I'm Charlie and I love to travel and to write and meet new people by couchsurfing, because I like to meet new people in general and have fun together and learn about your stories and different cultures.

The last few years I traveled by hitchhiking with my boyfriend. This year I traveled alone for the first time and in 6 weeks I explored the Balkan countries. It was exciting and defenitely worth it, I would realy like to travel more often on my own. :)

I love music, mountains/nature and culture and spontaneous meet ups with new people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In the past I met people of other countries by hitchhiking. I loved the stories and nice encounters with so much lovely people. This year I'm not hitchhiking because my boyfriend has to stay home for his studies, so I liked couchsurfing and see if this is a nice way to make friends as well.

Conclusion: It's even better! :) Although hitchhiking is wonderfull as well. Anywayz it makes me decide to be a host in Netherlands as well. I'm looking forward to the meet ups at my own home too. :)

Interests

I'm glad whenever I can walk around in nature with my back-pack on. It helps me to clear my head. Unexpected sights can always pop up at any given time and I love the unpredictability of this. Whenever I can see something that I would not be able to find at home I get very happy.

Music, Movies, and Books

I really love history books and works of journalists who write stories about their travels. I also love to read novels. If I had to choose between fiction and-non fiction, I guess I like non-fiction more. I prefer to learn facts and real stories.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Even if it's cold I love to swim, so this is what I did in april: swimming in the waterfalls of Kravica Bosnia, swimming in the Adriatic Sea in Greece and in the wonderfull lake in |Ohrid. It was cold but it was nice! :) Love life!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give unofficial ;-) guided tours in Utrecht and also in Klundert (my place of birth) if you'd like.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make you Indonesian dinner. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands