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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, Spanish; learning French, German, Portuguese
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • studying Portuguese to let it become my second language s...
  • Master in Contemporal socio-economical history
  • From Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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About Me

ABOUT ME

I'm a 25 five year old historian, who recently left his hometown Ghent (Belgium) to start a 'new life' in Brasil. After I graduated university I travelled for months true South America, and ended up living in Belo Horizonte together with my girlfriend.
I'm always in for a chat and a laughter, making fun, meeting new people and looking for new adventures. I rather live by my feelings and common sense then by big plans.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans, so try to keep your mind open and have no fear to do something completely different then what you initially planned.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting travellers (when possible), sharing information/ showing people around, share a coffee/drink

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I experienced the brazilian hospitality as a couchsurfer.

Interests

travelling, arts, culture, sports, music, clubbing

  • arts
  • culture
  • coffee
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • traveling
  • music
  • sports
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: a bit of everything, for example Daft punk, Laurent Garnier, the black keys, canned heat, jefferson airplane, the kinks, CCR, felix da housecat, eek-a-mouse, John coltrane, M.I.A.
film: Fear and loathing Las Vegas, city of God, The godfather, blow, a lock stock and two smoking barrels, Once upon a time in Mexico
I can continue for a while...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

travelling by bus trough South America from the Atlantic to the Passific ocean. It took me a while because of all the nice things that crossed my path. But in many cases the quiet and 'innocent' moments with friends turned out as very memorable fun.

Teach, Learn, Share

About many things I know little, and about few things I know much. So the only thing I can do is sharing my knowledge/point of view with others so that we both learn new stuff. After all, learning is a life-time process.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Bolivia

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