CURRENT MISSION

To be happy. To laugh a lot, eat good food, drink good coffee, travel, meet new people, read good books - in other words: live.

ABOUT ME

I love books, good coffee, slow & late breakfasts, music, new people, traveling, languages, food, films, art...
I grew up on a farm with 6 siblings. I've lived in 6 different countries and in a circus. I've worked as a chef, proofreader and strawberry picker.
I never sleep enough and stay up too late. I love laughing. I walk fast. I love meeting new people. I believe in goodness in people and in good karma, and so far I've never gotten disappointed.

PHILOSOPHY

To try to reduce unnecessary animal suffering at least a bit (no way of saying this without sounding pretentious).
That is, after finishing my current studies I want to participate in animal welfare work in China, Africa, South America, Europe - wherever needed, whether it'll be paid (in which case I could do it full time) or volunteer work.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Good so far :)

Interests

Life in general. Medicine. History. Literature. Languages. Art. Film. Music. Animals. People. Cooking. Volunteer work. Storytelling. Dinosaurs. Black holes.

• animals
• arts
• books
• literature
• animal welfare
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• volunteer work
• music
• history
• languages
• medicine
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

There's not enough space to list everything I love... but to list some of my favorites:

authors: Paul Auster, Milan Kundera, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isabel Allende, Elias Canetti, Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Chuck Palahniuk, Kertèsz Imre, Molnàr Ferenc, C.S. Lewis, Richard Feynman, Willy Vlautin, Herman Hesse...

films: Down by Law, La Haine, Night on Earth, Star Wars IV, Smoke, Leningrad Cowboys Go Amerika, Pidä Huivista Kiinni Tatjana, Lucky Number Slevin, Black Cat White Cat, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Trainspotting, Life is Beautiful, Repulsion, Reservoir Dogs, Big Lebowski, In the Mood for Love, Coffee and Cigarettes, Garden State...

and music: Smashing Pumpkins, Okkervil River, Don Johnson Big Band, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, The Doors, Apulanta, CMX, Pixies, Johnny Cash, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Joy Division, Belle et Sebastian, Nirvana, The Karelia, Velvet Underground, Buena Vista Social Club, The Strokes, Black Sabbath, Bauhaus, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Austin Lucas, Gotan Project, Chuck Ragan, Mike Hale, Felice Brothers, Frightened Rabbit, The Necks, Polar Bear, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, Paanin Kuoro...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, United States

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