CURRENT MISSION

"To explore strange new cities, to seek out new life-forms and new civilizations; to boldly go where I never have gone before!"

ABOUT ME

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The name is Jonathan, I'm 30+ years and like most of the people here, I'm a total fan of travelling and the Couchsurfing-Project...! I live in Gent, the 3rd biggest city (but of course the #1 greatest) of Belgium.
My lovely apartment is 20 minutes walk from the main train station.
I'd like to meet lots of people around the world! I'm totally open-minded, always friendly, easygoing, a helping hand, and fun to be with (as I might say so myself :).
Anything else, just ask!

PHILOSOPHY

"Mens Sana In Corpore Sano."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Anyhow or way I can help, I sure will! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm not a Couchsurfing-veteran, but I had quite some experience so far :-)

Interests

I have a lót of interests; sports (all kinds, mostly long distance running, swimming, badminton), music (trying to play guitar), movies (I have a massive dvd collection and yes, even Netflix, too haha), travelling (everytime I can, solo or with friends), going out, friends, internet, I love astronomy/history/culture/science, doing crazy stuff, etc...

• culture
• cooking
• breakfast
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• skiing
• sports
• swimming
• astronomy
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: The White Stripes / Jack White, The Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Jake Bugg, The Vaccines, Kyla La Grange, George Ezra, Vance Joy, Jonathan Bree, dEUS, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Kaiser Chiefs, Raconteurs, Eels, REM, MGMT, Awolnation, Gnarls Barkley, Moby, FatBoy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Alt-J, Mazzy Star, Coldplay, U2, Blur, Ryan Adams, Lumineers, Of Monsters And Men, The Drums, Lana Del Rey, Regina Spektor, Katie Melua, Amy Winehouse, Scout Niblett, Hooverphonic, The Van Jets, Balthazar, School Is Cool, Black Box Revelation, The Customs, Millionaire, 2Many DJ's, Goose, Stromae, Viva La Fête, Groove Armada, Ratatat, Red Snapper, Starfucker, Gabriel Rios, Daan, Buscemi, Gorki, Arno, PJ Harvey, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, Offspring, Cranberries, No Doubt, Muse, Timbaland, Kanye West, Dr.Dre, Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Armand Van Helden, 2 Unlimited, Vitalic, Orbital, Rammstein, St. Germain, Manu Chao, Sergio Mendes, Shakira, Yann Tiersen, Slagsmålsklubben, Sigur Rós, Air, Enya, Vangelis,...
Together With Some Older Bands & Artists, like; Michael Jackson (big fan!), Queen, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Prince, Vaya Con Dios, Shocking Blue,, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Bangles, Roxette, Roxy Music, Gary Numan, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Fleetwood Mac, T-Rex, Boney M, Blondie, Kim Wilde, Kate Bush, Police, Stranglers, Billy Idol, Chris Isaak, Elvis, Frank & Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Animals, Kinks, Troggs, Yardbirds, Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, The Who, CCR, The Doors, Dusty Springfield, Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Metallica, Joan Jett, The Cure, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Velvet Underground (& Nico), Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Neil Diamond, Lee Hazlewood, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc, Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Jacques Brel, Adamo,... [CLASSIC: Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Rossini, John Williams,...], and many, MANY more... !

