Hey there 👋

I'm an American and a Norwegian wrapped in one💥

Some of my favorite things are music (metal and electronic mostly), languages, learning about other societies and cultures, and sports (⚾🏈🏀🏒).

I grew up and studied in the U.S., but am now a European at heart and by passport. After spending a year in Kraków and another in Prague during my twenties, I moved to Oslo for what I thought would be one year.

Fast forward to today, and I'm still in Norway married to a Norwegian guy (trigger warning!). We live on a peninsula sticking out into the Oslo Fjord with a view of the city. Life is very good here in the north, but I make a point of getting out regularly to familiar places and new ones alike.

I #standwithukraine 🇺🇦 and hope you do too ✊

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

To meet like-minded people during my travels. CS is a great place for that.

Unfortunately can't host at my place outside Oslo on the beautiful Nesodden peninsula because we're renovating like crazy. One day we'll be finished. Until then, I'm happy to take CS visitors to Oslo on a walk or for a swim on my peninsula just a short ferry ride from downtown Oslo.

兴趣

I've had great CS experiences doing all kinds of things: city walks, swimming in rivers and lakes, hours-long talks, going to concerts, exploring nature.

• human rights
• sauna
• politics
• board games
• reading
• electronic music
• metal music
• baseball
• basketball
• american football
• hockey
• languages
• language exchange
• travel
• weightlifting
• progressive metal
• democracy
• marijuana
• cold water swimming

音乐、电影和书籍

I am almost always listening to music. As a teenager it was alternative rock and ska. In my 20's and half of my 30's it was electronic music. Now I mainly listen to metal, especially prog and industrial. My favorite thing to do on a trip is catch a DIY show and see local bands play.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Traversed the Caucasus mountains in Azerbaijan in a mini monster truck and lived to tell the tale.

Glimpsed the midnight sun far north of the Arctic circle.

Oh, and I escaped the U.S. and landed on my feet in Norway.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Good conversation, good humor, curiosity about you and where you live and an open mind.

我游览过的国家

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, China, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine

我居住过的国家

Czech Republic, Norway, Poland, United States