CURRENT MISSION

Prague, Berlin or Dublin will be my next mission.

ABOUT ME

Hey! I'm Ellis, student in one of the most beautiful cities of Holland. I study Communication & Media Design, which I love. You can make me happy with music, food, nice people, red wine, conversations in the night, museums, my friends, travelling (especially hitchhiking), chocolate, festivals, art, postcards and so much more. I love those nights when someone grabs his or hers guitar when we're sitting outside and singing all night long, but I have beautiful memories of going out and dance the night away. Eye-opening conversations, people with beautiful stories and who care about the world makes me very happy.

PHILOSOPHY

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My house is always open and you are welcome to stay over at my place. I'm travelling a lot myself, so it would be awesome to use couchsurfing to meet new people on my trips.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed some couches, which was a good experience and I've hosted some people. It's a great way to travel.

Interests

Art, environment, stories, music, people, graphic design (and almost everything my study involves), travelling, hitchhiking, food, photography, culture, politics, philosophy and so on.

• fish
• arts
• culture
• singing
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• chocolate
• wine
• red wine
• politics
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• fishing
• communications
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Every kind of music: The XX, Warpaint, The tallest man on earth, Bon Iver, La pegatina, Selah Sue, Katzenjammer, Damien Rice, Case Mayfield, Wye Oak, Sufjan Stevens, Mumford & Sons, Roosbeef, Spinvis, Manu Chao, M83, Justice, La Dispute, Bjork, Lykke Li, Amatorski, Coeur de Pirate, Aphex Twin, Kings of Convenience, Jake Bugg, James Vincent Mcmorrow, Alt-J, Angus & Julia Stone, Deadmau5, Broken Bells, Faithless, Chemical Brothers, Chase & Status, The Courteneers, City & Colour, Eels, Ellioth Smith, The Beatles, Keaton Hanson etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've done and seen a lot of beautiful things. I hitchhiked through Europe where I saw a lot of different cultures, different people and everyday was a new adventure. It was amazing. Once I met this granny at the busstop and for five minutes she told me a poem her grandson made for her. He was four and it was beautiful.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Dutch, the best tricks for hitchhiking and Wonderwall on the guitar. One a guy from Turkey learned me Turkish dancing, so I would like to learn as much folkdances as possible.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands