Hey! I’m Emile

Couchsurfing is a unique way of meeting new people and I’m happy to be a part of it!
For me it has been lots of fascinating encounters, experiences and becoming friends for life.
Please write me about anything, meeting, hosting, life etc!

I asked my mum at 7 years old which country is the furthest away from the Netherlands. She told me New Zealand, which is where I wanted to go

I first moved to Riga in Eastern Europe as a teenager to study medicine for 7 years. Then went to the UK after my medical degree in the pandemic to work in hospitals to replace doctors with Covid week after week
Then finally I was able to go to my dream land: New Zealand.

Let's go on a journey through this paradise of a magic country!

My interests used to be specific, now thanks to travelling all over the world and meeting this many people, my interests have become everything.

I am currently training as a paediatrician, you can ask me anything you like about paediatric medicine, paediatric oncology, cardiology, surgery and neonatology, they are really interesting topics!

Interests

• everything

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: whatever my friends/family play. I’ve got friends who play awesome guitar/piano/many more instruments. My housemate is an amazing DJ and my mum plays very good cello. Otherwise I like going to techno festivals, usually around Berlin.

Movies: my Nicaraguan friend plays in films, I liked seeing those.

Books: my grandfather’s literature. He has published around 30 books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My phone was hacked by the North Korean government while I was travelling around South Korea, the story is bizarre. I have partied with the Transsylvanian mafia while in Romania, I have presented an international paper on paediatric surgery in Ecuador, I won a contest on an Australian TV-show, I worked at a hospital at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro specialised in mountaineering accidents, I had a 15-minute conversation with the king of the Netherlands, many amazing adventures in Iran and Chernobyl, I can tell you about each and everyone of them.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about my own cultures (I think that would include Dutch, British and Latvian probably) and the cultures I have seen.
Or maybe about baby/children medicine and surgery if you think it's interesting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom