CURRENT MISSION

Less hair, more beard

ABOUT ME

"I am an American aquarium drinker"
"I know very well how I got my name"
"I am an architect, they call me a butcher"
"I turn my face to from wherever the wind blows"

I do not have a driving licence. I collect books, records and films. I love corn flakes. I have got a deep voice. I do not drink any alcohol. I used to live in Norway and Finland. I never get bored.

PHILOSOPHY

"Getting close by going far away
Going far by staying here"

(Thomas Feiner: For You)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

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COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had guests from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Malaysia, Spain, UK and USA. I have surfed couches in:

Lithuania - Vilnius & Klaipeda
Latvia - Riga
Estonia - Tartu, Kuressaare & Tallinn
Finland - Helsinki
Germany - Bremen
Spain - Barcelona
United Kingdom - Manchester & Newcastle

Interests

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• aquaria
• books
• architecture
• environment
• drinking
• clothing
• movies

Music, Movies, and Books

Fiona APPLE
The BEATLES
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Bob DYLAN
ELBOW
Ben FOLDS (FIVE)
Herbert GRÖNEMEYER
Imogen HEAP
The INNOCENCE MISSION
The JAYHAWKS
KANTE
LOGH
MORRISSEY
Stina NORDENSTAM
Ingrid OLAVA
PINK FLOYD
QUEEN
RADIOHEAD
SUPERTRAMP
TON STEINE SCHERBEN
The UNTHANKS
Laura VEIRS
WILCO
XIU XIU
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
ZWAN

ABSOLUTE GIGANTEN
Das BOOT
CIDADE DE DEUS
DANCER IN THE DARK
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Der FREIE WILLE
GEGEN DIE WAND
La HAINE
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
KLEINE HAIE
LOLA RENNT
MEMENTO
NIGHT ON EARTH
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
PRAXIS DR. HASENBEIN
The QUEEN
ROAD TO PERDITION
The STRAIGHT STORY
TILLSAMMANS
Der UNTERGANG
VIER MINUTEN
WAS NÃœTZT DIE LIEBE IN GEDANKEN
X-MEN
YELLOW SUBMARINE
ZOZO

Hartmann von AUE
Bertolt BRECHT
Albert CAMUS
John von DÃœFFEL
Wolfram von ESCHENBACH
Julia FRANCK
Günter GRASS
Thomas HETTCHE
I
Uwe JOHNSON
Karl Ove KNAUSGÃ…RD
Astrid LINDGREN
Thomas MANN
Jo NESBØ
Alexander OSANG
Per PETTERSON
Q
Joanne K. ROWLING
Friedrich SCHILLER
Uwe TIMM
Sigrid UNDSET
Kevin VENNEMANN
Mika WALTARI
X
Y
Juli ZEH

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driving from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg at Spitsbergen, sitting on a snow scooter for the first time in my life. The wind was blowing, and it was about minus 15 degrees Celsius. Thanks to a ton of clothes, I didn't feel the cold at all. I actually loved being in this life-threatening environment full of snow and ice. You should have seen the beautiful evening sun.

Teach, Learn, Share

"But Jakob always cut across the tracks.

- But he always cut straight across the siding and the main line, why, because, on the other side, outside, all the way around the station to the street, it would have taken him half an hour longer to catch his streetcar. Seven years he was with the railroad.
- Look at this weather. What a November. You can't see ten steps ahead of you for the fog, especially in the morning, and that's when it happened, in the morning, and everything so slippery. Doesn't take much to slip. Those crummy yard engines, you hardly hear them coming in weather like that, much less see them.
- Seven years Jakob was with the railroad, let me tell you, and anything that rolled on rails, if it rolled anywhere, he heard it, believe me"

(Uwe Johnson: Speculations about Jakob, translated by Ursule Molinaro)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Germany, Norway

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