I am married to Linda for 33 years. We have two sons and two granddaughters. Both our son's are married
We like to meet interesting people from all over the world.
We have a special passion for Israel. We have been there for 5 times now and Linda tries to learn some Hebrew. She is a Dutch teacher and I take care of the housekeeping.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We like to meet other people and we like to share stories and a good meal. We like to invite people in our home and we like to travel and see the beautifull nature and culture in other countries.

Interests

making music, I play the harmonica and a little bit on the guitar
singing
listening to music
photografing

• culture
• singing
• breakfast
• sauna
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• teaching
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

I specially like gospelmusic (country and rock)
I like all kinds of movies, but I don't like horror
I am dyslectic, so I don't read many books, Linda reads for me

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We've been to Israel 5 times and in 2015 I baptised my future daugther in law.
In 2016 we went couchsurfing for the first time in Israel and stayed with host from cs. It was great and we made new friends there...we hope to go there next summer again and meet more hosts there and become friends
In 2017 we came back to Israel and met wonderfull friends on cs who we loved to see next year again.
we also love to see the west bank and we already got an invetationd from a lovely woman there.
last year we had a few lovely couples and singles in our home ofrom cs and this feb we will go to slovanian to stay with 1 of them for a week. we still have contact with a lot of cs that stayed with us and thats so nice . Cs is wonderfull. Tel everybody about it......we do

Teach, Learn, Share

We live in a small village in the east of the country called De Krim ( 10 km from the german border)
We have a big house and in our backyard we have a sauna and a wirhpool. If you need enything els just ask.
When we are not traveling ourselfs we can have guests for a longer periot of time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We have two spare bedrooms, one with a double bed and two stacked beds for children.
You can have breakfast and dinner with us and use the bathroom.
When we go into our sauna you are also welcom (only with swiming cloth)
If possible we like to talk to our guestst on skype before you come to us.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands