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Overview

  • 9 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Finnish, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Baker
  • Bachelor of Technology: Aquaculture
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Collect anecdotes like some people collect coins

ABOUT ME

I am a baker that enjoys working both with his brain and his back creating something for people

I am a bit of a geek (even being geeky about traveling in the way I think of it) but also have socialite, bogan and a little jock mashed in: it makes it hard to describe my personality.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have taken part in regular organised gatherings of couchsurfing Tampere and have had a guest to stay at the squat I ran there several times and have stayed on a few couches around Europe.

In Australia I've also hosted a few surfers when I was living and working in Victoria.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had nothing but good times with both the hosting/surfing side and the social gathering sides: meeting lots of warm and interesting people.

Interests

Reading (mostly sci-fi and fantasy)
Computer games
Roleplaying & Board Games
Traveling

  • running
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • surfing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent nine months living in a squat in Tampere, Finland without electricity nor running water. It was an absolutely amazing experience in which I got to see things and meet people I would have never gotten the chance to: it blew my mind.

I spent three weeks with a bus full of exchange students doing an intensive travel around northern, central and western Europe. Getting the chance to hang out with so many like-minded individuals as we cut a swathe of destruction across some of the most well-known tourist spots was truly awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cuba, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Finland

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