Hi there, I'm An. I'm 31 years old and I am a qualified English/Dutch teacher. However, I also love working in communication/media. At the moment I work in an arts center.

I like sunny places, scuba diving, visiting cities, shopping,... I also take lots and lots of pictures! I enjoy meeting new people, be it in real life or on the internet. I love hearing their life and travelling stories.

I've been a vegetarian for 16 years!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think it's a wonderful way to meet new people and discover what it's like to live somewhere like a local. I think couchsurfing makes sure you can do al of that.

Interests

Travalling, hiking, reading, history, talking, photography, discovering new places, reading, learning languages, ........ Besides all that, I'm probably the biggest animal lover there is. Need to pet and rescue any animal I see, sometimes frustrating the people who are with me :)

• animals
• pets
• arts
• photography
• vegetarian
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• swimming
• communications
• teaching
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Everything by Bill Bryson, Coetzee, Jonathan Saffran Foer,... I've got wayyyyy too many books and wayyyy too little space for them. I'm a book-addict!

Every detective series they've ever made :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba diving in the Maldives, hiking in the Adirondacks, driving on route 66, swimming with manatees ... !

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn new languages and love to teach them to others. I think you learn something from everyone you meet and everything you do... At the moment I am trying to learn Spanish and ASL!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Languages skills, fantastic holiday destination ideas, laughing, ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States