CURRENT MISSION

Fulfill New Year's resolutions

ABOUT ME

A gentleman imitator who does not like the thought of sleeping life away. I see the value in having acquaintances here and there, and appreciates to encounter astonishing personalities, and to learn to know their respective histories of life and cultures.

PHILOSOPHY

A kind deed is its own reward.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was ever since 2007, though passive from 2008 till 2015. I of course acknowledge the whole idea of CS.

Interests

Literature, small game hunting, wine drinking, language learning, traveling, politics, philosophy, history, art, architecture, guiding, flirting etc.

• arts
• books
• literature
• architecture
• wine
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• hunting
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Godfather movie trilogy, The Departed, Love Actually, Once Upon a Time in America.

Books: Beware of Pity - Stefan Zweig, A farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway, The Perfume - Patrick Süskind, Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë.

Music: American and European pop music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not amazing to me, but a bookseller in Bangkok, Thailand became astonished as I look through his books for sale of different origin.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Norwegian, how to write love letters & speeches, the Norwegian constitution, and tell of places I have seen and experiences I have had.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I don't plan going on a CS trip.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, Ireland, Norway, Thailand