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Overview

  • 11 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Norwegian; learning Creole, Danish, English, German, Papiamento, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
  • 55, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Flâneur
  • Anthropology, history, geography, engineering,
  • From Haugesund, Western-Norway
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Change my procrastination lifestyle

ABOUT ME

Open minded, stright forward, liberal, bookreader, social, atheist, procrastinationist. I have labels and anti-labels, as most of us, I get shot in my foot every day (and like it).
Don't have a car, ride on the big red and blue things with a driver.
Have family living in Western-Norway, Germany, USA, Denmark, Sweden and more distant; in some other countries.

PHILOSOPHY

Strangers are friends you haven't met.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, CS-parties, surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Did some couchsurfing on my own and I've had couchsurfers in my flat, before i joined CS.
CouchSurfing.com:
Love the idea, like the concept, don't like freeriders.
Norway is expensive: Take it or leave it, the trip to Torp may look like a bargain, but (please) do some research on the country you meet after you leave the gate. We live here, we know, please don't repeat that over and over: It is expencive in Oslo.
But with CS, you can get a few tips from the locals and have a good time without getting busted by the
tourist traps.

Interests

Reading; language, anthropology, history, geography, politics, religion...
My brain is full of trivia, helped by "Random article" on Wikipedia, friends and couchsurfers.
Going out; meet people,talking...

  • culture
  • politics
  • trivia
  • reading
  • socializing
  • anthropology
  • geography
  • history
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many books. After working for years in a library and a bookshop, I've ended up with 15cm (6inch) wallpaper, mostly non-fiction. But I'm still looking for new books.
Too few movies, but like Jim Jarmusch, Monty Python, "City of God","Pinchcliffe Grand Prix", documentaries.
TV: NRK, SVT, DR, BBC, HBO, RTC...
Radio: NRK, SR, DR, BBC...
Just now; "World Music", "New Wave", Loke Nyberg, Flight of the Conchords...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living six months alone in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Learning the language and culture.
Feel like I'm half Cape-Verdean.

Teach, Learn, Share

M ta podé ensió-b kriól de Kabverd
(I can teach you Capeverdean creole)
If you have a question, I may have the answer or help you find it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cabo Verde, Norway, Portugal

Old School Badges

  • 2 Vouches
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