CURRENT MISSION

"To infinity and beyond" - Buzz Lightyear

ABOUT ME

In general I'm a quite down to earth girl, I can talk a lot but I also like to just observe, or listen. Some things I are nighttime picknicks at the beach, long talks in a pub.. literature (magical realism in particular) and libraries. I'm a bit of a romantic in that sense.

Some random facts:
- I have a twinbrother who is thirteen minutes older than me and does not look like me at all.
- My thoughts can sometimes be rather chaotic, which sometimes becomes evident when I speak.
- I am intrigued by the English court of the 16th century since I saw the series 'The Tudors'.
- Sarcasm. Nuff said.
- Greenish blue is my favorite colour. As is coral. This can change from time to time, like most things, really.

PHILOSOPHY

"(...)just how much of the past we spent dwelling on what has to come; how much of it, that is, we spent somewhere other than where we were."

Well, this quote makes me try not to worry too much about the future (things I have to do, or whether I will get a proper job whatsoever) when it is not appropriate to do so - for example, when traveling.

I want to enjoy every place I am to the fullest, take in the atmosphere, enjoy the company or the lack of company, whatever the situation is. It's a challenge for me, because it's not really a skill I naturally possess.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

by being eager to learn, by sharing stories and space, and by enjoying.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Summer 2012 was my first couchsurfing experience it's been great! During this sommer me and my twinbrother have been hosted in Vienna, Istanbul, Thessaloniki and Turin and I've had only positive experiences.

I also hope I get to meet some of you by hosting you in my humble student room!

Interests

Actually... the better question is "what do I not somehow find interesting?" because that would be a smaller list. But here are some things I really love:

Photography, literature, history, languages, theatre, philosophy, snowboarding, writing, drawing, other kinds of art. Good food (and a glass of wine), politics and (live) music...

• arts
• writing
• literature
• photography
• festivals
• dining
• wine
• pub crawls
• politics
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• snowboarding
• history
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: A Beautiful Mind, Das Leben Der Anderen, O Brother Where Art Thou, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Music: Parov Stelar, Belleruche, Bon Iver, Gotye, Muse, Fleet Foxes, Norah Jones, Simon & Garfunkel, Wolfmother, Daft Punk, Janis Ian, Radiohead, Tallest Man On Earth (etc.)

Books: Jo Confesso (Jaume Cabré)!!, Blindness (José Saramago), The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa), books by Oliver Sacks, Elena Ferrante, Milan Kundera. The Art Of Loving, Wolf Hall, The Shadow Of The Wind, Jerusalem: The Biography, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in Times of Cholera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Historian, Fire From Heaven, The Course of Honour (if you want to know more, I have goodreads, haha.)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being part of a 'human net' (hanging from a crane) with La Fura Dels Baus at the "Deventer op Stelten" theatre festival.

Sunrise at the heathland; following a French course in France but actually learning more German than French; a treehouse in tuscany.

Teach, Learn, Share

Who knows what people teach each other and learn without even noticing at first.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands