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Overview

  • 14 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French
  • 64, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • artist
  • lots of life
  • From Amsterdam
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

cycle till I die

ABOUT ME

I AM AWAY ON VARIOUS TRIPS AND CANNOT HOST PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
After having a year of cycling and living in different places, I chose to do another year or two of this.

I am used to camping in the wild, but it is very nice to have some warm house and nice people around me once in a while! Besides, CS is one big surprise party, full of crazy encounters.

During my trips I am trying to create some silence in my head. I carefully choose my camping spots, I meditate and I express my experience through the pictures that I make.

PHILOSOPHY

les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins (my neighbors' neighbors are my neighbors)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing and some other hospitality websites are from the nicests things in my life.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had LOADS OF VERY NICE GUESTS! These years I am traveling and surfing couches in Europe.

Interests

Being a sexy cyclist, a good cook and a happy schnappi.

I love art and a sane amount of spirituality.

  • arts
  • cooking
  • meditation
  • partying
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • camping
  • surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

I am really very into cinema. I love films. Francis Coppola, Kristof Kieslowski, Werner Herzog, Eric Rohmer. I like the movie The perfume better than the book because only in the movie i was touched by the main character.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycled in winter 2005 all across Germany, Austria an Slovenia to visit my girlfriend in Croatia. Last year I went in February to the south of France and back to Italy to Switzerland, where I was camping in the snow at minus 15 degrees. Cool!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am more and more into silence. I am interested in meditating.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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