CURRENT MISSION

'run into the desert of life with my arms wide open'

ABOUT ME

i love to travel and meet people, communicate with everyone all over the world
i love to learn from others and other cultures

PHILOSOPHY

si amas algo, dejalo libre, si vuelve a ti es tuyo, si no nunca lo fue

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

It's all on the map

It is what it is...

si vives tu leyenda personal, cualquier dia es un buen dia para morir (Poelo Coelho)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

ITs a while ago I wrote all the following. So for now: I enjoy meeting new people every now and then while travelling, welcoming people to our place.

I go to barmeetings and other CS events and meet other people there, show surfers coming to my place around

go surfing couches myself
contact people abroad for meeting
sometimes organize events
receive surfers at my place
talk about CS to almost everyone I meet :-)

try to help organizing some events

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

received surfers at my place:2009:
Neal Guilbert, Rumiko and François (Lille)
Astrid (Norway) and Harm (Holland),
Didier (Switzerland)
Tad (Australia)
Gabriel (Canada)
Elena and Christina (Germany)
Burak and Romina (Turkey)
Désirée and Lauranne (Switserland)
Andrea(Italy)

2010
Bernard (Bruges)
Thierry and Adrian (Lille)
Anna, Lisa and Lisa (au pairs staying in Holland)
Federico (Argentina/studying in Madrid)
Bert Hauspie (Gent)

2011 :
Marketa and friend (Czech Republic)
Colin and Hannah (California)

surfed a couch in
Austria (Wien), Sweden (Stockholm),Greece (Athens), Egypt (Dahab,Giza), Spain (Madrid), Belgium (Antwerp,Charleroi, Bruges, Brussels, Ostend, Roeselare), The Netherlands (Utrecht, alfen an den Rein), Turkey (Gaziantep,Konya,Afyon,Denizli,Diyarbakir,Istanbul), Bulgaria (Sofia)

2012:
hosted girls from Finland (Helsinki)and Germany for the new years event

surfed couch in Finland (Helsinki)

met people from couchsurfing for a drink or showing around in Finland (Turku and Helsinki),Sweden (Stockholm), Spain (Madrid), Egypt (Cairo), Turkey (Ankara,Konya,Denizli)

participated on meetings in
Antwerp (of course!!)2008-2009-2010
Oostende (great beach weekend!)2009-2010
Brussels: CS-happening: 2010
Switzerland: the paella meeting 2009
Utrecht: British Comedy Night October 2010
Turkey: barmeetings, picknick feb-april 2011

organized some meetings/events in
Antwerp: 2009-2010
Stockholm: 2010
Ankara: 2011

Interests

travelling, meeting with friends, dance salsa, swing and other kinds of music, reiki, stones, volunteering, youth at risk, above all learn about other cultures, help people, have fun and relax, but allways with respect towards other people, oncology massage

• dancing
• cooking
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• languages
• medicine
• volunteering
• au-pair
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

movie: into the wild, diarios motocyclistas
music: I like allmost everything but am bit sensitive to very loud music, have a very bad memory for remembering names of musicians
books: mix of stories which don't go too deep and which just make me smile on the one hand but also love reading Paulo Coelho's books and books about coaching, personal development in all kind of ways, healing, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the year i spent in Bolivia was the most amazing time of my life, beautiful country, beautiful people and I felt more than ever connected to nature and Pachamama

Now I just keep meeting wonderful people through CS :-)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach and learn: languages
Learn: more languages from all over the world, more salsa, swing, about all kinds of alternative medicine, taking as well care of myself as I do for others etc.

Share: travel (and other) experiences, cultural things, cooking, massage if i'm in the mood, reiki, stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

reiki, aromatherapy, travel and life experiences, life coaching :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Peru, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Turkey

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