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Overview

  • 46 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • On the quest towards my Ikigaï :D
  • strict but open minded, polite and with a lot of care
  • From Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

collecting as many memories as possible that put a :) on your face when you think of them again later on :)

ABOUT ME

All about me... hmm... that’s a hard one, i don’t even think i know/understand all about myself yet :/ but maybe i can give a you a few fun facts ;)

- I’m a little belgian girl and proud to be so :) I’m a true brusselair or what they call a zinneke here, which is also what they call those crossbread street dogs... so yep, that’s what i am, a crossbread Belgian, a mix of the frenchspeaking & dutchspeaking side :D

- I LOVE my city and being/living here, but at the same time waaay too curious and want to go and see other places all the time which took me to 6 different countries in about 10 years :) As we say in dutch, I have fire underneath my butt! ;)

- Studies include astronomy, space technologies and astrophotonics... ‘astro-what?!?’ i hear you say! Yeah, just remember space and stars ;)

- Now, i’m not sure what i’m going to do with this, still on the quest to find that one thing that allows me to combine all i love! :)

I think that’s enough facts for now, no? If you want more, you can always scroll down to read the rest of the profile and references ;)

PHILOSOPHY

- Life is as good as you make it! -

- no muss no fuss! -

- i do not want to die an unlived life! -

don't take yourself too seriously, treat people the way you would treat yourself, be there for the others, especially the people you love!

ok ok, getting a bit sensitive here ;) but wouldn't it be good if the whole world turns like that? :)

ok, here's another:
'it's better to regret something you've done than something you haven't done' so just go for it!

not from me, but I like it:
"...aprendes que la felicidad no existe, que solo hay momentos y que tienes que intentar tener el máximo de esos momentos..."

last one for the road:
stop for a moment, breath and just enjoy the simple things in life!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to try and include couchsurfers in my everyday life when I can, show them my favourite places, make them see what it's like to live in the city they're visiting :)

I therefore only accept people when I really have time to spend with them or have the feeling I can really help out and add that special little touch to their travel (or try to at least ;) )

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All my cs experiences have been really great and I want to thank all the people that accepted my requests for sharing their time with me and making my travels that extra little (well actually a lot) special! :)
thanx Kim, Andreas, Gerardo, Sebastien, Samuel, Claudia, Florencia, Patricia, Coen, Marjorie, Sandra, Vivian&Adrian, Manda, Julia, Steve, Pete, Konstantina, Ali, Vito, Vijay, Amshu and Sathya!

And to the cs visitors that made my everyday life that extra little special too! :)
thanx Dilip, Alona, Fox, Jay, Sam, Rafael, Mat, Yancy, Cooper, Rita, Øyvind&Pia, Chloe&Marie-Eve, Guillaume, Paula&James, LLoyd&Kelsey and the whole Sydney CS crew!

Interests

been blown over by wonderful STORIES, DREAM,
TRAVEL, meeting new people, new cultures,
DANCE, dance and dance more,
Being surrounded by many different languages, hear them, speak them, but in particularly speak SPANISH,
the taste of all kinds of FOOD and learn to COOK them,
BAKING, creating new concoctions,
FACEPAINTING, dressing up,
PHOTOGRAPHY, fresh air, outdoors SPORTS,
climbing to the highest point and enjoy the wonderful views, ROCKCLIMBING,
looking up at the STARS and see so many shooting ones that you don't know what to wish for anymore,
the first SNOWfall of the winter,
LAUGH so much your tummy hurts and tears roll out of your eyes,
bombdrops when trampolining,
dance again :)
HUGS, all sorts and kinds, but only sincere ones!
be AMAZED and having my eyes grow big like when little kids see their favourite toy through the window of a toystore :o)

  • dogs
  • photography
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • baking
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • hunting
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • astronomy
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

depending on my mood

music: anything that makes my toes jiggle :)
(they jiggle quite easily, but on 'hardcore all you can hear is screaming' type, they kind of paralise...)

book: 'Starseeker' from Tim Bowler
i was sad when I finished reading it, not because of the story, but because i enjoyed it so much, I didn't want it to end

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i'm constantly looking for new amazements! :)
and as for the ones i experienced already, i'm sure some of them will come up in our conversations to be had :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Guadeloupe, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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