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Overview
About Me
Hei hei! This is my fourth time living in Norway and I've been in Oslo for over a year. I currently work as cycle tour guide in town, sharing stories of Norwegian culture to unwitting tourists, it gets pretty full on the summer time! Thus I know the city very well and can recommend you a ton of things to do in this awesome small city.
I finished my Masters in Transcultural European Outdoor Studies last year in 2017, where i had the joy of living with 18 other people from different countries and moving together to study at three universities in Europe. I spent 5 years of my 20's travelling and working, living in 6 countries, shifting places every 6 months and so the nomadic life has been innate to me. Alas, its blessed to jam in a place a bit more long term and Oslo has it all, the city life, crags to climb on, forests to cross-country ski in and a fjord to swim in. And even if that gets a touch dull, I can always travel further into sublime beauty that Norway has to offer.
I love being completely absorbed in so many fun activities and interacting with wonderful people that i have no desire to question myself....I just FLOW :D
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
There is a nuanced beauty in reciprocity.
Interests
I love to share with others, experience new things as a group, create new meanings and places of significance.
Nomadically travelling the celestial surface, outside and embracing the ephemeral tension of being and becoming.
I like to use the corporeal via climbing on irregular large rocks! wayfaring through landscapes on foot and waterscapes by canoe.
- beauty
- traveling
- outdoor activities
- canoeing
- rock climbing
- languages
- tourism
Music, Movies, and Books
Films by Stanley Kubrick, Mel Brooks, Monty Python, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Emir Kusturica.
So much Music! mostly Reggae, Jazz, Tom Waits and David Bowie :D
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
5 summers in a Row!
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach - Mean as Pizza's and Tiramisu, how to climb, play the jewsharp
Learn - More languages please. I am blessed for my mother to have taught me German. I am currently trying to improve my Norwegian
Share - the CS experience!
What I Can Share with Hosts
Joy in abundance!
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Thailand