日本語でも大丈夫です

Since I was born in '89 and up to 2006 I have been traveling quite a lot with my family but it was always the usual touristy vacations where you don't get a good impression of the real culture of the place you go. But then in 2006 I had the amazing experience of living in Japan for one whole year, staying with a Japanese family and attending a Japanese high school. That really opened my eyes to the richness and diversity of meeting new people. Every Japanese person I met was more than keen to share his/her culture and life with me and I got to experience the most amazing things just out of strangers' urge to show their lives.
Since then I have lived another 8 months in Hiroshima, and 4 years in Chiba and again have fallen in love with the country and its people.
Now I'm working as a Software Engineer at a young Japanese company. I have learned that the culture of a country IS its people and thus meeting new people and learn their stories is my ultimate way of enjoying any travel.

On the home front I enjoy playing bass (electric and upright) playing mostly jazz.
I'm a sucker for buying a new bottle of good alcohol I haven't tasted before, be it beer, wine or whiskey, and enjoying it after an honest days' work.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many amazing experiences with couch surfing in Turkey when I was traveling with my friend. We met so many nice people who opened up their home to us and shared so many things. It made our travel unique.

I tried hosting from my student dorm in Denmark when I was in university but although I had great time hosting a nice guy from Turkey the 12m2 room was way too small.
But now I'm finally live in a house with lots of space and it's always been my dream to give back to the couch surfing community.

Interests

Music, langauge learning, cultures, people!, beer, wine & whiskey, reading, running

• culture
• beer
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: V for Vandetta, Amelie
Music: Silje Nes, Jack Johnson, Randi Laubek, Sondre Lerche, Bill Evans
Books: The Clan of the Cave Bear

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I went to Italy last year with my good friend Søren, we stayed in our tent just outside Lucca. But one morning when we woke up it was raining.. A lot. After waiting for almost 2 hours for the rain to cease Søren went to the nearest house and asked for shelter... And that we got! We stayed with an amazing elderly pair for 5 days and got home grown tomatoes, olives and fresh proscutto every day. I have never been spoiled like that in all my life. Amazing experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Greenland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Japan, United Kingdom