I am a thinker, a creative person, a writer. In other words: I am creativity. A free spirit. I am passion. Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring laughter. I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feet. I am movement. Vivid colors. I am the urge to paint on empty canvas. I am boundless imagination. Art. Design. I sense. I feel. I am everything I wanted to be.
And I love to cook :-D

• I can live alone for a longtime in solitary places, but also like the crowded city-life.
• I do not smoke or drink – except sometimes a glass of wine.
• I am a neat and clean person, highly disciplined.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to discover new area's, meet new people, absorb cultures… I love to learn new things. I enjoy every minute when I come in a new town, village or area. I flourish when I taste new flavours, discover the history of a town and explore nature.

Interests

• books
• literature
• cooking
• hiking
• swimming
• local food
• local history

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Classical, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, Stars of the Lid, Nina Simone, Jacques Brel …
MOVIES: Heat, Once upon a time in the West, The Godfather I, II, III — Al movies of Wes Anderson (The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel) and Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris, Match Point).
BOOKS: Engels voor leugens (Betram Koeleman), The history of love (Nicole Krauss), Veronderstellingen (Annelies Verbeke), The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson), l'Elégance du hérisson résumé (Muriel Barbery), …
WRITERS (English): Raymond Carver, Alice Munro, James Joyce, Lydia Davis, Julian Barnes, Vladimir Nabokov, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, George Orwell, Roald Dahl …
WRITERS (Dutch/Flemish): Betram Koeleman, Bernard Dewulf, Annelies Verbeke, Louis Paul Boon, Paul van Ostaijen

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: I can learn how to cook in Italian/French-Bistro-style, but also vegetarian and vegan
LEARN: I love to learn new things

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm passioned about certain thing (see my interests) I love to talk about & share. And of course also: lots of enthusiasm!!! :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, South Africa