CURRENT MISSION

To meet other people from different nationalities who come and visit Belgium, and to find some places to stay when going to other countries

ABOUT ME

Hellooooo! I'm Gert from Belgium and I love travelling and meeting people from all over the world. And that was just the most cliché sentence I ever wrote. But hey, it's true! Unfortunately I can't have people over on my couch all the time, but sometimes I can. Anyone's who's in for a drink on their trip to Antwerp... Let me know. I'll show you around our beautiful medieval city.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life and travel A LOT!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Both surf and host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had some great moments in Italy, when I couchsurfed for a couple of nights, always with other people! I enjoyed the local food, went to a reggae festival, impersonated as a sort of Roman magistrate in one of the most picturesque towns of Italy and got to know some very interesting and sympathetic people ^^
Canada was also amazing. I stayed with four hosts in the four biggest cities of the east of Canada, and had an amazing time with each one of them!
Other great couchsurf experience so far included Barcelona, Wroclaw, Malta, Budapest, Stockholm and the Languedoc/Provence region.

Interests

My interests are music, literature, writing (I'm an aspiring writer myself), travelling, organising poetry & music events, going out with friends, perform with the band, culture, etc.

My blog: http://gertvanlerberghe.blogspot.com

I've also written a novel called "Als een Ballon" and I organize a literary event called Ballonnenvrees. I'm currently trying to get my second novel published, called "Verdwenen".

• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• performing arts
• festivals
• dining
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• music
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Into the wild, Control, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Godfather, Inception, Shutter Island, In Bruges, Fight Club, The Shawshank Redemption, Memento, Saw, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Big Lebowski and many more
Music: The Cure, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Aerosmith, The Mars Volta, Interpol, Motek, New Order, Sigur Ros, Muse, A Place To Bury Strangers, Decorate Decorate, Radiohead and many more
Books, What a carve up!, The Rotters' Club, The Closed Circle, The Rain Before It Falls, The House of Sleep, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Atonement, Les Misérables, Catch-22, Frankenstein, Dracula, Lord of the Rings, Porno, Trainspotting, Brave New World, La Bête humaine, Lord of the Flies, Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow, Leviathan, Man In the Dark, Sunset Park, Moon Palace, Invisible, Mr Vertigo, The Brooklyn Follies and many more
Comedy: Monty Python, Bottom, In de Gloria, Het Eiland, Young Ones, Blackadder, Believe Nothing, Kabouter Wesley, Neveneffecten and many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Any great experience with friends, or any incredible trip.

The 100 km hiking tour in the Icelandic highlands was absolutely amazing!