CURRENT MISSION

Trying to figure out how to convince CSers to visit the nice place I am living in.

ABOUT ME

Benjamin, 35 year old boy living in the Eastern part of Belgium. I graduated from Maastricht University in The Netherlands in 2009 and am currently working as a trader in the pharmaceutical sector.

I discovered CouchSurfing more than ten years ago now and immediately enjoyed it! I already had the occasion the meet many nice and interesting people and am eager to get to know other ones from different places. As you'll see, I have quite a few experiences now... I have my own house and have free places for visitors. Don't hesitate to come and visit me :-)

PHILOSOPHY

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As much as I can! I am really willing to make people feel like home. On the other hand, depending on my possibilities, I like to show the beautiful place I am living in with all its particularities and specialties.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCES

Nov 2007: Anna from Dublin (Ireland) - I surfed her couch
Oct 2009: Jesper from Copenhagen (Denmark) - I surfed his couch
Dec 2009: Huong from Hue (Vietnam) - She showed me around
Dec 2009: Kent from Da Nang (Vietnam) - I surfed his couch
Dec 2009: Angela from Can Tho (Vietnam) - She showed me around
Jul 2010: Giancarlo from Roma (Italy) - I surfed his couch
Dec 2010: Eduard from Grenade (Spain) - I surfed his couch
Feb 2011: Florian from Nuremberg (Germany) - I showed him around
Feb 2011: Carolina from Lisbon (Portugal) - She showed me around
Aug 2011: Marie-Laure from Colmar (France) - I surfed her couch
Oct 2011: Heike & Winny from Aachen (Germany) - They surfed my couch
Oct 2011: Matea from Zadar (Croatia) - I surfed her couch
Oct 2011: Niki from Zadar (Croatia) - She showed me around
Jan 2012: Agna and Jochem from Vilnius (Lithuania) - I surfed their couch
Jan 2012: Vaiva from Vilnius (Lithuania) - She showed me around
Jan 2012: Monika from Vilnius (Lithuania) - She showed me around
Jan 2012: Pijus from Kaunas (Lithuania) - I surfed his couch
Feb 2012: Daniel from London (England) - I surfed his couch
Feb 2012: Amy and Nicolas from London (England) - I surfed their couch
Aug 2013: Merriol from Ballachulish (Scotland) - I surfed her couch
Aug 2013: Joe from Portree (Scotland) - I surfed his couch
Aug 2013: Marco from Glasgow (Scotland) - I surfed his couch
Jul 2015: Irina from Moscow (Russia) - I showed her around
Jan 2016: Anoop from Mysuru (India) - He surfed my couch
Jun 2016: Noureddine from Fes (Morocco) - He showed me around
Jun 2016: Ingrid from Alba (Italy) - We met in Fes (Morocco)
Jun 2016: Amal from Meknes (Morocco) - She showed me around
Jun 2016: Yusuf from Fes (Morocco) - I surfed his couch
Jun 2016: Estela from Madrid (Spain) - She surfed my couch
Aug 2016: Pauline from Saint-Denis (Réunion) - She surfed my couch
Oct 2016: Kristina and Simona from Slovakia - They surfed my couch
Mar 2017: Darren from the US - She surfed my couch
Apr 2017: Klavdija and Vesna from Ljubljana (Slovenia) - They surfed my couch
May 2017: Marian from Guatemala Ciudad (Guatemala) - I surfed her couch
May 2017: Jonathan from Lanquin (Guatemala) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Liseth from El Remate (Guatemala) - I surfed her couch
May 2017: Victor from Bacalar (Mexico) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Lilia from Playa Del Carmen (Mexico) - I surfed her couch
May 2017: Rodrigo from Valladolid (Mexico) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Alexis from Puerto Morelos (Mexico) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Jessica from Cancun (Mexico) - I surfed her couch
May 2017: Daniel from San Juan (Guatemala) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Guillermo from Antigua (Guatemala) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Jonathan from Guatemala Ciudad (Guatemala) - I surfed his couch
May 2017: Paul from Atlanta (United States) - I surfed his couch
Jul 2017: Marie and Anthony from Paris and Nice (France) - They surfed my couch
Aug 2017: Anais and Sullivan from Valanciennes (France) - They surfed my couch
Nov 2017: Margarita from Moscow (Russia) - She surfed my couch
Sep 2018: Sacha from Moscow (Russia) - She showed me around
Sep 2018: Alexander from Saint Petersburg (Russia) - I surfed his couch
Oct 2018: Maria and Anya from Yekaterinburg (Russia) - They surfed my couch

Interests

Travels, foreign langages, music, sports (volley-ball and running), cooking

• cooking
• wine
• running
• music
• sports
• volleyball
• travelling
• whisky

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: How could a life look like without music? I like (almost) all kind of music styles.

Movies: I don't have much time to watch TV...

Books: I don't have much time to read books...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Climbing in a day the Djebel Toubkal, North-African highest mountain standing at 4167m (Morocco, October 2017)
- Watching volcano eruption in Guatemala (volcano Fuego, May 2017)
- Caring for children in a humanitarian project in Hanoi (Vietnam, November 2009)
- Jumping in an almost-frozen Baltic See after a Sauna bath in the middle of the night (Finland, January 2007).
- Being in 14 different countries during the year 2006.
- Shooting with M16 in Vietnam and with AK47 in Russia

Teach, Learn, Share

I really enjoy cooking so I guess I could share some recipes. I could also teach some French for those who'd like learn or improve.

I'd like to learn music instruments. I know it takes quite a lot of time but I guess we could still take the first steps together!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Finland