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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 51, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Architect & teaching architecture
  • Architecture
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Anyway the wind blows

ABOUT ME

Together with my lovely dog Boris I live in a sunny flat which has a nice view over a big square in the North of the city centre. Sometimes in the weekends I spend some time in Ghent, where my boyfriend lives, or head to the coast.
I adore snowboarding, so several weeks in winter I go to the French Alps to enjoy the slopes of the huge PortesDuSoleil ski area. Also in summer I can appreciate the mountains for hiking, mountainbiking and rafting, but ... in general I'm a city dweller.
At the moment I'm planning an extension of my flat at the roof of the building to have extra space and 2 nice roof gardens.

PHILOSOPHY

Lifelong Learning !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I slept already on different couches, but not in the context of the CS-network.

Interests

Architecture, photography, sculpture,
Improving my cooking skills,
Snowboarding, surfing, swimming, I play water polo & once a week tennis.
Travelling.

  • dogs
  • architecture
  • photography
  • acting
  • cooking
  • beer
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • tennis
  • water polo
  • swimming
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like different books of Abdellah Taïa & Paul Theroux. But most of the things I read are non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- During my Architecture studies, I lived one year in Spain to study Urban Planning.
- I've worked for the French (street-)theatre company Royal de Luxe, as an actor/manipulator of the Giants. eighthundred thousand people came to have a look in Antwerp...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm working on an architecture guide for Antwerp. I can show you a lot of historical and contemporary buildings (and places) in our city, the surroundings and our country.
I can learn you tasting different kinds of Belgian beers.
I would like to learn how to prepare dishes from other countries and cultures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Spain

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