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Overview

  • 19 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning Arabic (Morocco), Turkish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2011
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

meet new people in my hometown Ghent!

ABOUT ME

I was born in Ghent, a medium-sized town in Northern Belgium. Most of my young life, I spend in that city. I went to school, and started my university studies over there. During the last half year of these studies, I went on Erasmus to Istanbul. Afterwards, I moved to Brussels for two years to study at a French-speaking university.

From 2011 to 2013, I lived in Agadir, Morocco, where I worked in a drinking water program of the Belgian development agency. Now I'm back in Belgium and I would love to meet new people through CouchSurfing in my hometown.

I've been a leader in a youth movement for disabled children for five years. I like to travel and to meet people with other cultural backgrounds. Although Belgium is a beer country par excellence, I love having a good conversation with a glass of tea.

PHILOSOPHY

Three of my favorite quotes:

"Life is like a tree, alone and free. And like a forest, connected" - Nazim Hikmet

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett

"Resistance does not start with big words but with small deeds" - Remco Campert

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd like to meet new people

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted many CouchSurfers in my apartment in Agadir, Morocco and I was a CouchSurfer myself a few times while visiting the region.

Interests

Scouting, running, swimming, reading books, watching alternative movies, discussing politics, travelling

  • books
  • cooking
  • beer
  • vegetarian
  • running
  • drinking
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • guitar
  • swimming
  • study abroad

Teach, Learn, Share

I could learn you:
- Dutch, English, French, a bit of Turkish
- how to make a tajine
- how to make mint tea
- about pioneering wooden structures
- everything about Iranian politics (might not be that interesting)
- how to play The City Sleeps/Werewolves, which is definitely the coolest social game ever!

I would like to learn:
- your ideas about a lot of things
- how to play guitar
- how to cook good vegetarian meals
- about places that are worth to visit
- how to walk on the ceiling (could be pretty interesting to see the world from that perspective)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Morocco, Turkey

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