ABOUT ME

I'm working as a small animal veterinarian. In my spare time I like to hang out with friends, play board/card games (addicted to Ticket to Ride at the moment), do sports, watch movies and do some cooking/baking. I - offcourse - love travelling to see other fascinating parts of the world and to get to know people from different cultures. Favorite trips so far: experiencing the beautiful nature of New Zealand, Australia and Costa Rica, being a volunteer in Bosnia and Romania en I also love going on snowboard holidays. And I'm really excited to go to South America for a few months next year!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got enthousiastic about couchsurfing because of a friend who regularly hosted people and we had some great evenings all together. The last two years have been really busy doing my internships, so unfortunately I didn't have the chance to do a lot of couchsurfing/hosting yet. I very much like the concept of it so I'm looking forward to more opportunities!

Interests

Spending time with friends, (veterinary) medicine, people, animals, travelling, nature, food, games, (outdoor) sports.

• animals
• culture
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• movies
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• scuba diving
• sailing
• skydiving
• snowboarding
• sports
• medicine
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: mainly thrillers (Greg Iles, Simone van der Vlugt, Suzanne Vermeer, Esther Verhoef), sometimes a chicklit (I know, I should be ashamed of myself.. :P)

Movies: Zwartboek, Haar naam was Sarah, The boy in the striped pyamas, Blood diamond, Slumdog millionaire, Serendipity, The notebook, Despicable me, ...

Also love watching Masterchef and Big Bang Theory!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- New Zealand! My first backpacking trip on my own, it was great to meet so many people and the whole country is just so amazing!!
- Australia.. diving the Great Barrier Reef, sleeping in swags in the Outback, sailing around the Whitsunday Islands, skydiving @ Mission Beach
- Working with orphans and gypsies in Romania
- Working with stray animals in Bosnia
- Travelling Costa Rica: hiking the Chirripo, feeling alone in the world, having dinner in a natural hot spring, almost being trapped in the rainforest because of all the rain (although the great feeling was mostly when we arrived back safely ;))
- Bareback and bridleless riding in the forest with my horse
- Snowboarding all day and having lunch in the snow under a clearblue sky

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd be happy to share my home, show you around Utrecht, cook a traditional meal together and introduce you to the Dutch culture! I love to get to know people, go outside or having a cup of tea, exchanging stories and learning things you'd never had thought about before..

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom