I am a bookworm, an investigator, a traveller and a storyteller.

Tell me your story, and I'll tell you mine!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love travelling, but not alone.

I like to visit famous cities and unknown villages, but I hate feeling like a tourist.

And I like 5-star hotels, but I prefer make-shift couches owned by friendly, interesting people!

Interests

books, books, books!

korfbal (Dutch team sport similar to basketball, though it's played with boys and girls in the same team)

dance: ballet, streetdance, egyptian and most recently Latvian folkdance!

photography: I'm not great yet, but I keep trying!

traveling, of course! and picking up new languages

• books
• photography
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• vegetarian
• crafts
• traveling
• juggling
• camping
• sports
• basketball
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
free rainer, equilibrium, lord of the rings, office space, hairspray, before sunset, sweeney todd, rent, moonrise kingdom, gataca, the disappearance of eleanor rigby him/her, dr horrible's sing-along blog, das boot, ...

music:
fall out boy, jimmy eat world, era, mago de oz, wir sind helden, tanzwut, mumford and sons, colin hay, travis, three days grace, thirteen senses, the proclaimers, flogging molly, ed sheeran, travis, katzenjammer, peter fox, passenger, royal wood, simon & garfunkel, jacks mannequin, carnival youth, rammstein, drs P, ...

books:
edgar allan poe, jane austen, mark haddon, orson scott card, william shakespeare, charles dickens, the bronte sisters, douglas adams, godfried bomans, toni morrison, carlos ruiz zafon, philip k dick, jrr tolkien, george rr martin, ...

tv:
firefly, farscape, dr who, game of thrones, falling skies, black mirror, the big bang theory, heroes, downton abbey, house of cards, spooks, ik vertrek, wie is de mol, de keuringsdienst van waarde, community, ally mcbeal, how I met your mother...

(I have issues with making choices...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting wild elephants in Tanzania.

Roasting over a massive fire pit in Turkmenistan.

Swimming with the fishes in Zanzibar.

Jumping off the Euromast in Rotterdam.

Sharing some home-cooked humus in a refugee camp in Palestine.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook, and I would love to share some vegetarian recipes with you.

I can also teach you the basics of juggling; though it took me about two years to get the hang of it.

I'm into crafts and upcycling - my mom taught me to be very creative with very little resources, a skill I'll gladly pass on.

And I can braid your hair.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A smile and a story.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain

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