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Overview

  • 16 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Swedish; learning French, German, Russian, Spanish
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Copy editor in a news paper
  • Journalism, literature and russian language
  • From Stockholm
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Making new friends :)

ABOUT ME

I'm a thinker and a writer. :) I live in Stockholm by myself in a small flat, but originally I come from the west coast of Sweden.

I've lived in Russia (Nizhny Novgorod) and speak Russian quite well, all though I always need more practice. Languages and meeting people from all over the world has been one of my life long interests.

I know I might seem a bit reserved at a first encounter, but I generally like socializing so please don't be scared off. :)

PHILOSOPHY

Try to live in the moment and follow my guts :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been sufing in Russia - Kazan, Moscow, Ekaterinburg and also last summer in UK and Scotland. In Nizhny Novgorod couchsurfing was a great way to get to know people, without cs I don't really know what I would have done... I made such good friends through cs, now I'm hooked for life!:)

I've been hosting a bit as well. I do it when I feel like it. Right now my work schedule is crazy with lots of late shifts, so I'm not really at home that much.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing, hosting and going to meetings and also just meeting people for coffee or drinks on occasion.

Interests

Reading, writing, socializing, languages, all kinds of cultural activities, dancing, vegetarian food, psycology, photography, travelling, politics... what's going on outside in the world and inside of people.

  • writing
  • photography
  • dancing
  • tango
  • dining
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • vegetarian
  • partying
  • drinking
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • jazz
  • surfing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Anna Karenina, On Chesil Beach, Half of a yellow sun, Prep.
Music: Pop, rock, indie, folk rock, country, jazz...
Movies: Prefer tv-shows. Mad men, Girls.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The first demonstrations for free elections i NN was magical, like an open air winter's party.

Travelling alone in Georgia and Ukraine 2006.

Going for hours and hours in Russian trains, seeing nothing but forests is boring... and so impressive!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Swedish, anyone? Or what about vegetarian cooking? InDesign? (Although I don't have it on my computer).

Learn: Photography! Russian language. Dancing! :) I've tried swing jazz dance and some salsa. Maybe tango would be cool?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Sweden

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