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Overview

  • 7 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English; learning Dutch
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Taking a year off to care for my kids
  • Social work / plants
  • From Roskilde, Region Zealand, Denmark
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life.

ABOUT ME

I live with my Belgian husband and our two small kids in the countryside in Lejre, Zealand. Our household also includes a bunch of chickens, a cat and a dog, fish, shrimp, canaries... it's a bit of a zoo. We have a big garden, the forest is close by and we try to spend as much time outside as possible.
Also, we love having guests and meet new people. :-)

I love: all things nature, arts, to read and listen to good music.

I dislike: loudness in general (a bit of a challenge when living with two rambunctious kids).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Used to couchsurf and host a lot. Would like to do so again later in life. At the moment we are sort of caught up in raising our children, but we always have time for a meet up, dinner, forest trip etc. We also have bikes, sleeping bags and other stuff that we lent out. Just ask if you need something.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

- Surfing on Big Island, Kona in Hawaii. (2010)
- Hosting at our old place in Copenhagen. (2010-2011)
- Surfing in Zagreb, Croatia. (2011)
- Hosting in our apartment in Ghent, Belgium (2011-13)
- Surfing in Istanbul, Turkey (2012)

Interests

  • dogs
  • arts
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • politics
  • traveling
  • knitting
  • music
  • science
  • social work
  • nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Ahhhhhh... so much good stuff. I really enjoy folk music I guess. I don't watch too many movies but I love a good book. Preferably something non fictional or historical.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossed the Pacific as a deckhand on a 50 feet yawl from 1903. A rather interesting experience as the ship had neither a toilet nor beds enough for everyone. Spend most nights in a hammock on deck under the starry sky. Delightful.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you wanna know anything about horse-carriages, just ask! if not... I'm not gonna push you. It's an odd core competence.
Other stuff I love to babble about: Science, politics, rock/blues guitarists 1955-85.

If it for some reason would have any interest, I should also be able to teach you how to moon walk :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States of, Netherlands, Palau, Philippines, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Denmark

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