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Overview

  • 12 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Norwegian; learning French, German, Japanese, Polish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Teacher/musician
  • 4 years of learning how to teach
  • From Krokstadelva, Norway
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Making a CD and touring with the band!

ABOUT ME

I am a curious, philosophing, musically interested, sociable, impulsive, creative, partially lazy - partially energetic fellow.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything is possible. Try!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am surfing whenever I need, and open for hosting whenever I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All my experiences with couchsurfing are great, and I've met lots of really nice people! It's heartwarming to know there are people out there willing to help. :)

Interests

Cultural studies
Languages
Logical puzzles
Music
Travelling
...and so much more - I don't even know all my interests myself, so you got to get to know me well to reveal all of them!

  • beer
  • traveling
  • puzzles
  • music
  • guitar
  • surfing
  • cultural studies
  • history
  • languages
  • mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Kaizers Orchestra, The Mars Volta, Skambankt, Metallica, The Smashing Pumpkins, Kent, Johnny Foreigner, Marnie Stern, Babian and so much more.

Books:

"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon. And more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last year, I was in a little Czech town called Vraňany with a broken bicycle tube and a followingly bad mood. There I met a really great man who noticed my problem and started helping me fix my wheel - even though he did not understand a word I said. He did not have the proper facilities for repairing the tube, so he dragged me through town, asking everyone if they could help. At last, we ended up in the local bar, I got a free beer, and everyone there did a collective mending of my tube. This event proves to me how much friendliness there is among us humans!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach:

- Playing the guitar
- Harmonies, chords, some scales, musical stuff like that
- Norwegian language and grammar
- The Japanese hiragana and katakana alphabets
- Some useful mathematics

I want to learn:

- Languages: Japanese, Arabic, Spanish, a slavic language (maybe Serbian), Russian, French... I want to be able to communicate! :)
- To open a beer bottle with almost anything. I am really bad at practical stuff like that, so anyone trying to teach me might have a hard time. [NOTE: I recently learned to use a lighter for this by my travelmate Jérémie! Now I just need to practice.]
- About other cultures, and their history.

Also, I am open to all kinds of knowledge, and enjoy listening to people talking about things that are new to me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway

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