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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French, Hungarian, Norwegian, Spanish, Western Frisian
  • 54, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Just breathing oxigene :)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Not Able to Host from November 13 till November 25 - 2017 but hope you will find a couch somewhere in or around Groningen

Me, Who you see is who you meet, somehow down to earth and respectfull towards others.

ABOUT ME

A few words about me : Love Photography mostly macro, landscape, nature and sometimes portraits/ model photo's and of course my own travel/event impressions, languages, cultures, art handicraft, nature, gardening, grow also own food vegetables fruit & potatoes, sometimes lazy, cosmopolite Blogging, coffee, green tea, bbq-ing/cooking on wood fire in the garden, cycling, outdoors but like also cosy stays at home. Like a natural lifestyle with respect for our planet.
calm, open mind, charming, chaotic, sincere, serious, easygoing, funny, intelligent ( me is told)

I like meeting and talking to people from all age groups from all walks of life.
As a host when it comes to hosting people from Arab countries incl. Persia (Iran) I know where to go, we have our addresses for you to buy meat so you can have your cuisine/kitchen if you insist but we can have our dinner more local or international traditional. Cooking together makes a stay more authentic.

I love nature, mountains, the sea, the sun, the adventure. Cant stand wind. I like to walk in not really climb the mountains but like go to cabins high in the mountains.

What others say about me:
that I am the best friend! I dont put someone down so quickly/easily, trustful

Like special beers from abroad not the general sorts you can everywhere in the world from the big brands. So if you want to surprise me with a small gift, a nice Beer is always appreciated :) Collection of Beer tins / bottles is slowly growing after every journey abroad.

Fall in love with Eastern Europe, maybe because experiences in the past with colleagues from former soviet states who became friends and friendly people I met during my stays in Eastern Europe. For example, every year I try to visit Poland. Before I fall in love with Eastern Europe I fall in love with Southern and also Northern Europe.

##Be so kind if I offer you to be your host as you request is in the open and reply to me as I take some affords in trying to serve/help you out

##When you want to stay at my place you don't have to use the official button Request you can just Email to me if you like

## When contacting me for a couchrequest please write also in your request/email if you travel by car plane or train/bus ## car can be parked on own private property.
Max 30 minutes from the city centre so best way is to pick you up from the bus/train station when coming by train.

PHILOSOPHY

Threat someone else “better then” or as you want to be treated yourself :)

Age are just two digits and is just a number for politicians and statistics to show ... something .. how we feel/express ourself is more important then our date of birth :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Making a home for my guest instead of just a place to be during the voyage of life.
Giving a helping hand. (virtual & in real life) when needed.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Yes, and had similar experience but ~ 15 years ago I didn't know this word couchsurfing but it was the hospitality of Soviet-Russian heritage of my hosts later we became friends and still are with them.

Interests

Besides what is mentioned all about me, my interest:

My computer and surfing, advocate of open software supporter of Creative Commons to make more data/knowledge accessible for everyone not to keep a system alive. (only ~10 % of my material is copyright ) This is the reason why I think couchsurfing and similar are good initiatives.

Interested in Human rights and social injustice around the globe. Privacy and not being the free product (data) of corporate IT business model. Therefore I also use Signal to call.

The ancient Arabic history, the Arabic Persian world today. Medieval era architecture in Europe.
Stone age, Geology, Ecology and much more.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : I watch sometimes
Music : I listen but can not remember songs or musicians in general. Classic 80ties but very wide spectrum of music.
Books : I read and have read many, just watch what is on my shelves :) mainly English Dutch German French Spanish

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first steps on this planet.

Teach, Learn, Share

By sharing my knowledge experience skills etc I teach and learn you as you teach and learn me by sharing yours.

What I Can Share with Hosts

To name a few: Good company, travel stories, garden(ing) stories ...
I can share a lot but depends on interests of the person I met. Those where I stay I can accompany you if you like or helping you. Me is told I have a lot of skills and interests so a great time within the CS sharing sphere makes life and travelling nicer.

Those staying at my place when I'm host I can be your guide. If time reach we can visit some 'iconic' places like Giethoorn, Bourtange vesting, one of the Elfsteden towns, Waddenzee including Islands, Groningen itselfs and surroundings and much more.

When you are a Photo addict we can go for a photo-safari to spot birds or deer with or without camera, some places I recently discover and are fun to be even when staying the whole night to make the photo you were waiting for. Some photo-tools/equipment are at your service except my lenses

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