Hola!

My name is Charlie, I am a 22 year old Norwegian guy, and I am currently travelling around South America.

My interest in traveling came from an early age, my parents would take me and my brother around places in Europe and the United States. I had my first independent travelling experience/culture exchange when I was 17, when I went for an exchange for a year to New Zealand during high school. There I lived with a maori family and learned to speak English fluently.

Since then my joy for travelling has only increased. I lived for two years in China through a scholarship I got, and I have also interrailed through Europe twice. Last year I lived in Buenos Aires for 5 months to study Spanish and some other courses, así habló español! I have been travelling the New Year, through Uruguay and Brazil.

I would describe myself as a down to earth, easy going, with an open mind towards new people, cultures and ideas.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a romanian guy at my couch for a couple of days after I met him after an impro-theatre show that he was starring in . He had just arrived to Bergen (my hometown) and got a job as a tourist guide and was looking for a flat, so I offered him to stay at my couch for a couple of days until he found a place. After that we became close friends and see each other regularly, and that was five years ago!

While I was living in New Zealand and China I met many great and welcoming people who offered me to stay at their place, so I have spent several nights at other people's places, so it's something I'm quite used to. I always respect my host and will help out in any way I can.

Interests

I have plenty of interests and I am always curious to learn new things, so please feel free to ask me about anything. Never stop learning!

• arts
• literature
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• longboarding
• skating
• good conversation
• vegan cooking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Currently I am listening to a lot of Brazilian music, but I really like electronica, hip hop and indie-rock, basically all sorts of genres and styles.

Especially liked artists: Teebs, Shlohmo, Shigeto, Bonobo, Ta-Ku, J-Dilla, Soosh, Lapalux, Evenings, Mount Kimbie, Kyson, Clams Casino, Groundislava, D33J, Jon Hopkins, Real Estate, Beach Fossils, Diiv, Wild Nothing etc, this list could go on forever

Some of my favourite authors:
Murakami, Poe, Conrad, Sartre, Hamsun, Kafka, Ambjørnsen, all of the beat-guys, Axel Jensen Etc.

Movie directors I especially like:
Jim Jarmusch, Oliver Stone, Stanley Kuberick, Lars von Trier, David Lynch, Guy Ritchie, Studio Ghibli

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sharing a bottle of wine at a helipad at the 45th floor in Shanghai (we were not supposed to be there, hehe) with a person I really liked :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Good conversations (arts, philosophy, political theory, economics, or daily life!), musical exchange, I can play violin, jam some different instruments, and now a bit about music theory, language exchange (English, Norwegian, Chinese, Spanish), I've done yoga for two years so I can teach some basic moves.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am an open minded person who like to help out and share in whatever way I can!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, China, New Zealand, Norway