Hello!

My name is Tamara and I live in Stockholm, Sweden. By profession I'm an architect, as well as an authorized/sworn translator from English to Swedish.

My friends describe me as someone who is kind, thoughtful and has a lot of humor. Please note, just because I have lots of it, this does NOT mean it's necessarily a good sense of humor ;P I'll joke about anything and everything, in a respectful way of course!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At first I was quite skeptical... But then a friend told me she had been on so many trips with couchsurfing, and never had a bad experience. So I decided to give it a try! What better way to explore a new city or country, than with a local? :)

Interests

• cats
• dogs
• fish
• writing
• architecture
• design
• beauty
• seafood
• cooking
• wine
• baking
• chess
• reading
• crochet
• painting
• drawing
• fishing
• hiking
• catholic
• languages
• language exchange
• tea
• vegetarian food
• vintage
• furniture design
• cider
• catholicism
• memes
• churches
• new wave
• furniture making
• furniture
• picknicks
• duolingo
• enneagram
• carl jung
• dachshunds
• writing poems
• writing letters
• hamsters
• blood donation
• second hand shops
• church history

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Balkan rock bands from the 70s-80s, New Wave, progressive rock, jazz, instrumental etc.

I also like Éric Rohmer, Bela Tarr, Emir Kusturica

For literature I enjoy novels about love, and vivid depictions of cities I've visited. Can recommend Maken by Gun-Britt Sundström – it was translated into English recently.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had a bad phobia of needles, but then one day I decided to become a blood donor. The craziest but still one of the best things I've done. I thought that I was going to die, but the nurses were so sweet and I had such a happiness rush that I'm about to do it for the 11th time :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I know quite a lot of languages (at least the basics)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm quite good at cooking vegetarian food, fish and seafood.

I can tell you some funny phrases in 10+ languages

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Serbia, Sweden, United States