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It will be quicker to get a response from us at bewellcome, where we have a joint account "Fredrik and Magda Wallén".

We are a young couple, Magda and Fredrik. Fredrik works as web developer and Magda is a teacher. We have lived together since 2016 and bought a bigger apartment less than a year prepandemic, and did not have that many guests before covid shut everything down.

Magda had couch surfers prior to meeting Fredrik, but when we lived together in a smaller apartment it was hard to receive guests. Now we are eager to once again have opportunities to meet people from all around the world. We are both fluent in Swedish, English and Spanish.

We live approximately half an hour from Stockholm C by local community means, in a two bedroom apartment with a guest room, a comfy bed-out-sofa (big enough for one person or a couple), a large suply of tea and a welcoming atmosphere.

In summer we recommend that you bring your swimwear, since the area provides swimming opportunities.

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Somos una pareja joven, Fred y Magda (o apodo Lila). Fred trabaja como ingeniero informático y Lila como profesora. Llevamos desde 2016 viviendo juntos, y acabamos de modarnos a un lugar más ampleo menos de un año antes de la pandemia, y ahora tenemos la posibilidad de recibir visita. Ambos hablamos sueco, inglés y español con fluidez.

Antes de conocer a Fred, Lila recibí couch surfers por un tiempo, y ahora al vivir con más espacio de nuevo nos encantaría volver a conocer gente de todo el mundo.

Vivimos unos 30 minutos del centro de estocolmo (en medios públicos) en un departamento de tres cuartos. Hay cuarto para visita, una sofacama cómoda (tamaño para una persona o una pareja), un gran variedad de tés y un ambiente acogedor.

Para el verano recomendamos que se llevan ropa de nadar, hay posibilidad en el área.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The first semester of 2015 I lived and studied in Chile, and I had a really beautiful experience of people opening up their home and welcoming me, and I learned of the blessing of sharing your home for one or a fiew days and the beautiful experience of getting to know new people a little eating or having a tea together at the kitchen table. The hospitality I learned in Chile is something I hardly find in Sweden, and I really wish to implement it to my own lifestyle. For the very moment I do not have plans on travelling myself, although I see myself back in South America some day, hopefully getting to know more than Chile.

Durante el primer semestre 2015 estudiaba en Chile, y aprendí mucho de la hospitalidad de la gente, algo que no tengo el costumbre de ver en Suecia. Lo que más me llamó la atención era la bendición de compartir con personas nuevas tomando once (algo entremedio de una cena y un café de noche) en la cocina, y es algo que me encantaría implementar en mi estilo de vida. Ahora mismo no me veo viajando, aunque algún día volverá a Sudamerica, y entonces quiero conocer un poco más que Chile.

Interests

When I am not studying I really enjoy music, singing, dancing and playing board games. I go to church ocasionally (christian protestantic/evangelic) and sometimes take dance clases.

Cuando no estudio me encanta bailar y cantar y me gustan los juegos de mesa. De vez en cuando voy a una iglesia evangélica, y a veces tomo clases de baile.

Me encanta la lengua española/castellana y sus variedades regionales, y si nos quedamos un rato conversando en español lo agradecería mucho.

• singing
• dancing
• dining
• walking
• boating
• technology
• board games
• traveling
• music
• chemistry
• teaching
• mathematics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I loved my exchange in Chile in all ways posible (ok, not the half-crazy drivers and the cold water, but the people, the cities, the university and a lot more). Learning that you don´t need much resourses to be able to give really valuable things like friendship, hospitality and smiles opened my eyes and my heart in a new way.

Mi experiencia en Chile 2015 siempre voy a recordar con amor, aprendí mucho (fuera de la universidad también) y especialmente que no son necesarios recursos grandes para dar cosas valuables como amistad, hospitalidad y sonrisas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would gladly recomend Stockholm as a destination, Fredrik grew up here and Magda moved here some years ago thinking that it is a too big city and that you will get lost all the time, but I have grown into liking the variety, openess and the beauty of the capital of thousand islands. Stockholm is not so friendly for walking if you want to reach outside the absolute center, but the local trafic works good (most of the time) and you buy a ticket for the number of days you are staying and then travels by bus, metro, local train and even boat.

Another destination I really recomend (at least if you speak spanish) is Chile, I left a part of my heart in Concepción. The people, the city center with its life (and food), the chilean slangs, the lovely small towns surounding the city and the openess hard to find elsewere is an experience for life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We would love to invite you for dinner, either we can cook something together or we could find a place to dine out.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Sweden