CURRENT MISSION

https://amsterdive.com/

ABOUT ME

Calmness is one of my easy-to-notice characteristics. I'm very relaxed & easy-going and i can get very enthusiastic when meeting interesting people or exploring something new. I appreciate details and small everyday-life-things a lot. Sense of humor is also important for me, since it can really make me connect to people. My friends might as well say i'm funny.

PHILOSOPHY

But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late (Waiting for Godot, S. Beckett)

We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless, but as a useless character (Pericles)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I apologise in advance if i don't reply within 2 days and in that case it's due to being so busy i can't be oline or host. But if you think we'd match you should definitely give the couchrequest a go.

As a host don't expect me to tour you all around, because i have a life and that includes working hours. In my point of view being independant also comes with being a surfer, and i'll help you with all the city advice you need for that. But most of all CS is about sharing and for sure i'll have some free time to share a meal, a beer or take you to some of my favorite places in Ams. I also count on you to keep the space tidy after you use it (don't get ofended if this is obvious for you - it's just that it isn't so for everybody).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Backpacking around Europe and being a CS surfer was a life-changing event for me to which i am profoundly grateful for. I'll keep surfing whenever i'll have the opportunity - it is one of the best experiences ever.

Interests

Writing. Art. Cooking. Getting to know people. Exploring places mainly markets, art-house movie-theaters, veggie & local restaurants, cozy cafes, squats, contemporanian art museums, all kinds of creative places and of course nature.

Music, Movies, and Books

Here are some of my favourite movies:

The piano (Jane Campion), Black cat white cat (Emir Kusturica), City of god (F. Meirelles), 21 Grams (A. G. Iñarritu), The dreamers (B. Bertolucci) Blue (K. Kieslowski), There will be blood (Paul T. Anderson), Un prophète (Jacques Audiard), The Godfather trilogy, Rumble fish(F. F. Coppola), The Wrestler, The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky), Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro), Breaking the waves (Lars von Trier).

Authors: Arundathy Roy, Proust, Clarice Lispector, Gabriel García Marquez, Yukio Mishima, José Saramago, M. Rosário Pedreira (poetry), F. Pessoa, A. Lobo Antunes, Valter Hugo Mãe (read a lot of portuguese stuff).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting an old friend i wasn't seeing for a long time and go travel with him. Learning how to cook my own bread. Cooking pancakes for everyone's breakfast and have it in the sunny garden. Go for a motorbike ride for the first time in my life. Getting inspired by my hosts while sighseeing a beautiful new city. Trying new types of beers and Jenevers. Building art installations in the living room to surprise the host the next morning, with the partnership of his flatmate. Sleeping under stars. Make a music with my old friend out of all this and sending it to our hosts as an aftertrip present.

All of this happened in Ghent, in July 2012.

Teach, Learn, Share

Let's find it out when we meet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Mozambique, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Portugal

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