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Overview

  • 31 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English; learning French, German, Italian, Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • I am a freelance translator
  • MA in English and History
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Getting around to hosting again.

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty easy-going guy with a penchant for the good life. I live with my lovely English wife in a flat in the very best part of Copenhagen, in my opinion.

I've traveled a lot - that's how I met my wife. It's been a good time, especially staying with strangers in far-away places.

I like honesty. I like beer. I like conversations. I like jokes. I like to laugh, but not enough to laugh loudly at jokes that aren't that funny.

That's it. All about me.

PHILOSOPHY

All things in moderation, including moderation.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, I do host people. Occasionally I'll offer them a beer too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have now hosted about thirty or so members, and I haven't yet had a bad experience. I have surfed quite a few times, which has been even better.

Interests

Reading, writing, making observations, cooking and eating good food.

  • writing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • reading

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Ordinary People, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Anchor Man, Top Secret, Being John Malkovich, The Shawshank Redemption, Twelve Angy Men, The Seven Samurai, Pulp Fiction, Deuce Bigalow, The Wedding Crashers, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Soloist, Fletch, Smoke, Intolerable Cruelty, Festen, Idioterne, Riget.

Music: Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Kaizers Orchestra, Eels, Devendra Banhart, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Lynard Skynard, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, The Slackers, Slightly Stoopid, The Shins, Beirut, Nick Cave.

Books: Story, What Makes Sammy Run? Crime and Punishment, The Comedy Writer, Kafka on the Beach. Anything by Fante, Bukowski, Palahniuk and Houellebecq.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't like to toot my own horn. I think my wife and I are good people and decent hosts.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Tak" means "thanks" and "skål" means "cheers". If you want to go further than that it's beer o'clock.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

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