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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning Fijian, German, Spanish
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • journalist, ceo
  • journalism
  • From Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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About Me

Always curious, very social and excited. Never a bore, never wasted, but always trying to capture the moment. I love exploring and walking around. It makes me very happy to be around people who are openminded, optimistic and live up to whatever they want to be.

I don't make a fuzz about small things and am very easygoing. Independent as a person but very happy to have you around if you are up for some company. Water is life and it definitely puts a smile on my face. I'm obsessed with our oceans and put all my efforts in shark and ocean conservation these days!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I will never forget my experiences from this brilliant initiative.
Local is for me always the way to go as it brings stories to the table. I'm forever curious with anything, every one, anywhere, everywhere but do want to visit as much ocean life as possible. To keep things on budget and still feel as welcome as I want people to feel around me, I think couchsurfing is the best solution.

To all you hosts out there, your warm hearts and open minds are making me instant happy.

Interests

I am in love with accents and dialects. If you are wearing a smile, I'd always smile back, we never want to ruin the good vibes , do we! The best feeling in the world for me is flying, driving around in my car and being in the water.
Up for almost anything! Just not a big fan of birds and staircases.

  • animals
  • culture
  • cooking
  • flying
  • hiking
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • swimming
  • journalism
  • biking
  • ocean
  • boats
  • water
  • conservation
  • nature conservation
  • local
  • sharks
  • welcome
  • mangroves

Music, Movies, and Books

My Spotify is your Spotify, let's make some lists together and dance the night away on a beach!

Amélie Nothomb is this wonderful Belgian/ French / Japanese writer who comes up with the weirdest but also funniest of scenarios for her protagonists. I have read all of her books and they either made me reflect on life in a deep way, brought tears to my eyes or I rolled on the floor laughing out loud.

I can recommend some very good documentaries for you! once and awhile I like to watch a series or something like

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

simply: If you need a hand, I'm there to help out big or small.
- quit my fulltime job to volunteer in Fiji
I dedicate my life to sharks and our oceans these days so diving around 80 bull sharks, tigers sharks, lemon sharks, nurse sharks,...
I gave up on being scared and got out of my stressy workaholic life from Europe and took opportunities in my own hands.
Never felt better than these last years!

Teach, Learn, Share

learn:
FLY
hot air ballooning
advance my sailing skills
help more and other sorts of animals, study them and release them back to the wild if possible
...
teach, Share,..
the languages I speak I can ofcourse practice with you
let's share food idea's and discover a new crazy sport! always in to put my adventure pants on!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you how to be a videographer, how to dive and be forever curious.
Ask away, we might learn smth together!

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Denmark, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Samoa, Spain, Switzerland, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Fiji

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