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Overview

  • 74 references 56 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning French, Italian, Japanese, Swedish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Restaurant Waiter
  • Restaurant school, YO aka. High School of Finland.
  • From Kemi, Lapland, Finland
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About Me

Note: Because of my work schedule might not be able to plan a meeting more than two days in advance. Not sooner. And more often I can only meet after work or midnight in some bar.

CURRENT MISSION
Working as waiter in best italian/most popular restaurant in town. :)

ABOUT ME

I love well made tea and coffee.
I love stories.
And I am rather theatrical.
And at least in Finnish/English I can be rather talkative.
Hoping to make a carreer as a restauranteur.

I love to teach and share knowledge and experiences.

Trying to learn italian and sweedish.
I want to learn to cook food of different countries.
Next up, how to make kimchi. ;)

PHILOSOPHY

Anything is possible. Karma is but a word, like love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd love to give someone a tour around Turku.
And most of all, show the local cheeses and fishes and all that jazz!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted in Helsinki and Turku. Mostly last minutes.
Surfed in Italy, while I was a waiter trainee for 5 months because of my restaurant school. Lovely time. Those rare free days I got and spent in new cities.
I used to be homeless for 3 months. Have also hosted some more or less friends.

Interests

Restaurant business, Coffee,Tea, Mockatails, wines, coctails, Barista, Stories, Theater, Asian culture, Game of Go: 10kyu, Shogi: beginner.
Walking around playing Ingress and Pokemon Go. :)

Also: fishing, swimming.
Oh and I walk really fast so walking to explore city or forests is highly appealing to me!

  • italian food
  • coffee
  • japanese food
  • metal music
  • food
  • tea
  • roleplaying games
  • ingress
  • go
  • coctails
  • hardstyle
  • world of darkness
  • ayreon

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:Technoboy, Code Black, Brennan Heart, Ayreon, DT, Zilltoid the omnicent, Hardstyle, Progressive rock, Pop rock,
Authors: R.A.Salvatore, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Lisa Smedman, Elaine Cunningham
Books: Heat- Bill Buford, Inkheart, Hobbit, Kitchen Confidental, Hotel babylon,Legend of Drizzt, Truth untill paradox
Movies: Baby Driver,Kung Fu, Wanted, Tron, Tron: legacy
Tv- series: Kitchen Confidental, Stargate, Kung fu, Kung fu the legend continues Comics: Hellblazer, Sandman
Games: Go (10kyu), Shogi (14kyu), Old World of Darkness - Mage The Ascencion,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Buddhist pilgrimage in Shikoku. Competed and Finnish barista championship twice, competed at Finnish coffe cupping, visited World Barista Championship.
Half a year in Northen Italy working as waiter and bartender and traveling all around eating.
Visited 8 states (3.55%)Create your own visited map of The World.

Teach, Learn, Share

Tea, Coffee, Moctails, Go, Shogi, Restaurants, Clubs, Dance.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Boardgames, food and beverage recipies!

Countries I’ve Visited

Greece, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Greece, Italy

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