CURRENT MISSION

looking for a place to head for. UPDATE: FOUND!

ABOUT ME

Hard to say - but i think a look at my interests and philosphy will give some idea.

If someone has interesting stories to tell and the way someone lives pleases me i can be a good friend. Besides that i like my rest and i love quiet places - but the rush of the awakening city too. I managed to make an Italian in Rome in a shop believe i was born in Italy, so much i felt at home in Rome. I like to not act and behave as a tourist but more as a local and integrate in the local life.

Working hard is one of my passions (sometimes too hard, then i really exhaust myself). I don't give up easily and am always looking for ways to solve a problem.

PHILOSOPHY

Just do it - and live it.
However this is sometimes hard for me, it is one thing i would like to live to.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

During my 4 months trip through Eastern Europe, I used CouchSurfing to meet local people. After such nice experiences, I am definitely willing to offer my couch to travellers!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in France, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, Romania and Poland and met so many very very hospitable and nice people. Couchsurfing really changed my way of travelling.

I left like a friend, when I came like a stranger!

Interests

The earth, in all its aspects. Good (pure) food. Nature, photography. Sustainability. Demolishing things, so i can fix them ;) Like my car. Walking and wild-camping. Mountains. France. Switzerland. Romania and the rest of Eastern Europe. Remote and abandoned places. Dirty small roads - winding up mountains to small cabins where the fire is on and life slows down.

What interests me is how a place can feel 'far away' from civilisation - even if it is geographycially near. From what things arises this feeling. I would like to meet people and experience how they manage to survive and keep up their living in small places.

• photography
• dining
• walking
• shopping
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• camping
• geography
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES, Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Into the Wild, Paul dans sa vie, Gran Torino, The Godfather, Big Fish, 21 Grams, (French) Cult-movies

MUSIC, Blankass, Arctic Monkeys, Röyksopp, Owl City, The Police, The xx, Laura Veirs, Andreas Vollenweider, Fleetwood Mac, Kings of Convenience, Vivaldi, Satie, Chopin, Passion Pit, Queen, Florence and the Machine, Supertramp, Metric, Arabian Lounge, The Whitest Boy Alive, Eagles, Pavel Straten, Yann Tiersen, and from time to time just top40 (but not for too long).

BOOKS, i like literature, i don't like thrillers and cheap 'Nikki French-alike' books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Hiked 3 times for 2 weeks in the Alps. On my own and slept underneath a tarp. Felt one with the nature.
- Made people believe I was a Frenchman in France, a Swiss in Switzerland (by Germans) and an Italian in Italy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can learn you how to read the landscape and deduct the landscape-history from what you visually see. I have studied Physical Geography and can share some of the things I have learned. I can share you some of my experience as a mountain hiker and wildcamper.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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