CURRENT MISSION

to inspire

ABOUT ME

Hi I am Bob from Belgium, yesyes the land of chocolate. With our Bourgon roots I am proud to call myself a foodie (crazy about eating and drinking:). To prevent myself of getting stuck in chairs or revolving doors I enjoy sports (playing waterpolo, biking... and practically everything I haven't tried before). I finished my studies as a social-political geographer, but as I didn't feel any wizer and still wonder what's wrong with the world I have started international politics. Though I doubt this will give me insight I find it very interesting to do. I used to earn my living in development aid (supporting a global awareness, promoting fair trade, etc..) in the small town of Merelbeke. But two years ago I was elected and pulled into formal politics.

Besides this I have the tendency of finding practically everything and everybody interesting and love to stop and take my time to explore what others might pass by on because they are too busy or want to see/feel/experience it all.

PHILOSOPHY

The noble savage. Do not care for elegance. Its overrated. Take interest and time to get to know the passionate wildman, shy and living isolated in the woods. The world needs rewilding to give people a sense of diverse adventure again. Do everything slow if you don't want to miss out on the small details enjoy every step. Oh yeah and do everything in style :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I ve been travelling a lot, and i got inspired by lots of people and now the time has come to pass all these wonderfull experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Everything started in june 2009, when I went to kurdistan by train to an ecologic camp I met this great guy serkan who took me in and showed me around Istanbul. The next year I was CS all over europe, kayaked from austria to croatia and met the most wonderfull family in Slovenia. In their memory I want to pass through the peace they gave me.

Interests

everything (though i hate people who say everything because that normally means nothing or they have an opinion:) but music, film, books, adventure, sports, life, politics, eating and drinking, friends... maybe I should better start over stating the things I don't like: shopping, fancy cars, administration, chicory, cleaning and birddroppings on my car if i had one

• books
• chocolate
• drinking
• gardening
• shopping
• politics
• traveling
• cars
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Film: la vita e bella, le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulin, old boy, every tarantino, dancer in the dark, lawrence of arabia, the great dictator, ...

Books: the unbearable lightness of being, lolita, slaughterhouse 9,

music: Radiohead, neil young, bob dylan, pink floyd, led zeppelin, the national, triggerfinger, pearl jam,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

train to kurdistan, hitch-hiking to berlin, cycling from florence to marseille, kajaking from Vienna to Belgrade, making a fool of myself on national television, gardening.
But the most amazing thing I ever done is probably living, and I really hope I can do it again.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everybody has something to teach me. So not looking for something particular

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium