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Overview

  • 16 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Swedish
  • 55, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • saving the world from pollution
  • product design
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to save the world

ABOUT ME

im on facebook bencc

PHILOSOPHY

dum spiro spero, acta non verba
www.hopism.com
www.fruitvestite.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hi, i mainly host but surfed for the first time last year . Im not that sociable haha so not really looking to hang out if you stay with me, just enjoy yourself and entertain yourself, but i hope we can share a breakfast and coffee/tea/beer or two on the balcony. My flat is pretty small by the way!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hosted quite a few folks, been overall pretty good.

Interests

people, places, landscapes, hedonism.

  • cooking
  • breakfast
  • beer
  • coffee
  • boating
  • cycling
  • sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

kes
wallace and gromit
sjunde seglet
treasure of sierra madres

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i have invented some stuff which may or may not be amazing if ot ever gets manufactured :/
Västerås is not so amazing but at the same time a perfectly nice place to live with a lovely big lake. I have an old sailing boat so sometimes looking for crew for that and a tandem & two bicycles to lend. Some great bike rides nearby without road traffic.
You can stay on the sailing boat if you prefer, its in the town harbour, with four adult berths and a yukky chemical toilet (no shower). Its blimming nice there though, beside the water cooking something simple n the stove, sipping a beer and watching the sunset.

Teach, Learn, Share

Thomas Paine, a good person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

Aesop.
http://www.aesopfables.com/

Charles Dickens http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_dickens.html

Ancient Wisdom
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Latin_proverbs

Homer (Simpson)
http://www.thesimpsonsquotes.com/top-rated-quotes-9.html

Oliver Cromwell, rebel with a cause

Ho Chi Minh, the ultimate anti-imperialist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh

Ghandhi, top bloke

Leonardo da vinci

Martin Luther K (Both of them!)

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