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Overview

  • 32 references 21 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Spanish
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Outdoor childminder
  • Social Services for Children and Young People Level 3, H...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
To love and learn in life. To stay healthy and happy, meet interesting people, keep learning and being curious, learning Spanish and obviously travelling with my lovely husband.

ABOUT ME

I am Anna, a cheerful Dutch girl. I am currently travelling in south east asia with my husband. I recently walked from the Netherlands to spain and reflect on life and connect with nature and people. I am someone who can be both calm and shy & spontaneous and outgoing. I am always in for exploring new places and being outdoors. I am mostly friendly and happy (unless I don´t get my daily dose of coffee ;) ) . I have lived in Palma de Mallorca( for 9 months) where I worked as an aupair and attended a language course to learn Spanish. In July 2014 I moved to Scotland, Edinburgh, a city I loved from the very start, because of the many cultural festivals, old buildings and lovely atmosphere. I really enjoy meeting people from other countries and going out to see new places. Now I´ll be travelling for 6 months (3 with and 3 without my husband) after which we will move to Leiden, the Netherlands together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I showed some people around mallorca and Edinburgh. I also hangout in new city's with other couchsurfers. I occasionally organised dinnerparties, coffee meetings, language exchanges and climbing events in Edinburgh. I hosted a few times as well in Edinburgh.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in Copenhagen, berlin, prague, krakow, bucharest, timisoara, budapest, belgrade, graz, basel and Edinburgh. I have attended meetings in Krakow, Eindhoven, Prague, Palma de Mallorca, Edinburgh and in Glasgow were I met some nice people. Great experiences and people.

Interests

  • photography
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • hiking
  • nature
  • climbing
  • foraging
  • jam making
  • freecycling

Music, Movies, and Books

I really like the movies captain fantastic and wild

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking from the netherlands to spain in 2,5 months (2500 km)
Travelling south-east Asia
skydiving in the netherlands
bunjeejumping in Greece
working as a volunteer (giving back :) )
living abroad (spain and scotland)
trying out different foods (like snails, frogs legs, kangeroo)
Doing an interrail trip around europe for 2 weeks.(first cs experiences)
Going to Iceland for 10 days. THE MOST impressive nature I came across so far. AMAZING!!!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to hear about other peoples traveling stories and share my own. That's very inspiring. Always gets me excited to travel again.

I´m super interested in different parenting styles and have quite a bit of experience working with kids, so I would be happy to share my ideas.

I like to learn to make things. I could teach you how to make jam or soft cheese. I could teach you a bit about foraging for food.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I and am happy to stay in in the evenings and watch your kids or pets as I love both and don´t really party (more of a nature explorer) or cook some evenings during my stay.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Namibia, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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