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  • 102 references 78 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Greek (modern), Norwegian
  • 59, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Immigration, refugee related activities
  • 21 years of schooling...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Summertime in Norway, winter in Greece!

ABOUT ME

I love coffee and chocolate, I guess I'm addicted to caffeine... and books.
I take pleasure in good communication both at home and when traveling. I talk alot, but i try to listen as well... :)

I was born in Greece close to the sea and in the shadow of the highest mountain, Mt. Olympus. I actually prefer the tranquility of the last...
All my family belongs to a Black sea tribe from Turkey (Georgia, Abkhazia, south Russia, Crimea) my mother tongue is Pontic Greek, a language that is disappearing this century.
I moved to Norway when i was 20 and to Oslo in 2006, which is a long time ago... nowdays I feel it is more compatible to host people closer my age, in their 40s and above, as we have more interests in common.
So unfortunately there is no need to send a request for accomodation if you are- lets say a student in your 20s, sorry for that!

PHILOSOPHY

Free thoughts are good; just thoughts are better.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS has become a B corporation, CS was a cool way of meeting all sorts of people. Very very very sorry that they have now changed to a for-profit company! Without consulting their thousands of volunteers and millions of members....
:(((
As the project grows huge and my experiences multiply I keep on being amazed by the interesting personalities I encounter through CS... this counterbalances the increasing number of stowaways that join Couchsurfing in order to receive free hotel services without contributing anything to their hosts ;-)
But never mind :)
...there are so many more kind, interesting, funny, polite, loud, tidy, respectful, unusual, inspiring, smiling, serious, surprising and difficult-to-imagine-how-they-will-be couchsurfers that I would like to meet in the future!
:D

Interests

  • books
  • chocolate
  • coffee
  • traveling

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

+++; My kids being born and growing up...
😥 The evil face of war ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, Norway, Timor-Leste (East Timor)

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