CURRENT MISSION

After one year of travelling in Latin America, a bit more than a year in Buenos Aires, half a year in Medellin, 4 months in Rio de Janeiro and again 6 months in Medellin, a few months in beautiful Kyiv .. time for a new experience : Bangkok !

ABOUT ME

I am born 34 years ago in Leuven, Belgium.
Leuven is in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium and my mother is "Flemish". But I lived all my life in the French part of Belgium.
I lived/studied in different places in Belgium: Walhain (all childhood), Namur, Louvain-La-Neuve and Leuven.

My father was a pilot so I had the chance to travel a bit when younger.
I have been to Japan, the States, Burundi, Tunisia, Thailand... to name the few places outside Europe. From all those travels, I learned to love discovering other cultures, be open-minded, ...

I studied Marketing in a fantastic Belgian University City: Louvain-La-Neuve. Went Erasmus for 5 months in North North of Poland, Gdansk.

After I finished my studies, took some time off then went to live and work almost 3 years in Malta. Tried to save some money and thus could start a 1 year trip all over North, Central and South America from October 2013 to September 2014.
Then I lived in and worked for a local company @ Buenos Aires until October 2015...
Then.. started to work on my own, only through Internet, which means being able to live wherever I want in the world, as long as I can stay with the Vacations-Visa status though. I have lived half a year in Medellin, Colombia, then 4 months in amazing Rio de Janeiro and now.. back in Medellin, maybe to settle down forever :).

PHILOSOPHY

- Don't worry, be happy
- Money doesn't matter so much, happiness does matter much more.
- If you believe everything goes wrong, remember it could always be worse.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I had the chance to try for the first time Couchsurfing in summer 2010 in Bilbao and in Prague. AMAZING experiences in both cases. That was the start to a lot of nice adventures! I hosted around 20 people when living in Malta to "give back" to the community and used the services a lot while traveling in North America and South America (especially in Brazil!)
When I was living in Argentina / Brazil, I couldn't host someone due to a too small / shared apartment. But here in Medellin, I have more space. And I now want to give a bit back to the community. I am VERY selective regarding the demands I am receiving though. Pure / Copy paste or super small messages won't work for me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been couchsurfing for 4 days in both Bilbao and Prague during the summer 2010 and these were my first CS experiences.
While living in Malta, I hosted around 20 people, with the aim to "give back to the community" all the help and fun I had while couchsurfing myself.
Apart from Bilbao and Prague, I also couchsurfed in Gozo, Istanbul, Bologna, Trapani and Cordoba while still living in Malta.
In my "America's" trip I surfed a lot of places especially in 2/3 countries: Brasil, USA, Uruguay, Paraguay, ...

Interests

Sport in general
Poker
Internet
Music/concerts
Movies
Traveling (of course!)

• culture
• concerts
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• poker
• music
• sports
• soccer
• world cup
• economics
• geography
• history
• mathematics
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Too much movies :) But a few: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, No Man's Land, Pulp Fiction, Cidade de Deus, Requiem for a Dream, The Usual Suspects, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, 12 Angry Men, The Pianist, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Letters from Iwo Jima, Life of Brian, etc.

I am very eclectic when it comes to music. I can be listening one day to Post-rock, another day to Dubstep, then Minimal Techno, then Indie, then Classical music, etc. etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Alhambra is the last "Most amazing" human built thing I have seen.
But traveling 12 months in the "America's" is for sure the most amazing thing I have ever done. Including going to all games of Belgium in the Brazilian world cup...what an experience! Have also been in 2016 Olympic Games.

Teach, Learn, Share

- I am interested in Geo-politics, geo-economics, etc. Did not study in that sector because I HATE mathematics, but it's "my thing". I studied History for 2 years (but stopped) and have a love for geography/other culture stuff too.
- I played too much "Football Manager", so, whatever the country you will come from, we can have a chat about your football league/team from second division, etc. :p
- I of course can have speak about my studies, Marketing.. although I am not the biggest fan of this. I mean.. working all my life to make more money for some shareholders I will never know is NOT my biggest objective in life.
- And well... I will always be happy to share my experience about every countries I had the chance to visit/live in my life!

What I Can Share with Hosts

- All the advices possible and imaginable regarding traveling in Latin America. And what to do/see in Buenos Aires. Or Rio de Janeiro. Or, obviously, Medellin.
- A roof, which is always nice :).
- Life experiences, which is always nice and interesting.
- A bit of Spanish, English or French lessons :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Malta, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine

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