Current Mission, renovating the house!
ABOUT ME? a friend once wrote this, it's a funny text (dutch), always have to smile about this one, She wrote it on my camp t-shirt on a scout-camp somewhere in the neighbourhood of Paris. -Een micromacho ben je niet, arrogant nog minder. aantrekkelijk des te meer. Roken vind je ongezond. Tetten heb je ook niet. Een goede vriend ben je voor mij. Nemen doe je weinig, geven des te meer...-
And read the comments of all the other people and I guess you will have a pretty clear idea of what kind of guy I am.
PHILOSOPHY If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you should seriously re-examine your life niet de zoektocht naar de juiste verhoudingen is het moeilijkst, wel te weten komen waarom het komt dat iets zich juist verhoudt. (Maarten Van Severen) You can not understand good design, if you do not understand people. Less but Better. (Dieter Rams)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to get in touch with people.
HOW I PARTICIPATE:
I live in the former house of my grandparents. Now renovating the place so can’t host people for the moment.
Normally I host, but of course I also like to travel.

Interests

• arts
• architecture
• photography
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• camping
• scuba diving
• kanoeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Alice Phoebe Lou, Julien Baker, Common Holly, August Green, FKj, RY X, Ben Howard, Fout tet, Sufjan Stevens, Melanie De Biasio, Arsenal, Efterklang, The Dirty Projectors, The XX, Vampire Weekend, Buscemi, dEUS, Damien Rice, Isbels, José james, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Paul Oakenfold, Regina Spector, Sigur Ross, Sven Van Hees, Nina Simone, .. and lots more
Movies:
Youth, La grande bellezza, Lucia Y el sexo, Juno, Perfume the story of a murderer,Paris, Smuldog Millionaire, The Reader, The Curiuos Case of Benjamin Button, Up, Les Triplettes De Belleville, Wall E, The Edukators, Swimming Pool, Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis, La Meglio Gioventu, Blood Diamond, Bloody Sunday, The 25the hour, American History X, La Stanza Del Figlio, The Motorcycle Diaries,...
Books:
Craig Thompson-Blankets,
Judith Vanistendael-De Maagd en De Neger,
Conz-De tweede kus,
Pascal Mercier-Nachttrein naar Lissabon,
Maarten van Severen-Works,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most amazing trips:
Living the Cuban life
The incredible mountains in Nepal
The hot springs and amazing waterfalls and landscapes of Iceland
Traveling trough the Atlas mountains in Maroco
Scuba diving in Mexico’s cenote’s
As well as a short winter hike in the Vosges
A day wellness in the incredible spa in the tiny place of Vals (Swiss)
All this beautiful hikes trough the Alps ( like trutg dil Flem around Flims)
A visit to the tiny chapel of bruder Klaus in Wachendorf
Listening to a fado concert in a local bar in Lisbon (thx Dagna and Maria)
Catching up with Selina, Regina and Maja in Munich
Got the Berlin Blues with Selm and Suus
Road trip trough France, Germany and Denmark
...and more of this smaller but great things you encounter while traveling..

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share you some thoughts about architecture, photography, politics, design
I like to discover new people, music, films, books, cultures
I like to travel, canoeing, scuba dive, bouldering, climbing, walking, swimming, cook, go to theatre and dance

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium