WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THANK TO COUCHSURFING
- Many great, wonderful guests.
- A lot of good, interesting, educating chats around my or my hosts kitchen table.
- My son has practiced English
- And he has had a lot of good moments playing with our guests
- I have experienced that couchsurfers are one of the best "villages" to raise my son :)
- my world has broadened - new perspectives, ideas, tastes, attitudes, knowledge about different countries and places
- I am more convinced than ever before that a) there are so many great people b) I want to travel (more, if possible) c) I like guests a lot, so does my son

WHAT KIND OF POTENTIAL DO I SEE
- even more great guests
- to see different ways of living, hear about lifehacks, learn how to live according to my needs and values
- to live (more) according to degrowth principles - do less, live more, be more connected and less busy in an unhealthy way
- to make travelling more affordable
- ... and more of a project of visiting friends
- I see it as a good, grassroot level tool for slow and good travelling and living in general
- I am into the world of opened doors and opened hearts - so the tendency that we seem to visit friends less and less (at least it seems so in my social surroundings) frustrates me. I want my home to be warm and friendly space where good people are always welcome
- so CS is a practical tool to live in the warmer and more welcoming bubble... and to make the bubble bigger 🙃

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I want a lot from life and I have really got a lot. In exchange, I think, I have a lot to give to the world and people around me as well. The life is about getting and giving - that is how I see it.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I want to travel in a way that I feel rather guest than a tourist.

I have free room at times - and I like guest a lot!

Also I like travelling virtually/travelling in my mind (I do it a lot as an Estonian teacher for foreigners).

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I would love to share good time, good company and experiences. If we click these can be anything from funny to painful and personal stories.
As an Estonian I can also (pretend that I can) shut up and keep silent.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Estonia, Hungary