CURRENT MISSION

Going forward

ABOUT ME

I’m a big fan of travel hospitality. Meeting people, get insight in local customs and on top of that getting free accommodation, but I must add that zero-budget travellers who see the free accommodation part as the sole purpose of CS may better find it elsewhere. One last thing: I'm -like most Swedish people- pretty strict about time. So if we have an appointment please try not to be late. Include an e-mail address if you write me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had many great experiences of CS/HC and no disappointments. Minor sources of irritation, -yes, at few occations, but that's part of life and when it comes to CS it can easily be avoided. Rule number one is to be respectful and read my profile.

My guests up to now have been from Denmark, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Hungary, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Slovakia, UK, US, China, Japan, Israel, Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Turkey, Switzerland, Iran and Canada.

Countries I visited as a CS/HC are Norway, Latvia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Denmark, Netherlands, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, US, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Oman and Japan.

Interests

travelling, architecture, politics, food & wine, reading, socializing.

• architecture
• dining
• wine
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• budget travel

Music, Movies, and Books

I love books! My taste in reading is pretty divers: biographies, popular science, a lot of history and various fiction.

Among writers I like are Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Tom Wolfe, P-O Enqvist, Majgull Axelsson and Carina Burman. My favorite crime writer is George Pelecanos.

I don’t read a lot of fantacy but for many years now I ha€™ve been hooked on George RR Martin. Those of you who also spend years waiting for the next volumne of €œA Song of Ice and Fire€ know what I a€™m talking about.

OK, there are many things one can discuss and have different opinions on: religion, drugs, the best ice-cream flavour (vanilla gets my vote), the equal value of men and red wine with fish. But that Pulp Fiction by Tarantino is the best film ever made should be undisputable.

Other film makers I like are the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Jeunet & Caro and Lars von Trier.

These are films that I would put on a top 50 list: Amarcord, Amelie from Montmartre, Babel, Being John Malkovich, Blade Runner, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Breaking the Waves, Bullets over Broadway, Chinatown, Casablanca, Character, Delicatessen, Down by Law, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Goodfellas, Leon, Life of Brian, Lord of the Rings 1-3, Man on the Moon, Manhattan, O Brother Where Art Thou, Office Space, Psyco, Pulp Fiction, Radio Days, Ran, Reservoir Dogs, Richard III, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Run Lola Run, Show Me Love, The Celebration, The Godfather 1-3, The Idiots, The Seventh Seal, The Terracotta Warrior, Three Colours: Blue/White/Red, Wag the Dog, Who framed Roger Rabbit, Wild Strawberries and Wings of Desire.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Netherlands

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