Hi!

I'm Jop, 28 years old and I live in Den Bosch in the Netherlands. I live together with my girlfriend Emma and our blind cat Boem 🐱 .

I work as a Data Scientist at an online grocery store, which I really enjoy. Outside of work I enjoy sports (socces, volleybal, padel, cross fit, running, swimming) and cooking 👩‍🍳!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Although I'm a newbie couch surfer, I hope that couch surfing will enable me to meet new people, share experiences, and immerse myself in different cultures. I also hope I'll give me better insight into to true nature of a country & culture, by being able to avoid the copy+paste AirB&B & hostels you find anywhere nowadays.

Interests

• cooking
• crossfit
• sports
• swimming
• programming
• data science

Music, Movies, and Books

🎶
All kinds of indie-rock, disco-funk, singer-songwriter/folk (think Parcels, The War on Drugs, Nick Mulvey, Michael Kiwanuka, Sam Fender etc.)

📚
All books by Robbin Hobb, Life of Pi, Ready Player One, The Martian

🎥
Intouchables, Forrest Gump, Interstellar

🎬
The Office, Friends, Brooklyn 99, Game of Thrones

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in Taiwan for half a year
Ran a marathon
Made my own kimchi, sourdough bread & kombucha
Adopted a blind stray cat from Greece

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Netherlands, Taiwan