Few words that describe me very well: curious, passionate, and full of wicked sense of humour.

I grew up on a raspberry farm in eastern Finland, a boat ride away from Russia. At the age of 19 I opened the Pandora’s box and started travelling, and the journey continues.

Passionate about snow, mountains and people, who have interesting ways of viewing the world. Recently I’ve become interested in self development and different ways of seeing the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think I've always been fascinated by foreign cultures and how people live normal life abroad. I can't remember where I heard from CS at the first place but I decided to join and see what is out there. It took me a while and several couch requests before I finally deared to try a couch in Russia and it was amazing.

I think couchsurfing is really good for a person who wants to skip tourist traps and really explore the local stuff - which is the most interesting way of travelling anyway.

Interests

Music, people, stories, ocean, mountains, desert, snowboarding, laughing, extreme weather conditions, snow, Middle East, South America, Spain, Russia

• wildlife
• traveling
• music
• snowboarding
• mountains
• landscape photography

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A job at the pearl farm.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach snowboarding and skiing as well as some meditation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Loads of stories, that is for sure. I am also into snowboarding (hopefully master at kite boarding soon).

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand