ABOUT ME

I'm an enthusiastic ecologist, working on aquatic insects at the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, The Netherlands. I enjoy studying, looking and listening to the tremendous diversity of birds, insects and people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After lots of travels and many surfed couches (outside the CS-network), my opportunities to travel became much sparser (work, money, responsibilities etc.). So instead of go out and see the world, the CS-network provides an opportunity to bring something of the world to my own house.

Interests

wetlands, birds, cycling, (inline) skating, snorkling, reading, drawing, photoshop, crayfish, waterbeetles & other aquatic creatures

• birds
• insects
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• cycling
• ecology
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Beatles, Shins, Queen, Fleetwood Mac. Movie/TV: Crocodile Dundee, Cookies Fortune, Zahrada, The Wire, Flight of the Conchords. Books: autobiographies in general

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to eastern Poland by myself at age 16 was quite impressive.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Finland, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands