CURRENT MISSION

Two years of travel around China (with brief stints in SE Asia)

ABOUT ME

Not particularly fond of talking about myself, but here goes: grew up in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Spent a year in both London, England and Perth, Australia studying, as well as a six month stint in Beijing.

I love English, am falling in love with Mandarin and would rather do nothing but travel around and eat all the food and drink all the drinks available to me.

PHILOSOPHY

Realizing that my life isn't that important in the grand scheme of things has filled me with an immense feeling of freedom. I am doing exactly what I want to be doing right now: exploring the world, meeting new people and living differently.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As I don't have a fixed abode, it's hard for me to host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

(none so far)

Intereses

Language, Photography, Food (cooking and eating), Drinks (wine, micro beers, drinks), Reading (books, long form journalism, etc), Running (training for a marathon).

• books
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• marathon
• running
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• journalism

Música, películas y libros

Not a maker of lists, but here is a representative selection:

James Brown, Sufjan Stevens, Steve Reich, Marvin Gaye, Bon Iver, Barry White, Philip Glass, Twin Shadow, The Bee Gees, Camp Lo, The Wu-Tang Clan, Girl Talk, etc.

Moon, Caché, 让子弹飞, Inception, Hunger, Murder on the Orient Express, Superbad, Mongol, Primer, The Sting, The Red Riding Trilogy, Samurai Cop, Heat, etc.

Fuchsia Dunlop's books on Chinese food, Anything written by Richard Feynman, Cormac McCarthy, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold et al, River Town by Peter Hessler, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Anything by Hunter S. Thompson, etc.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Saving this spot for the next big thing!

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I speak very good English and Norwegian, and intermediate Mandarin Chinese. I know a fair deal about food, beer, wine, and coffee, and a bit about a lot of things.

Países que he visitado

Andorra

Países en los que he vivido

Norway, United Kingdom