CURRENT MISSION

Fill in the blanks, getting out of the comfort zone and gathering new experiences!

ABOUT ME

Hello, I believe that I am very open-minded and have very broad interests. I am just keen to know and learn almost everything. I love great food, good wine and find it interesting to meet new people! In addition, I try to live day-by-day, without an agenda. As a former athlete who did not had time to absorb the culture of the places I have been, I now want to plunge myself into local cultures via it's inhabitants. I believe that every person has great assets, it is only in the eye of the beholder to be open and find those qualities!

PHILOSOPHY

Be passionate, live day-by-day.
Try to experience new things every day!

"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite."

Interests

Music (bleus, jazz, grunge, rock, rock & roll, indie, folk and open to other genres with meaningful lyrics or great sounds, planning to play the harmonica for a while!)
Sports (running in the outdoors, cycling in the mountains, swimming, kayak, keen to learn some surfing!!!)
Reading books (novels, non-fiction, biographies, philosophy - Shoppenhauer / Nietzsche)
Coaching people, trying to get the best out of others (particularly their physiology but with a hollistic approach)
Studying (academic: kinesiology, physiotherapy, teaching & in spare-time: history, psychology)
Movies (Into the wild, The Doors, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, ...)
Series (Californication, The Sopranos, South Park, ...)

• culture
• books
• beauty
• dancing
• tango
• dining
• wine
• triathlon
• running
• athlete
• coach
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• kayaking
• surfing
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• gymnastics
• swimming
• world cup
• history
• psychology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Into the wild, The Doors, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, V for Vendetta

Series: Californication, The Sopranos, South Park, The Office

Books: On the Road - Jack Kerouac, Blink / Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Into the wild / Into thin air - Jon Krakauer

Music: The Doors, John Lee Hooker, Robert Plant, Kings of Leon, Black Box Revelation, Neil Young, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam and many other genres such as jazz, bleus, (classic) rock, party music, reggae, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. First ever couchsurfing experience and traveling alone to Barcelona! 2. Competing for my country at the European championships as a junior triathlete.
3. I was amazed by the beauty of Rome, as it is unbelievable that the Romans were able to build such impressive structures with an exceptional eye for detail.
4. Amsterdam - World cup final: 100.000 chauvinistic, crazy dutchmen, from ectasy to despair
5. The ascent of Col du Galibier, magnificent views, a 3-hour ride through nature's beauty

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: all kind of sports (basics of football, basketball, kayaking, gymnastics, dancing, athletics, judo and everything of swimming, biking, running and triathlon as I am a coach of several athletes).

Learn: some more dancing (salsa, rock and roll, breakdance, rumba, tango, ...). Playing guitar / ukelele / harmonica / ...

Share: perspectives on life in general, philosophy (Nietzsche, Schopenhauer)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium