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Overview

  • 260 references 226 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Swedish; learning French
  • 56, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • language teacher (former editor)
  • university
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

NOTA BENE!! - I ONLY HOST PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELLING BY TRAIN, WALK, HITCH-HIKE, CYCLE, OR TAKE THE BUS, you will have to show me your ticket upon arriving

No, not even if you’re flying in from another continent.

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY GROUP "TRAIN TRAVELLERS"
https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/train-travellers

CURRENT MISSION
To convince people of the urgency of the climate crisis.

ABOUT ME

Can't really sum it up. Take a look at my interests. I live and have lived without a television since January 1988, and I don't miss it. I like the simple things in life: conversations, walks, riding my bike on a sunny day, having an excellent coffee.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope that, by accepting people into my home, I'm adding a tiny, tiny bit to the global trust.

My mission here is to promote travelling by other means than by air plane and motor vehicles in general. I'm very concerned about the state of our planet, therefore i ONLY host people who have chosen not to fly, I'm sure we will have other things in common as well :).

NOTA BENE!! - I ONLY HOST PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELLING BY TRAIN, WALK, HITCH-HIKE, CYCLE, OR TAKE THE BUS, you will have to show me your ticket upon arriving.

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY GROUP "TRAIN TRAVELLERS"
https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/train-travellers

If you want to surf with me please read "Additional information" under My Home.

I have hosted more than 350 surfers so far and I really like it. I have had only good experiences so far, with minor misunderstandings ;).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My own surfing:
Oslo (2008), Gothemburg (2008,2009,2012), Karlstad (2009 and 2010), Kalmar (-09), Linköping (-09), Krakow (2009), Sardinia, Malaga(2010), Alicante, Riga (-11), Seoul Korea (2012), Busan, Korea (-12), Daegu, Korea (-12), Denmark (-12), Karlsruhe (2019)

Nationalities I have hosted:
Argentina (7), Australia (9), Austria (10), Azerbaijan (1), Belarus (1), Belgium (11), Bosnia-Herzegovina (1),
Brazil (5),Canada (8),China (9), Colombia (1), Croatia (5), Cyprus (1), Czech Rep. (5) Ecuador (1), Egypt (2), England (7), Estonia (1), Finland (7), France (45), Germany (37) Greece (1), Hong Kong (4), Hungary (9), Iceland (2),dia (3), Iran (4)
Ireland (2), Israel (2) Italy (14), Japan (1), Latvia (2), Lebanon (1), Lithuania (2), Macedonia (1), Malaysia (3), Marroco(3),Mexico (4)
Netherlands (9), Peru (1), Poland (27), Portugal (3), Rumania (2), Russia (4), Scotland (2), Serbia (4)
Singapore (7), Slovakia (3), South Korea (6),
Spain (20) Sweden (11), Switzerland (4) Taiwan (6), Turkey (4), the Ukraine (3) Uruguay (2), USA (31), Vietnam (1)

Interests

politics, literature, languages, the environment, how to save the world, exercising (running and biking), cooking, ideas, writing (though not very imaginative when it comes to talking about myself) FILM, drinking wine, my plants,

  • writing
  • literature
  • environment
  • cooking
  • wine
  • coffee
  • exercise
  • running
  • drinking
  • politics
  • knitting
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

The New York Triology by Paul Auster, Muñoz Molina's books, Dickens's novels, Rushdie, Steinbeck, Haruki Murakami

Danish movies, Ken Loach, Woody Allen, the Cohen brothers, drama in general

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working for Ship to Bosnia in Spain in the mid 90s, doing voluntary work through the Red Cross(helping with homework), living in Galapagos for a month

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to knit, for example how to knit a scarf.

I can tell you how to reduce your CO2 emissions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, France, Spain, Sweden, United States

Old School Badges

  • 15 Vouches
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