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• Norwegian^Expert
• English^Expert
• Spanish^Expert
• French^Intermediate

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Ambassador's Public 6274:16204	Oslo 8472:14228
CS Parties in OSLO 1745:5676	Yoga Oslo 95:57
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Couch Information

*** PLEASE NOTICE ***
I AM NOT ABLE TO HOST ANYONE APART FROM THE OCCATIONAL WEEKEND. MY COUCH STATUS IS SET TO YES IF I HAVE OPENINGS.

HAVE WE MET BEFORE? ARE WE FRIENDS ALREADY? ARE YOU FRIENDS OF MY FRIENDS? Send me a request anyways. I might have an opening.

I DO NOT HAVE OPENINGS ON REGULAR WEEKDAYS (Maybe thurs to monday or wed to sunday, but not apart from that)

ADVANCE REQUESTS ARE APPRECIATED (I NEVER HOST LAST MINUTE COUCH), but I rarely know what I will be doing 2 weeks from now and I wont be able to book you sooner than 2-4 weeks prior to your arrival.
Before requesting a couch, please check availability in my calendar - NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOUR DATES ARE NOT BOOKED DOES NOT MEAN I AUTOMATICALLY CAN HOST YOU.

Check my to see where I am supposed to be and what I am doing!



About my place
I live in a nice apartment 10 minutes from Oslo downtown by train.
It has two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen and the living room. From September I have a flatmate that will occupy the guestroom.

- I sleep in the bed. You on the couch in the living room.
- You can store your food in the fridge and use my kitchen for preparing your food.
- My apartment has Wifi access free of use.

Pets
1 cat (persian - long hair).
You better not be allergic, or bring your allergy medicine.

I DO NOT smoke .
My couch has a strict no-smoking policy ... sorry!


How to get into town
10 minutes in train.
It takes 1 minute to walk to the train station from my place.
You will need to take the train, it takes about 2 hours to walk to the city - Daypasses (24 hour tickets) are the best option and they are sold on any metro station (please note I do not live close to any metro station), at most Narvesen kiosks downtown and at the Trafikanten centre at the main station.


About me and my time
I love hosting and I'll do my best to help you have a nice stay at my place.
However please note: I prefer quality over quantity and I only host when I feel I really want to get to know you. This means you have to make me want to know you from your couchrequest.

- I work on weekdays and I may or may not have evenings off because of my work schedule.
- Usually I go to bed around 22:30-23:30 on weekdays, and later in the weekends ;).

- I can help you with advices on what to see in Oslo.
- I can not help you with advices on night clubs as I RARELY go to these.
- Sometimes I can be your tour guide - But sometimes means that i will choose when I will be able to join you.
(F.ex: IF raining it is likely that I will NOT join you. If sunny I will join you if I can).
- Personal cash point, we share cost. I will chip in on a round or buy food with surfers, but I am not there to subsidise a budget trip (which sometimes its felt this way)


About You and your time
- We will agree on the time you can stay.

What to bring:
You and your good mood
I do have blankets and covers, but it you have a sleeping bag and travel with it, please use it.IF you cant bring such - contact me Prior to coming, about other options.

Food
We share buying and making. I love learning to make/trying new food and I love making food.


I'M A DEDICATED COUCHSURFER
NOT A HOSTEL ;)

-I DONT EXPECT GIFTS AND CERTAINLY NOT PAYMENTS TO STAY AT MY COUCH, but I do hope to get to know you and mabe parts of your culture as well.
That means that I will let you stay for free, but we share costs of the food we eat while you are here.
I might also ask you to bring me wine from tax free (prices are ridiculous in Norway) or stuff from your country.
I will pay for all expences for this if I ask you.
Do NOT forget reciets.



INFORMATION ABOUT
REFERENCES and VOUCHES

References and Vouches are 2 of our most used Safety features on CS and you can find more information about them here.

REFERENCES
I dont always leave references unless I feel I got to know you well and can say something meaningfull about you as a member on CouchSurfing.

I want to keep Couchsurfing a safe place and I want my references to reflect this.
See our Reference Guidelines for more information on how to write good references.

VOUCHES
I only vouch for people I trust 100%. If you vouch for me and I dont vouch back for you immediately, its either because I didnt have time to take action or because I need more time to get to know you before I feel its Ok to vouch for you. When I vouch it is fully to show I trust you as a member of our Community.
Click this link to read more about Vouches.

See also: How to use friendslinks

Friends (390)

