If someone is interested to know about me, just google me: there is endless hours of video with me teaching physics. If you make a couch request, I also like to be able to do a search for your real name. If you want to get in touch, I am in the phone book.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I mainly participate by hosting. It gives the opportunity to really meet and talk with Russians, Americans, Iranians, and with people from different walks of life. I had really positive experiences with hosting young people. The couple that stayed the weekend, they cooked wonderfully exotic dinners, we finished the booze they brought as a gift, laughing at youtube videos from their home country. And there were others, a bit less memorable maybe, but still positive experiences.

Now I am also trying to surf. For that. I need to overcome my reluctance to approach strangers, but this will be more of an experience than staying in a hotel room.

Interests

Cycling (cyclists have a good chance of finding a couch at my place), science, history. Playing Ingress, the gps-based computer game. And cafés, in Sweden a fika in a konditori, in Berlin or Vienna a Kaffeehaus, etc.

• cycling
• cafe
• ingress
• kaffeehaus

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with otters near the Orinoco River.
Walking around in Alyscamps in Arles, reading inscriptions on funeral monuments.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am not really fluent in German and French, but this is the only way of making them visible in the search filter; I need practicing. I have also tried to learn some Spanish and some Italian, but not enough for having a conversation. I can decipher the cyrillic and the hebrew alphabet, barely enough to recognize road signs.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like to share with my guests Swedish traditions like fika, smörgåstårta, fredagsmys, lördagsgodis. And a meal, for example isterband with kale. I can show them the university buildings, also after hours. Or we could cycle around the lakes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States