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Overview

  • 12 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Norwegian; learning French, German
  • 44, Other
  • Member since 2008
  • we both work full time, ant the rest is .......
  • eternal student. and bachelor of socialwork
  • From On a farm close to Bryne.
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

on a mission to add a splasch of insanity to the world of spelling. and giving our children the best possible start in life

ABOUT ME

Im am 30+, And my wife is 20+++. We are social workaholics, and laidback travellers.
We have travelled across Europe in a small car. Most of the countries in Europe have had the opportunity to be visited by us.I only reply to those who read my whole profile. put the word astroturf in the subject line.
We have a house with plenty of room for surfers. and as of today we are giving our boy Alvin and our girl Othelia some food and a place to sleep :-),

PHILOSOPHY

La Vita e Bella, or something, the movie is great, but the title is nice for a philosophy as well. new experiences are allmost always possible to turn into a positive thing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

after beeing members for some time we are still scraching the surface, but enjoying every minute of it....
But now teaching our kids an experience for life.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've travelled in Amsterdam, Morocco, schweits, Germany. and Paris, meeting many different people, eating tajine, Pate an croute (or something) already to much to tell short stories about

Interests

Reading, studying, enjoying life, bikeriding, music (almost everything) cars, cooking and eating strange food, or food in general, debating on different issues.Using my brain, or experience the fun by disconnecting it.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • partying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cars
  • knitting
  • music
  • social work

Music, Movies, and Books

Books. Currently military ethics, and child soldier issues, in addition to a lot of other literature. Together with music like rock, alternative, classical, + a hole lot of other styles. almost everything from
Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" to Comics (Bone :-)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling through Europe in a Mitsubishi Lancer, living in it for 2 weeks. :-) (our honeymoon trip was done the same way, but in Norway in a van:-)
Travelling in Marocco on a day to day basis, experiensing the country and the amazing people living there. Meeting other couchsurfers on trips and ending up on a "miss my italian mama" party in Amsterdam, and I dont even speak italian:-)

Teach, Learn, Share

Making norwegian food.
We like to learn everything, and can therefore teach many things and share a lot. My wife does some knitting.
Intercultural communication, language, health care issues. You ask us, and we might have knowledge or opinion.
I can teach you to make a norwegian dish called "komla"
but it will need some Ingredients of which I might need some help to find...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway

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