I'm a typical Dutch girl, love my bike, love our traditions. But the Netherlands are quite small, so it is quite necessary to look across the border.. and that's what I'm doing! One of the best parts of working as a freelance editor/translator is that you can plan your trips easily :) I believe I'm a creative and curious person, eager to learn all about you!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The adventure, the adventure! I think it's an easy way of meeting new people, and a far more interesting way of seeing a country than staying in ho(s)tels all the time.

Interests

Books (I'm in a non-stop search for yet another bookshelf), translating, talking to people and ask them many questions, riding my bike, cooking and baking (and willing to cook my specialties for guests/hosts!), long walks in the forest, endless conversation over coffee, the seaside, sometimes drawing, horrormovies, did I mention books?

• books
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• drawing
• cycling
• rock climbing
• archeology
• freelancing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Kings of Convenience, Radiohead, Serge Gainsbourg (and the film about him), Fleetwood Mac, disco-music, Villagers.. Notting Hill, Goodbye Lenin, ...
It's hard to pick fav books, but Nabokov is great, as is 1984 by Orwell, plus I love Dutch writers.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Europe's highest dune in France, living with the French, go on an archeology trip in Rome (it.was.hot.), work at a publishing house in Amsterdam and actually getting paid to read... That's more than one thing, right? I've always been bad at choosing one thing only...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you all about the Dutch, bake you one of their favourite cookies (speculaas), make you happy with my coloured socks, teach you some French (and Dutch ofcourse)... I'm open to learn all about your traditions and anything that'll come in handy (or is just good fun)!

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands