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Overview

  • 16 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Teacher at Rudolf Steiner College, Haarlem
  • University of Groningen and University of Amsterdam
  • From Weybridge, United Kingdom
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Just Be (in the moment)

ABOUT ME

My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened. - Mark Twain

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough - Albert Einstein

The aptness of the cliched saying is overshadowed by the nature of the saying as a cliche. - Unknown

PHILOSOPHY

What would Love do? Then do that...

It sounds so simple.....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I discovered Couch Surfing in the summer of 2009 while cycling my way through eastern europe and found it to be one of the most rewarding experiences ever! It really is creating a better world one couch at a time! Its so great to help each other out, just for the sake of helping a fellow traveller and other human being. Exchanging stories, getting to know each other and sharing new experiences that you would otherwise not get is so immensely enriching for life!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

4 months on and off during cycle trip through Eastern Europe in the summer of 2009. And occasionally since then. Also some hosting in Utrecht during 2010 and 2011.

Interests

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid - Albert Einstein

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it - Albert Einstein

  • fish
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • surfing
  • tourism

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Horse riding through the mountain inlands of Lesotho! Breathtaking!!!

Discovering my own continent on a bicycle! And having a lot of random, enriching experiences and meeting and getting to know a lot of fantastic people on the way!

New Zealand!

Teach, Learn, Share

This is where my travels have taken me...still quite some white gaps to fill in! :-)

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Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Burkina Faso, France, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, United Kingdom

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  • 3 Vouches

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