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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English, German; learning Arabic (North Levantine), Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Unpaid novelist and poet , socialworker (homeless people ...
  • M.A. in European Literature and English
  • From Several towns in the kingdom of Denmark
  • Profile 75% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To improve my skills of observation ; to become a greater poet

ABOUT ME

Hey folks,

I am a pretty easy going man. I have seen parts of the world by now, and I have lived several times in Syria. Even so I like the US too. I thrive with contradictions and inconsistencies. I am a great lover of living and writing. Those are the two things that I do best. I love music, and I play the guitar! My favorite song is probably 'famous blue raincoat.' Oh, I have no favorite country or people; kind of like you all. My days of misanthropy are in the past. Now, incidentally, I must go for a coffee and a smoke!

Ciao!

PHILOSOPHY

Some people, it seems, create libraries. However, as it was once pointed out in a conversation in a novel, I don't collect books ; I just read them.

Same goes for living, I guess.

And, I must say, no one - no one! - can eat fifty eggs!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I am new to the site: I have managed to live quite freely with friends off this site, but I have come to see the great advantages of coming online. I have had to face, you might say, that I don't know the whole world.

For the next few months I will be traveling. And around Christmas I will look forward to hosting. Meetings and stuff might come at a later point in time.

And that's all for now!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brilliant so far. Nothing short of excellent people in Helsinki, Kerava and St. Petersburg - and the couches have been beds and a balcony!

I have had good company, conversation, sauna and vodka, and a really good first impression!

Interests

Reading, writing, sweet old etcetera.

Who? Well, since you ask: Robert Frost is good. And I like Thomas Mann. But what is the point in listing ... ?

Long walks in pastoral sites, long walks in cities and towns. Having a drink once in a while.

Listening.

  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • coffee
  • sauna
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Again, what is the point in listing ...

Here goes (inconsistencies, remember...?):

Gegen die Wand (German film.)
The Proposition (Nick Cave directs.)

Fiesta: The Sun also rises (Hemingway.)
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostojevskij.)

Pablo Neruda poetry
And Edward Thomas poems.

I love the ice-skating Alice in Tom Waits' song.
And who loves not Bob Dylan's Hurricane...?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bad stuff: was embedded in a war zone as a reporter. Not too good. Drank quite a bit afterwards.

Good stuff: Contemplating the greyness of St. Petersburg while remembering the Cincinnati heavens.

Being thrown of a horse in some dark valley in India!

Teach, Learn, Share

I know quite a bit about getting by in the Middle-East.

And I would love to teach anyone about poetry. As far as learning goes ... could someone teach me how to make good soups ...?

Oh, and if you experience problems with an addiction you can always talk to me.

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