MOVIES: Lord of the Rings (& the Hobbit) films, Pulp Fiction, Amélie, Braveheart, Back To the Future Trilogy, The Matrix, Sin City, Ex Machina, A Quiet Place, First Man, Arrival, Interstellar, Gravity, The Martian, Apollo 13, Jurassic Park/Jurassic World, King Kong (2005), Many DC and Marvel films (like Dark Knight, Man Of Steel, Wonder Woman, Logan & all X-Men films, Avengers films, Iron Man, Capt. America, Thor, Spiderman, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, Venom,,...), Watchmen, Blade Runner (2049), Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, Cloverfield, Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island, Alita, Ready Player One, BumbleBee, Pacific Rim, District 9, Bright, Bird Box, Super 8, Looper, Annihilation, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Gladiator, Se7en, Green Book, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill, No Country For Old Men, Hell Or High Water, There Will Be Blood, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Saving Private Ryan, Fury, Benjamin Button, Baby Driver, LA Confidential, Usual Suspects, Bourne trilogy, John Wick films, Bond films (Casino Royale, Skyfall, Dr.No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger,...), The Man From UNCLE, Sicario, Drive, Traffic, A Bronx Tale, Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman, 12 Monkeys, Forrest Gump, Amadeus, Straight Story, Hugo, Hunger Games films, Star Trek films (old & new), Star Wars originals & the Force Awakens & Rogue One, Alien(s), Prometheus, Passengers, The Thing, Gattaca, Logan's Run, THX1138, Snowpiercer, Pitch Black, Riddick, Mad Max: Fury Road (+ original trilogy), The Mist, Hellboy, John Carter, Shape of Water, Erik the Viking, Monty Python, Police Academy, Airplane!, Hangover, Big Lebowski, Almost Famous, Big Fish, O Brother Where Art Thou, Burn After Reading, American Beauty, The Time Machine ('60 & 2002), Planet of The Apes, Count of Monte Cristo, Memento, Truman Show, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Unforgiven, True Grit, The Revenant, Fugitive, Sully, Captain Philips, Wind River, Three Billboards, Manchester by the Sea, The Drop, Get Out, Hidden Figures, Captain Fantastic, Mr. Nobody, Last Emperor, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Lost In Translation, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Swan, The Artist, Dancer In The Dark, About Schmidt, The Grand Budapest Hotel, the Royal Tenenbaums, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Hector & the Search For Happiness, Gifted, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Place Beyond the Pines, Mud, Godfather Trilogy, Escape from Alcatraz, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Some Like It Hot, Chinatown, Cool Hand Luke, The Good & Bad & Ugly, The Great Escape, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Clockwork Orange, Natural Born Killers, Eyes Wide Shut, Mulholland Drive, Bowling For Columbine, Touching the Void, Moonwalker (MJ :) , Lion, Slumdog Millionare, Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, Pan's Labyrinth, L'Auberge Espagnole, Sience of Sleep, Nymphomaniac, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Lucia y el Sexo, La Piel Que Habito, Cidade de Deus, La Meglio Gioventu, Pelle Erobreren, Lola Rennt, La Vita e Bella, Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources, Intouchables, La Promesse, Daens, Zaak Alzheimer, Steve+Sky, Hasta La Vista, Aanrijding In Moscou, Broken Circle Breakdown, Het Vonnis, De Loft, Welp, Niet Schieten, Matilda, Roger Rabbit, Finding Nemo, Up, Inside Out, Toy Stoy films, Zootopia, Antz, Iron Giant, Lion King, Jungle Book, Pinocchio, Aladdin, Fantasia, and so on...

TV / SHOWS: Cosmos:A Spacetime Odyssey, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Stranger Things, Altered Carbon, Chernobyl, True Detective, Dexter, House M.D, Sherlock, Forever, Lucifer, Taboo, en British comedies (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Little Britain, Come Fly With Me, Green Wing, Coupling, Live At The Apollo...), Smallvile, Daredevil/Punisher/Jessica Jones, Umbrella Academy, Star Trek: TNG & Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Sense8, Chicago Fire, Death In Paradise, Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Friends, Fresh Prince, Married With Children, Allo Allo, 24, Band of Brothers, Rome, Spartacus, Planet Earth, Flemish shows (In De Gloria, Het Eiland, Alles Kan Beter, Duts,...), and much more!

BOOKS: JRR Tolkien, GRR Martin, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Roald Dahl & Anthony Horowitz (youth books), Herman Brusselmans (Flemish writer), and my favo magazine: 'den Humo'! :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What I done: when was 12yo, I rescued a little girl from drowning in Monaco during the summer holiday, which partly helped to make me the lifeguard I am and worked for many years, continuing saving people's lives :) Now I'm also studying nursing!

Teach, Learn, Share

There are many things we can learn and exchange from each other, the more united the world is, the better!
But concrete, I can give swimming lessons, so if you wanna improve your swimming, I'm your guy :) (also some skiing lessons like in Terneuzen, 40min from Gent).
Or just some geeks stuff about movies, music, science, history and astronomy....and about our human body haha... Talking about our body, I can give quite good massages if I say so myself (and other people :D).

What I Can Share with Hosts

My smile and my joy :) And stories of course! Also anywhere and how I can help you during my stay, I will!
I wish I could type here that I could cook for you too, but I'm sorry....I suck BIG time :p

Of course, I can buy you a drink (or two) and do some groceries for you, or clean the place! I'm an easy sleeper (just ask for some sort of a mattress and a shower) and I don't snore (normally) :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Italy

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