| Dante Monson has been vouched for |
| Couch available | Maybe |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 100% |
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| member since | June 27th, 2005 |
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| profile views | 8,608 |
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| age | 29 |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | DANTE |
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| occupation | Travelling - Sharing - Creating |
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| education | Self Learner |
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| grew up in | Brussels |
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Languages- EnglishExpert
- FrenchExpert
- DutchExpert
- GermanBeginner
Couch Information
Couch Available: Maybe
Preferred Gender: Any
No smoking allowed
Has children: No
Can host children: No
Has pets: No
Can host pets: No
Max Surfers Per Night: 1
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: YesBest to have your sleeping bag. For the moment I can offer a rather big and comfortable inflatable mattress, and an additional small one person mattress I can host you at my humble little one room flat.
I am not interested in hosting a group of people who solely come sightseeing Brussels for a week end via cheap flights.
I prefer to host people who feel some good vibe can be shared.
For the moment I can offer a rather big ( 2 persons ) and relatively comfortable inflatable mattress. There is a small kitchen in the room, and a very small separate bathroom with a shower, but without door. It is quite well located, next to a underground station, and not far from the train station. It is in the hart of a lively neighborhood called "Saint-Gilles". There is a supermarket on the corner, and plenty of lively cafes around. I prefer to host in priority hitch hikers, wanderers, altruists, digital nomads and artists, people passionate about creating new realities, and people looking for last minute solutions. I am less interested in hosting mainstream "tourists" that would only be interested in sightseeing, or people coming to Brussels to search for mainstream jobs( unless its short term, and for an interview that is already set ). I do not have a 9 to 5 job, and have a very flexible lifestyle. Friends (106)
 Kadri Rull
28, Female
Poprad, Poprad
Slovakia
Friends since December 2006
"we met through a common friend"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Dante Monson
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 LOU.LOU.
23, Female
Brussels, Brussels
Belgium
Friends since September 2008
"we met on the tram in Brussels"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
7 |
 BAHINI
26, Female
Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Friends since January 2008
"we met at a performing arts event"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
3 |
 Anne-Sophie Valschaerts
24, Female
Brussels, Brussels
Belgium
Friends since August 2008
"We met at a CS meeting in Brussels"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
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 TITA
21, Female
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since 2005
"we met at the hospitality summer camp in monnai (2005), and we have been in contact since then. a very nice person, with a good heard and lot of ideas!"
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 Dominik Werner
29, Male
Marburg, Hessen
Germany
Friends since June 2005
"met on a meeting and then again and again in marburg"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
8 |
 Olga Gawlik
27, Female
Wroclaw, Lower Silesia
Poland
Friends since June 2004
"We met on the youth camp, after we travelled together a bit"
Friendship Type: Friend
2 2 10 |
 Jean-François Degelaen
41, Male
Brussels, Brussels
Belgium
Friends since December 2007
"We met in a peer to peer conference and since then I hosted Dante for several days"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Dante Monson
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 Agi Gardnere
34, Female
Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Friends since October 2006
"I hosted him, when he stayed in Riga"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
I vouched for Dante Monson
5 |
 Zazzamitica
32, Several people
Brussels, Brussels
Belgium
Friends since May 2010
"met in Brussels"
Friendship Type: Friend
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Personal DescriptionI am originally from Brussels , Belgium.
I have been traveling permanently for 5 years , all over Europe
Dante Hitch Wiki Profile
update : currently back in Brussels.
Some recent public mails:
Hc Ecology
If there is anything else you would like to know, just ask me
dante - dot - monson - at - gmail - dot - com
How I Participate in CSDante Cs Wiki Profile
Canceled Detmold Collective
Dante Eisenstadt Collective Wiki Profile
CouchSurfing Experienceall over europe - especially with friends and
Hospitality Club
Dante Hc Profile
InterestsNomadology
My Shared Bookmarked Links
Am interested in Systems Design ( cybernetics , etc ) , mutual empowerment ,
in lifestyles , ... in creationPhilosophyEmpowering ourselves By Empowering Others : Empowering Each other.
"Hungry Society" Talk
Everything is for the best in the best of possible worldsMusic, Movies, Books"Nomadology : Freedom"
" Nomads chose to be nomads because they want to be free. Free to go their ways. It is this freedom that the sedentary man lost. The sedentary is free to own land, nomads have the whole world.
When freedom is achieved -and is it never completely achieved- it becomes a strength. Freedom generates identity and creativity. Freedom is firstly the freedom of inventing oneself.
Nomads want to be free to explore the multidimensionality of reality. They will fight until death not to be imprisoned in a unidirectional structure where movements are predetermined. "
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did not exactly read Jack , but this extract picked up on the net resonnates...
" … I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young (Americans) wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making children laugh and old men glad, making young girls happy and old girls happier, all of ‘em Zen Lunatics who go about writing poems that happen to appear in their heads for no reason and also by being kind and also by strange unexpected acts keep giving visions of eternal freedom to everybody and to all living creatures.
Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums) 1958 "Types of People I enjoyPeople that share common intentions and are authentic.
I am not really eager to play the tourist guide ,
or try to be a "fun-to-be-with-guy".
I tend to get along with hitch hikers.
Create your own visitor map!
Teach, Learn, ShareWhat kinds of skills or information could you share with someone? What would you like to learn?
Hitch hiking,
alternative economics and distributed forms of governance, ...One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneHitch Hike around 50 000 kilometres or more every year, these last five years / lots of great people and experiences to discover :-)Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org ProjectWhat do you like about CouchSurfing, and what do you think could be improved?
I like the fact that the community expanded,
yet feel sorry , many years ago, that the software code has not been opened, and feel sorry about the focus on forms of hierarchy within the volunteer networks tracing back from the Eisenstadt Austria Collective, followed a few years later with what I perceive as the current for monetary profit corporatization of the organization.Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia-FYROM, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine
LIVED: Malaysia
WANTS TO GO: Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, Iceland, Moldova, Russia, South Africa
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 From Shenna Sanchez Brussels, Belgium
May 10 Positive I've randomly met Dante in one event that was organised by a common org of ours. And voila there's an instant click, he's soft-spoken and full of inner peace yet he has these alternative, progressive ideas on how the world could be a better and more equitable place to live in. We could have went on and on about our lives having more sense & meaning without money but then I have to work for the seminar ^_^ We randomly meet again from time to time and suddenly have discourse on cooperative community housing or anything else. May the odds be with you, Dante! Fight the power!
 From Janina Arsenjeva Brussels, Belgium
Apr 22  Positive He patiently tried to explain me in simple words that the world is in debt and that ain't going to change. Can't say I understood much but I'm happy to give it another try! Plus, any friend of the Urban Ecology Centre is my friend! :-)
 From Bine St. Berlin, Germany
Jan 2  Positive I share your altruistic ideas and your passion for life and love. Lets drink a philosphical hot chocolate!
 From Patchanittha S. Bangkok, Thailand
Jun 2, 2011 Positive After I sent a couch request, Dante accepted me almost immediately. He's a kind-heart, knowledgable, and polite person. He showed me almost every part of Brussels in half of the day! He's very informative and has a good energy. Thank you (again) for all your help Dante :)
 From outeragent Elsene - Ixelles, Belgium
May 19, 2011 Positive Very open, kind, attentive, willing to share a human experience. Laid back, tolerent
From Zazzamitica Brussels, Belgium
Mar 21, 2011  Positive Peaceful guy, eager to live life at 100%.
He likes to meet new people during his strolls in the city, that's how we met.
A non conventional approach to life, everyone should meet a Dante at least once on their path.
 From Ana Breda Porto, Portugal
Feb 10, 2011  Positive I haven't met Dante yet, but I want to express my gratitude for all the info and help he has been providing me with. I will soon moove to Brussels and Dante has already given me so many advice. Dante is a living proof of how wonderful people can be and how happiness can easily be spread through kindness. Thank you Dante, hope to thank you in person soon :)
 From Eva Rayskaya Moscow, Russia
Oct 11, 2010  Positive very kindly nice man)
 From Tomi Astikainen Hitchin, England
Jul 18, 2010 Positive Although we have so far been in touch only online, I can already say that Dante is an enterprising individual, full of ideas and passion for his endeavors.
 From Jacqui Edmondson Canberra, Australia
May 28, 2010 Positive Me and Kasia really enjoyed spending time with Dante. His unique view of the world makes him an incrediably interesting person to talk to. We would love to catch up after we finish our 6 month trip to see how different things are =)
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