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CaliforniaMark 38, Male Los Angeles, California United States Friends since January 2008 "LOVE MACHITA SO MUCH ITS CRAZY" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for MACHITA75    5	Øyvind Nordkvelle 31, Male Oslo, Oslo Norway Friends since April 2007 "Met at CS meeting in Oslo" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for MACHITA75    2   13
Flapic 40, Male Rome, Lazio Italy Friends since August 2007 "After a lot of chatting we finally met in Oslo, Summer 2007, and then many more times." Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for MACHITA75    3   7	Anick-Marie Bouchard 30, Female Montreal, Quebec Canada Friends since February 2008 "Working in same CS team & met in Oslo at last !!! She is the one that listens to me and that I listen to. She's an angel to me and I love her just as she is !" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for MACHITA75    9   2
Carisita 27, Female Culiacan Rosales, Sinaloa Mexico Friends since June 2009 "Countless online interactions...oh and like 10 days together too!" Friendship Type: Friend	Claudio Quintana 36, Male Punta Arenas, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena (XII) Chile Friends since February 1994 "We first met at a common friend 's house back in Aas while I was an exchange student with AFS in Norway" Friendship Type: Best Friend
Sam Loxton 28, Male Sydney, New South Wales Australia Friends since July 2007 "Met at a couchsurfing meeting in Norway" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for MACHITA75    30+	Céline Gaudinat 28, Female Oslo, Oslo Norway Friends since April 2007 "We met over a typpical Norwegian day ..." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for MACHITA75
rachel 34, Female San Francisco, California United States Friends since November 2007 "After a year, and hours on end spent working on the same team, the wonderful M came to visit for the weekend! I can't wait to meet again & connect more :)" Friendship Type: Good Friend    3	Ricard Salevik 33, Male Oslo, Oslo Norway Friends since March 2007 "We met at Asylet pub on a CS-meeting. She's openminded, curious and I envy her as she has already fulfilled one of my dreams :)" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for MACHITA75
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Personal Description

How I Participate in CS

I am really passionate about Couchsurfing and all the friends i have found through this community. I have recieved so much during the time I have been a member of CS and I love giving back and trying to help out others to enjoy the Couchsurfing community as much as I do.

Therefore I volunteer to help YOU in several teams on CS:
-The member Dispute and Safety Team.
If you experience problems with another member, you can report this to us by sending us an email via the Contact us page and mark it as Problem with another member to assure member privacy.

-CUQ Team
-Group Management Team
-Travelling Bands & Musician Team

Other Tasks I do when I have the time for it:
-Update Couchsurfing wiki pages.

Remember Couchsurfing Ambassadors cannot help you with VISA's or government information. Please consult the government embassy for the country you wish to visit. A couchsurfing ambassador can only help you with Couchsurfing information.

CouchSurfing Experience

Hosted "101" / Surfed "46"

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From Angelique Rombouts
 Eindhoven, Netherlands
 ^{Feb 5}     

Positive

i have seen marianne the first time in january. we visit her for the weekend and i like it a lot. it was really nice that she was hosting us, i think marianne is a great person with a big warm personality. i felt really welcome to be at you're place. specialy the hoomer clock is really awesome!! if you are grumpy in the morning than there is hoomer to give you a good day.

From PATRICIA BARBOSA
 Castelo Branco, Portugal
 ^{Jan 11}   

Positive

I just have met an excellent person, that opens her house to unknown people and is very,very kind. I was there for dinner in NYE 2011-2012 in her house(not hosted) she´s good cooker and creative!! She has a nice cat too :-) Hope I can see you again.

 

From Loup
 San Jose, Costa Rica
 ^{Nov 16, 2011}    

Positive

Marianita and I became partners in crime while volunteering for CouchSurfing. After many great interactions online, we finally managed to meed in person in Costa Rica, and we were already like old friends. She's incredibly warm and witty. Be prepared for laughs and funny moments one right after the other.

From DAVID LANIEL
 Montpellier, France
 ^{Sep 8, 2011}    

Positive

For my first experience with CS, i was lucky to meet Marianne. I was feeling well in his sweety house. She's funny, intelligent and a good cake cooker.
Take care to you Marianne and have a good trip to Costa Rica! You're welcome in south of France. I love your Canadian imitation. Bise.

From MAHYAR
 As, Norway
 ^{Sep 4, 2011}   

Positive

I met this amazing girl four times all in all... and at risk of writing a cliche, it was like we knew each other for a long time already including two very amusing mushroom tours and making a wedding cake together (she did most of the work) for a mutual friend of ours. It was great to share that with you. Lots of love

 

From João Pedro Bourbon
 Valenca, Portugal
 ^{Aug 14, 2011}     

Positive

Marianne is a dream host, and I can barely believe my luck for having such a nice, funny and interesting host. I absolutely loved all the good moments we spent together, and hope to meet her again in the future :)

From Carmen Padilla
 San Fernando, Spain
 ^{Jul 17, 2011}     

Positive

Have you ever tasted whale meat?? I have, thanks to Marianne and her fantastic skill for cooking. Yes, she´s what this great world of couchsurfing represents. We´ve shared very good moments and delicious dishes with this authentic CS. Two unforgetable days in Oslo with the best of the companies. Thanks and have a lovely time in Costa Rica.

 

From Eduardo Figueredo Ga
 Almeria, Spain
 ^{Jul 15, 2011}     

Positive

A very positive experience to be hosted by "Machita". She represents what couchsurfing thought is. We have shared nice moments talking about the places we have visited, the different cultures and people we´ve known...She has shown me how beautiful and great a sommer evening can be, just with a barbacue, good food, better chat and an amazing background like Vigelandspark. Thank you very much for all and have a good time in Costa Rica.

 

From SUSHIFILLE
 Birmingham, United States
 ^{Jun 20, 2011}     

Positive

I am so glad Marianne was available to host me in Oslo. She took me on a walking tour of her neighborhood (which is so easy to access by rail) and we cooked dinner together. She loves to laugh and is extremely open-minded and independent. All around a great gal.

 

From Laure Tranchevent
 Lambersart, France
 ^{Jun 15, 2011}    

Positive

Marianne is a really fantastic woman easy going and ingenious. She has always good ideas and is a really good cooker! She always gave us good advice to visit Oslo. Thank you for everything!!

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