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Overview

  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • Bee researcher
  • student in forest and nature-conservation, ecology, curre...
  • From den bosch
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

travel the world and play everywhere in this beautyfull playground called planet earth

ABOUT ME

I´m a happy, kind girl. I love to cook, mostly vegetarian. And enjoy long meals with loveley people, and have long dinner conversations. And baking :) I like bees and pollination! Love them, and that's why I work with bees. Currently I am working in a EU project studying the effects of transgene plants on bees. But I am not only about work, maintaining a good balance is very important. Going outside to play! dancing! drawing, drinking, talking, that kind of stuff. I want to learn portugese, but I haven't started yet. Brasil is one of the countries I would like to live; the land of capoeira and caipirina. But for now I am happy in Europe, lots to discover here still.

PHILOSOPHY

don't take it seriously...it's more fun that way

Interests

stuff...like nature, food, books, learning, hiking, breathing, nose-pickin (I enjoy a clean nose! nothing wrong with that), the bass in music, the music around the bass, honey, my grandma's stories, gardening, making things, anything, but mostly food-related, going out for dinner, cleaning dirty surfaces, but only if they are dirty, otherwise it's not satisfying, riding my bike, quaint villages, swimming outside, stories...

  • books
  • dancing
  • capoeira
  • dining
  • cooking
  • baking
  • vegetarian
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • swimming
  • ecology
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I love travel-books, and anything that is slightly on the edge of science, I always like something new to think or be amazed about. One of my favourits are: pontin's green history of the world, momo, never ending story, spiritual plant healing, all books by roald dahl and paolo coelho,..
Music: Sigur ros, Corvus corax, Rachmaninof, Debusy, Tool, Goa, Chopin, Jazz..
Movies: tearjerkers, trippy movies, action movies make me fall asleep, especially when things start to explode and cars start chasing each other, yawn.I love love documentaries, even when it´s just a docu about lions and their daily sleeproutine, or an egyptian docu about stuff you,ve seen on discovery a thousend times.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

While travelling I lived in a removal-truck one the road for one week. It was a huge truck of an interstate-removal-company in australia. The owners name was Brian Adams, he picked me up while I was hitch -hiking and I ended up sharing a cabin with Brian Adams for one week. It was the longest ride I ever had: 1750 miles!! Brian adams also fed me during that time, it was a great cs experience although it technically wasn´t a couch.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to learn& teach languages, about meditation, meditate together, learn about relegions, (indigenous) cultures, alternative medicines, ecology (!) and lately about financial crisis and how all that works (I'm clueless in that sector, but it fascinates me)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Uganda

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