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Overview

  • 10 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Researcher/grad student
  • Neuroscience / bioinformatics / biophysics
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About Me

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couch surfing is a great way to meet people from and in diverse places

Interests

Science will save the world 😏🤓 I also like being creative and adventures (obviously)

  • arts
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • outdoor activities
  • philosophy
  • science
  • climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Many things. Some things I love: the music of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Crass, Philip Glass, Anathema, the films of Ingmar Bergman, the books of Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood, Iain Banks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

See people who wanted to die find hope (I've done a lot of work with people in suicidal crisis)
More relevant to CS, climbed up the side of a fjord in the snow (very hard work but very rewarding)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, some Swedish and Norwegian
Learn: New languages and instruments are always good
Share: food, music (I play guitar, bass and keyboards)

What I Can Share with Hosts

British humour, a sense of adventure, intelligent conversation, unusual perspectives. Also usual stuff like a hand with things around the place, a place to stay if tables turn and stuff from my home and travels

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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