CURRENT MISSION

Getting to know new people, countries, ideas and cultures

ABOUT ME

I am an enthusiastic guy, filled with ideas, fantasies and who believes in the good of people. I listen to vinyl records, share ideas about my view upon life, like to write (fiction) and play guitar once in a while.
I am a dude that's into going out, just talking for hours about everything and nothing or watching a movie and simply hanging out.

A journey is an adventure for me when I meet and talk to strangers who are open for open conversations. I also like to visit cities to see what (street) art and historic places they have.

PHILOSOPHY

Work to live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new on CouchSurfing, but I saw there are a lot of local initiatives and I want to be active during these events. I also share my couch and mattress with people. I had some couchsurfers come over to my place a few months ago and this was so much fun I decided to get on CouchSurfing too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No experience yet throughout this site. I did sleep at a lot of couches during my backpacking trip in Australia though. And I've had some couch surfers staying at my place already.

Interests

Live music, culture, communications and I like to cook special meals every now and then. I spend my time working in Breda as a mobile payment specialist and advisor four days a week. Besides that I'm a self employed professional. I like to talk to people about what drives them and what doesn't. I like to talk to strangers, because everone has a story in life worth listening to.

• birds
• reptiles
• arts
• culture
• cooking
• music
• live music
• guitar
• backpacking
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Deep Purple, Bob Dylan, The Who, Foo Fighters, Madlib.
Pulp Fiction, Batman, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Green Mile, LOTR, The Shawshank Redemption, Don't be a Menace, The usual suspects.
Books: Richard Branson, LOTR, I hope they serve beer in hell, The Alphabet of manlihood

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen a huge part of Australia during a backpacking trip. The gorges at Karijini National Parc are defenitely worthy of a visit, but don't forget to being three spare tyres. It's a range of gorges caved in the middle of a dessert of a few hundred feet deep. You couldn't imagine so many drinkable water, birds, reptiles and green being there, after driving through a desert for five hours just to get there.

Besides that I was very impressed when visiting Dubai and Abu Dabi. It's amazing to see what money can do to a dessert, transforming it into a city filled with ugly buildings and golden lanterns everywhere.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: About mobile payment acceptance, the use of media, developing a content strategy online etc.
Learn: I want to learn Spanish, more about marketing and how to manage a band
I'm about to share a lot. You can find me on Twitter (@GijsMolsbergen, Google+ and LinkedIn)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands