CURRENT MISSION

"I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions" Benedictus Spinoza

ABOUT ME

A curious Swede with an apptitude for boredome who thus tries to get away from wherever whenever possible. Before leaving high school I spent a year in Argentina and after graduation moved to Egypt just before the revolution hit. I then headed over to China for some time and now Im once again back in my native land.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted on a few occasions in addition to having surfed at various locations.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only wonderful encounters at home as well as abroad! A dozen or so countries surfed so far

Interests

Being a travel freak (just like anyone else on CS I guess) I have been fortunate enough to visit quite a few interesting countries. Whenever abroad, I try to pursue some exotic interests suitable for temperate climates; rock-climbing/hiking and scuba diving. The most charming feature of traveling though is to be able to meet people from different backgrounds and cultures, the more exotic the better(!), ss a result; I tend to seek for increasingly exciting and peculiar experiences.
However, I also feel perfectly comfortable with experiencing the world from my kitchen: as an AFS volunteer, student host and former Trainer within the European YiA programe I have had the occasion to meet quite a lot of foreigners in my own environment, something continually self-revealing and insightful.

Some other passions in my life are my interests in the humanities; literature, history, politics, linguistics, philosophy etc. Some of these interests steam from the fact that Iâ

• literature
• environment
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• history
• volunteering

Teach, Learn, Share

In my oppinion Couhsurfing is social exchange, so when I surf I like to do whatever chores are available. It just makes sense - surfers are time-rich and house-poor

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, China, Netherlands, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom