesome feeling to see all the scenery change and realize how far away you really are.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm into urban gardening and would like learn about it, maybe I could also teach something :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Spain

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