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Overview

  • 10 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish, French; learning German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
  • 63, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Software engineer
  • University degree
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to discover the possibilities of CS

ABOUT ME

I am always interested and curious in discovering new locations and meeting new people, I'm addicted to outdoor sports like hiking, cycling and skiing.

I also like partying, hanging out, going to the movies, to the theatre, concerts or whatever cultural happenings.

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PHILOSOPHY

We only live once - enjoy it

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Doing my best to host CS people and help them to visit my region.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2008 March 28-31 Rome surfed Claudia and Veronica.
2009 March 13-14 hosted Lako
2009 September 30 hosted Jason
2010 February 6 hosted Myriam
2010 May hosted Alisha
2011 July Quercianella surfed Betta66
2011 July Pisa surfed Sabimar
2012 August Bilbao surfed Chema
Before I have hosted friends from UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Russia, and Switzerland at least, and stayed at friends in nearly as many countries.

Interests

Outdoor sports : skiing, hiking, cycling, kayaking, tennis.
Photography, videography, movies, reading, studying languages when time permits.

  • photography
  • concerts
  • partying
  • flying
  • movies
  • reading
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • kayaking
  • skiing
  • sports
  • tennis
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Beatles, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, James Blunt, Lauri Tähkä
Movies : Seven Years in Tibet, Saving Private Ryan, Amadeus
Books: Joseph Heller : Catch-22, Marc Levy : Et si c'était vrai, Tom Wolfe : A Man in Full

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking a hot bath in a natural spring on the Northern Chile altiplano at 4300 m altitude and watching flamingoes fly above us.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach the finnish language should anyone want to learn it, especially in exchange of learning more italian or spanish. I can also teach whatever is related to photography.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, France

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