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Overview

  • 8 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English
  • 46, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Artist/ Designer
  • Fashion design
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Inspire, create, travel, enjoy life to the fullest

ABOUT ME

I always try to experience new things, discover new places, meet new people and never stay too long at the same place in life because it's easy to get bored. I like to feel the rush of life, make plans for the future that keep me excited and motivated.
I like to believe that anything is possible as long as you believe in it. And also that everything happens for a reason, the good things but also the bad things.

PHILOSOPHY

be in the moment or you look back and realize you missed your life

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host and surf once in a while

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Made some nice new friends with many different nationalities

Interests

Traveling is my biggest passion, not only the vibe of living like a nomad but also all the inspiration you get from different cultures, markets and nature which i can use in my designs.
I love to explore undiscovered places but i'm also a real city girl that likes to vintage shop, party, eat out and enjoy the crazy busy vibe on the streets of all the worldcities. New York and Tokyo are my favorites.
I'm a nomad and besides Amsterdam I also call India, Thailand and Bali my home.

  • arts
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • wine
  • organic food
  • yoga
  • traveling
  • spirituality
  • india
  • tantra
  • fashion design
  • ecstatic dance
  • vintage clothes

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: american beauty, amelie, into the wild, shark versus eagle,

music: Indian music and mantra's
massive attack, portishead, nina simone, nouvelle vague, lamb, hooverphonics, moby, morcheeba, joan as a police woman, prem joshua, angus and julia stone, the XX

to dance on: anything electro with a crazy beat that makes me wanna jump or tribal ecstatic dance music

books: anything Osho
11 minutes
the white tiger
brida

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

staying with a local family from Fiji in small village where the houses look like smurfhuts

being in the middle of a huge nomad camelcamp in India during the camelfair in Pushkar. very surreal vibe

Teach, Learn, Share

creative, curious, open minded, adventurous, living in the moment

What I Can Share with Hosts

Many crazy juicy travel stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Morocco, Myanmar, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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