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Overview

  • 9 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, Spanish; learning French, German
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Management Trainee
  • Master European Policy
  • From Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Let the sun shine in Amsterdam

ABOUT ME

I'm an open minded girl who lives in Amsterdam.

PHILOSOPHY

Keep on challenging yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experience was when I met some couch surfers at a party in Amsterdam. Convinced by their positive experiences I went to the Couchsurfing HQ in Buenos Aires which was fun and a very good way to meet some people to continue travelling with through South America. When I had an appartment in Chile I hosted some of them and now friends from all over the world come to visit me in Amsterdam because I told them how great my city is!

Interests

Latin America, skiing (in the Andes!!), Nature, Festivals, Clubbing, Wining and dining, Live music, techno, backpacking, bicycle racing, running, swimming, Playa, Horseback riding, getting off the beaten track.

  • festivals
  • dining
  • marathon
  • running
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • yachting
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • equestrian
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • rock climbing
  • track and field
  • swimming
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
The discovery of Heaven - Harry Mulisch (Dutch writer)
The kite runner - Khaled Hosseini (Afganistan)
Desert flower - Waris Dirie (Somalia)
De amor y de sombra - Isabel Allende (Chile)
Series: Heroes & Lost
Movies: Babel, The Truman show, the Usual Suspects

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Horse trip through the mountains with a mystic cowboy, Cappadoccia, Turkey.
Climbing the Santa María Volcano, Guatemala.
Running the 1/2 marathon, Amsterdam.
Iguazú Falls, Argentina.
Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru.
Lost City hike, Colombia.
Skiing in Chile, the Andes.
Skiing on the Hintertuxer gletscher, Austria.
Niagra falls, Canada.
Island hopping with a sailing yacht, Greece.
Tikal, Guatemala.
Funeral (Slaughtering) ceremony, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi.
Scuba diving around Sipadan and being surrounded by thousands of barracuda's, big sea turtles and sharks, Borneo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Indonesia, Malaysia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Chile, Netherlands, Spain

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