CURRENT MISSION

Continue to live in Chile!

ABOUT ME

Monsieur Ballon:
You are Norwegian?

Peer:
Yes, by birth;
but cosmopolitan in spirit.

I like: colors, vegetables, plants, dogs, flowers, running water, camp fires and fire places, stars, the internet, bacon, olive oil, cozy blankets, cups of tea, cups of coffee, cups of broth, cats, eating out, eating in, eating ... everywhere, hugs, maps - you know, the important things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had my first CS experiences while staying in southern France for two months in the spring of 2011. I surfed couches in Nice, Aix-en-Provence and Avignon. The members of the CS community are such welcoming and warm people. I hope to do lots more, and have now hosted some people.

To all whose couches I've surfed: I hope you know that you'll always have a home in Norway (or wherever I'm living)!

Interests

Language, food, wine, film, science, nature, literature, philosophy, the mind and brain, psychology, music.

• cats
• dogs
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• running
• flowers
• eating out
• music
• camping
• cartography
• psychology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Norwegian & other traditional, classical and some rock (Led Zeppelin, Yes, The Beatles)

Movies: always hard to come up with a list - here's a try:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Leone
Mononoke-hime - Miyazaki
A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick
The Revenant
Only Lovers Left Alive - Jim Jarmusch
Yôjinbô, Shichinin no samurai (and everything else from Kurosawa)

Books: Dune, A Song of Ice and Fire

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you some basics on the Hardanger Fiddle, the national instrument of Norway. I don't have much experience bringing my instrument with me on trips, but hopefully I will some time. If I'm hosting you, I'd be happy to play you some!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardanger_fiddle

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Norway

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