Like a lot of sports: climbing (bouldering), hiking, swimming and more. Play drums and like many music styles. Like to go out (dance) and have a passion for nature and love gardening (Finally I've one now). I work at Ebusco (electric city bus company) as teamlead testing and homologation.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Back in 2017 I was traveling in Australia and it was really hard to find a place to stay in Sydney. I used Couchsurfing before to meet people, but never to stay the night. In Sydney I contacted some people and eventually I've got a really nice respond of a Australian couple. They were so friendly, I got a house key and we had dinner/bbq together. Even a Dutch friend was able to stay too for a couple of nights. When I came back in NL (more boring life haha) I reflected on my travel experience and found out that I most like to meet new people, for this Couchsurfing is the best. So, I decided to start hosting in spring 2018. Till now I've hosted a lot of people from different nationalities. In 2020 I moved to a new apartment (not as cosy as I lived before) in Eindhoven with my roommate Laura. She's from Spain and is an engineer too. Due to Corona we were not able to host people in our apartment for one year, but Pali and Anna were actually the first ones in June 2021! In summer 2022 I moved to Den Bosch with my girlfriend and like to welcome you in our nice house, so feel free to send a message and if we're home you're welcome!

Interests

• hiking
• backpacking
• sports
• swimming
• meeting new people
• having fun

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies;

- Hangover
- Before sunrise, sunset and midnight
- Braveheart
- Oppenheimer

Books:
- Read mostly scientific/technical/financial news

Music (festivals):
I've not a favorite artist, but like the following music styles/festivals:
- Pop/Rock (Rockwerchter 2017)
- Drum/bass (Rampage 2017)
- Techno (NYE Awakenings 2018)
- Electronic music (WAE 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Psychedelic (PAN 2019)
- Italo (Mozem 2019)
- Indian Spirit (2021)
- Lowlands (2023)
- Liquicity (2023)
- Paaspop (2022, 2024)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sleeping underneath the stars in the outback of Australia. Love the simplest things in live ;)

Best hike trips so far:
- Overland track on Tasmania (Australia), Oct 2017
- GR20 on Corsica (France), summer 2018

- Soon: Cape Verde in 2024

Teach, Learn, Share

Level of education is not important, you can achieve a lot without!

In Dutch: "Ongeluk zit in een klein hoekje, het geluk zit in de rest"

What I Can Share with Hosts

Since I live in Den Bosch we've a nice garden with a hammock, seld made stone bbq (stove) and a lot of herbs and eatable snacks. Also, nice shower and a good couch ofc (even a bed if you prefer, but officially that's cheating :p)

We like to hear your (travel) stories and goals in life, we share them as well with you. Let's make some fun!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands