ABOUT ME

-

Important note: Everyday I get couchrequests for Amsterdam, but I don't live in Amsterdam. Because I would love for you to first read my profile and because I want to check if you actually did read it, I would like you to answer the following question in your request: What is your favorite animal? Thanks!! :)

-

I live in the beautiful Utrecht, a lovely historical city where my daily job is being a student, but I consider myself definitely more than just another student. I like to be seen as a real couchsurfer/backpacker/hitchhiker. Though I'm not too experienced, I guess I'm not that old, the rest of my time here I hopefully will travel much&much more. One of my mottos is that life is too short and the world is too beautiful to wait. There are so many tremendously beautiful places that I still have to see.

I'm in love with the world and the time I get to spend. I love dancing on every occasion. I love almost any kind of music, but folk/indie/acoustic music the most! I love philosophy, politics and religion and the most when debating about them. I'm fascinated by people who claim they have the truth. I love to hang-out with good friends, but also to meet new ones. I'm very into art and I love to go to museums and festivals. I love filming and like to have my camera with me for pictures. I like sports, but I really love extreme sports (surfing, snowboarding, but I'm not too good) tennis and horseback riding. Guess we can conclude that I just love life in general.

I like to make every moment of my life a learning experience and try new things as much as possible.

I hope this gives you some more information about me!
You're welcome to come visit me and my housemate! I would love to lead you around and share with you the good things of our Dutch culture!

PHILOSOPHY

We must be the change, we wish to see.
-Ghandi

In reality there is nothing more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.
-Jon Krakauer

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness, give me truth.
-Henry David Thoreau

I'm an openhearted Christian, convinced pacifist and committed vegetarian. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will lead everybody around in Utrecht with love and I can offer you a place to sleep for the night.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted:
Mustafa and Christian from Germany,
Bea from Spain,
Mordechai from Israel,
Simon from Austria,
Yonatan from Israel,
Denys and Anastasia from Ukraine,
Alex and Bogdan from Romania and Afonso from Italia,
Faustino from Spain,
James from England,
Phil from Nothern-Ireland,
Dougie from Scotland,
Hakim from France

Surfed:
Derek from Ireland,
Alex from Belguim,
Guus from Nijmegen, Netherlands,
Christoph from Germany,
Petra from Hungary,
Darren from Ireland,
Phil from Nothern-Ireland,
Jowita from Scotland,
Michael from England,
Katarzyna from Poland,
Lisa from Germany

Met up with:
Eric and Mathieu from France,
Christina from Russia

Interests

Music, guitars, books, festivals, debating, animals, horseback riding, art, cultures, dancing, nature, religion, politics, guinness, documentaries, cabaret, world peace, life

• animals
• fish
• arts
• culture
• books
• documentaries
• festivals
• dancing
• vegetarian
• politics
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• equestrian
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• sports
• tennis
• extreme sports
• religion
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies;
Into the Wild, Finding Neverland, This is England, Lord of the Rings, Amelie, A Beautifull Mind, Big Fish, Elizabethtown. But I'm really more into documentaries.

Music;
Indie, Folk, Alternative, Garage Rock, Singer Songwriters, Experimental

Books:
Books about cultural anthropology, religion, philosophy and true stories

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept on a roof in the old city of Jerusalem. Best sunrise ever.
Did a long hike through the desert of Israel.
Travelled by horse through parts of the Rocky Mountains in Canada.
Lived for a week with a fantastic Kenyan family who took me back to the place where their tribe lives and lived for two weeks with amazing children in a children's home also in Kenya.
Travelled through the Himalaya in India.
Went to the world congress of the biggest women's rights organisation in the world. With women attending out of over 80 countries.
Hitchhiked from the Netherlands to Istanbul, Turkey.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach and share: Cycling, how to enjoy bad weather, playing cards, playing guitar, how to live with dreads, how to enjoy live, eat haring(fish)and stroopwafel

Learn: Every unique thing in your culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands