Follow me this year on my world tour: www.polarsteps.com/jelle
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Hello my name is Jelle and I'm a 24 year old student from The Netherlands! I was born in the city of Haarlem close to Amsterdam. At the moment I'm living in Enkhuizen with my brother, sister and parents. Enkhuizen is a typical dutch city with an old medieval centre. Of course we have some windmills around!

Right now I'm finishing my bachelor course at Tio University in Amsterdam. Just three more months to go! Before that I went to a creative school where I learned how to use my talent as a graphic designer.
In 2012 I started my own freelance company. I got a lot of respons and clients the last couple of years.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because I want to meet people from all around the world! My travels brought me to many different cultures already and I'm just fascinating to learn more from other countries in this big wide world.
Also I think that staying at locals instead of hotels/hostels sometimes will give you a way better view and perspective.

If you want to get an idea from who I am, check out my Instagram:
www.instagram.com/jelledg

兴趣

Some of my hobbies are traveling (all around the world!), watching sports, make creative things, meet new people, go out with friends, listening to music, cooking, telling people stories from my experiences in Africa, Asia and North-America

• design
• graphic design
• beauty
• cooking
• partying
• traveling
• watching sports
• socializing
• music
• skydiving
• sports
• freelancing

音乐、电影和书籍

I listen to a lot of different music. My favorite music is country, pop, pop/rock and alternative. My favorite artists are Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, James Blunt, Eddie Vedder,

Some movies I like most are Into The Wild, The Place Beyond the Pines, Pulp Fiction (most movies of Quentin Tarantino)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

At my internship in Vancouver, Canada we went to a big party. They gave away a lot of prices with some kind of lottery. I was already thinking of leaving but then they yelled my name! I won a skydive jump for free. Never thought of doing this in my life, but now I had to of course! And I did :)

If you like to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZD4J2zZM-s

教，学，和分享

I really want to share my feeling about stepping outside the comfortzone people live in. Planning is good but planning everything makes you're life depends on this. You should always choose yourself above all, and just some times step out into the world

I want to share on of my favorite quotes:

'The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.'

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can share my experiences with other cultures.. But I really want to give my host something in return. I can help you with a free flyer, brochure, photobook, making a website even helping creating a logo :)

It's my intention to always give something back

我游览过的国家

Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

我居住过的国家

Canada, Kenya, Netherlands