CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the world!

ABOUT ME

My name is Gwen and I'm a 24 year old Dutch girl. I absolutely adore travelling and seeing as much of the world as I possibly can. I love meeting new people and their cultures.
I'm unemployed at the moment, travelling in New Zealand and Australia right now. When I get back to the Netherlands in September I'm planning on going back to school and becoming an anesthetic nurse.

PHILOSOPHY

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As I'm travelling at the moment I'm only surfing, but I'm planning on hosting surfers as soon as I get my own place :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, so looking for people to show me a good time!

Interests

Travelling (duh!), skiing, snowboarding, hiking, cycling, kayaking, reading, writing, hanging out with friends, watching movies (still working on that IMDB top 250!)

• writing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• surfing
• skydiving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• swimming
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Harry Potter, Shantaram, the Help, Into thin Air
Movies: The Notebook, Phantom of the Opera
Music: Almost everything, though very big fan of Bon Iver and Iron & Wine.

More to come!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving in Taupo! <3

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, New Zealand, Oman, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States