CURRENT MISSION

chillin, grillin n illin

ABOUT ME

I'm a 27 year old guy from Norway. Born and raised in Bergen, but I moved to Oslo five and a half years ago to study at the University of Oslo. I finished my bachelor degree in history spring 2007. I spent the following summer/fall working in a coffee shop to save up money for a trip through Latin America. The trip was awesome (!) and it was my first experience using CS while traveling. I met a lot of cool people, made some really good friends and didn't feel alone at any time even though I was traveling alone.. =) I returned to Oslo in mid-January 08 and went straight back to school.

PHILOSOPHY

Things like this is kinda hard to put into words but I guess I try to live my life and meet the people around me with an open mind and respect..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I experienced how great idea the CS project is when I traveled through Latin America for a few months in 2007. Meeting all these friendly and helpful people all around made me wanna return the favor.. Pay it forward! =) So after coming back to Oslo I've been trying to host or be of assistance to CS'ers that contact me whenever I have the time and opportunity.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted:
Marie Rassel - Germany - September '07
Furi - Hungary - March '08
Bernadett Török & Csilla Beregi - May '08
Abigail Roser - June '08
Rodolfo Curci, Gustavo Norberto & Erik Major - February '10

Surfed:
Matías Rodrigo - BsAs, Argentina - October/November '07
(Daniel Vasel - BsAs, Argentina - October/November '07)
Alex Gallegos - Distrito Federal, Mexico - November '07
Esteban Gomez - San José, Costa Rica - December '07
Rachelle - San José, Costa Rica - December '07
Toño Cartin - Heredia, Costa Rica - December '07
(Melisa Rillera - Heredia, Costa Rica - December '07)
Pamela Arroyo - Alajuela, Costa Rica - December '07
Rolando Hernandez - San Rafael, Costa Rica - December '07

Travelled With:
Alan Aguilar - Kenya & Tanzania - April/May '06
Eirik Hoftun Johnsen - Mexico City - December '07
Melisa Rillera - Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica - December '07
Randall Arias - Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica - December '07
Emmy Esquivel - Panama & Cuba - December '07/January '08
Eirik Hoftun Johnsen - Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Serbia & Romania - July '10
Erik Major & Simon Ayling - Croatia - July '09

Interests

I enjoy football/soccer (playing it rather than watching it =), traveling to places I haven't been before (like everybody else in this community), hanging out with old friends and hanging out with new friends, a cup of good coffee, a perfectly made espresso, to read a good book and to watch a fun video...

• books
• coffee
• shopping
• traveling
• soccer
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Knut Hamsun, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Jan Wiese, Karen Blixen, J. D. Salinger, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Roald Dahl, Janosch (Horst Eckert), Erlend Loe etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lots

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, United States

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