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  • 69 references 58 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French, Romanian
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • massage therapist and Ayurveda Practitioner
  • former architect. almost ayurvedic doctor :)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

if you are not living on the edge, than you are taking up too much space!!!

ABOUT ME

i love the mountains, the sun and the rain, good music and good company :). I am a happy person and friends say that sometimes I'm too optimistic. The rest i will let you to discover...

PHILOSOPHY

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
"if you don't feel you are a child, than you died a long time ago" Brancusi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted lots of people in Cluj, and now my doors are again open in Amsterdam after being mysefl on the road for about 3 years.
I spread the word....only to the right persons... During my Erasmus i missed a lot hosting people, but in 9 sq meters it was almost impossible

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a host in Amsterdam!!! and previously hosted people in Cluj-Napoca and during my Erasmus i had some nice experiences with surfing or attending CS meetings

Interests

hiking, rock climbing, dancing, skiing, cycling, cooking simple meals,photography, Ayurveda, yoga...flying with sailplanes
and off course travelling, like anyone else here :)

  • arts
  • culture
  • photography
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • flying
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • study abroad
  • hitchhiking
  • mountains
  • ayurveda

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I love Ingmar Bergman's movies and then...love TED talks.

Music: quickly, what comes now to my mind: Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Bjork, Les Ogres de Barback, Verdi, Fado music, pfff...i like discovering so if you can bring some of your music, that will be great....etc

Books: Hopefull Monsters- Nicholas Mosley is my favourite book so far. Then I've been reading lots of psychology lately, mostly because I want to understand how my mind works. Found really interesting: A mind of its own - Cordelia Fine (on how our minds sabotage and play tricks on us)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i think everything in this world is amazing, we just have to look at things in a different way to notice their uniqueness.

cycling from Romania to north of Spain!!!

being on the top of La Caldera, on La Palma, Canary Islands.

hitchhiking alone from north of France to Romania

"dead" volcanoes, but still young in geological time - in Auvergne, France, near Clermont Ferrand

flying with a sailplane!!!

ERASMUSSS!!!

hiking in Le Massif de la Chartreuse, France

Teach, Learn, Share

i can give you the virus of adventure sports, i would love to cook for you some specific Transylvanian dishes...
I can teach you some simple tricks to give an awesome massage to friends!!!
I would like to learn to play harmonica, to be more equilibrated, to sail...
to discover a little bit of Romanian culture, follow these links:
a pretty nice short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzcuBbztn-0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GharErIGmM&feature=player_embedded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Romania
phantomima:
Dan Puric: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCYVv1z4TA&feature=related
film:
Nae Caranfil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS5FhSQlkTc&feature=related
Cristian Mungiu: 432-Palm D'or winner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzitmvuOLKE
arts:
Dan Perjovschi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Perjovschi
music:
floklore:
Grigore Lese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctzOaW9RA6o
Maria Lataretu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg_8DbHHxxE&feature=related
Maria Ciobanu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUCoucWai8
A world without Romania: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCf8NWJ8kzA
About Dracula: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b15q0Zee-i0&feature=player_embedded#!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Romania, Spain

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