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Overview

  • 35 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Greek (modern), Norwegian, Spanish; learning Ancient Greek, Danish, French, Italian, Swedish
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Ex-social-care worker , freelance journalist , full-time ...
  • BA in Media Studies , plus 4-5 unfinished programmes and ...
  • From Athens, Attica, Greece
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

A daydreamer with good and bad moments, you'll meet me and you'll draw your own conclusions, then I don't need to describe myself:D

PHILOSOPHY

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Nelson Mandela

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS-ers from Greece,Sweden,Australia,Switzerland,Italy have parked in my couch in Oslo... Plus many unofficial couchsurfers from Norway, Cuba, England...I haven't had use for any couch for the time being...But summer is getting closer;)

Interests

Cycling,photo,reading,swimming,hiking,ecology,human rights,spiritualism,martial arts, programming

Music, Movies, and Books

A Clockwork orange, Before the rain, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes wide shut, Alphaville, La belle de jour, Metropolis, Mamma Roma,Midnight Cowboy, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Leon, The big blue, Arizona Dream, Taxi driver, Requiem for a dream, La mala educacion, Hable con ella,Abre los ojos, Lilya for ever, Lucia y el sexo, Amantes del circulo polar, Un año sin amor, Head on ( Against the wall), The fabulous destiny of Amélie Poulain, La vita è bella, Matrix, Kill Bill, Trainspotting, Big Lebowski, Down by law, Dead Man , Apocalypse Now, Platoon, The Doors, Malcolm X, Fight Club , Argo , Soul Kitchen, The Ghostwriter


Fiction: Hunger - Knut Hamsun, Ghosts- Ibsen, The last temptation of Christ, Asketiki-Nikos Kazantzakis Veronica decides to die - Paolo Coelho, Transformation - Kafka, Orlando- Virginia Woolf, A Cather in the Rye- J. S. Sallinger, Animal Farm - George Orwel, Johny got his gun - Dalton Trambo ( both the book and the movie are terrific! ), Jonathan Livingstone the seagull - Richard Bach, The picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most beautiful seas I have not seen yet...

Teach, Learn, Share

That's a big question... I wanna share anything I have and ppl feel thirsty for, as long as I 'm in th possesion of it. I might have a similar hope from the others' side, but no demand.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Thoughts and views , food, coffee , wine , hugs :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Spain

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