Hi, I am Leonie Janssen.

At the moment I am travelling the world with my sister Lotte Janssen.

We were raised in a nice little village in the north of The Netherlands (Eenrum) and are lucky to have wonderful parents who took us on a holiday at least twice a year; to the snow, the mountains, the beach and the sea, to museums, castles, metropolitan cities and ancient villages. This way, we developed a huge urge to wander and discover more.

In 2007, we replaced ‘holidays’ with ‘travelling’. We jumped into the deep; without a plan and just our backpacks we flew to Beijing and travelled through China for five weeks. This experience changed our view on the world and on ourselves. It is amazing to see another part of the world with your own eyes, to meet the people, taste the food, smell and experience totally different things and discover beauty everywhere. Above all, we discovered that we are not only close sisters, but perfect travel-partners too!

After this trip, Lotte stayed in Hong Kong for six years and also lived in Sweden and Vietnam in between. While living more than 9000 km apart, we always reunited by meeting up at new places in the world and exploring different countries and cultures.

We have a great passion for life. We love everything, that’s why we are all over the place and all over the planet. Today, we are on a world trip for more than 600 days already and still counting.

Background: I graduated with distinction from the Design Academy Eindhoven and worked for nine years in Amsterdam as an interior and product designer and project manager for Tjep.,Vandaag is Morgen and Studio Molen. Projects varied from Schiphol Airport, Heineken The City, to several restaurants, museums and store interiors. Besides these projects, I also runs my own design studio and work on fine art projects. I apply my creativity every day if my life. I love living in Amsterdam and enjoy its culture, museums and festivals. Even more important are my friends there with whom she enjoy cooking and playing sports.

But as you already read, at the moment I am still travelling. On our blog, we like to let you see the planet through our eyes (LOtte & LEonie PLANET) and hope to inspire you by sharing our adventures and travel tips.

www.LOLEPLANET.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am on couchsurfing, because I am travelling the world. Most of the time we travel in our camper, but it is not possible to drive it everywhere. As we like to continue travelling as long as possible, we don't want to spend money on expensive hotels and search for places like hostels and couchsurfing. This way we meet other adventurous travellers and lovely people who like to meet and host travellers. Most of the experiences we have are very good and make new friends all around the world. Sorry that I cannot have people over at my place right now, when I am back in the Netherlands, I will host people too!

Interests

• arts
• design
• photography
• food
• travelling
• nature
• sport
• outdoor

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Ben Harper, Ibeyi, Wax Tailor, Little Dragon, Fink, and i can type a list of hundred artists more.

I don't really watch a lot of movies or TV. Tim Burton and Wes Anderson inspire me and the movie Amelie is one of my favourites.
Besides these very creative movies I like 'Biutiful', Divergent, but also Jango Unchained and of course more.

Books... I don't really read books.... I am more happy to see pictures!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Go on a night walk to find the red eyed tree frog in Costa Rica, and find it!

Teach, Learn, Share

Why wait?!
Just do it.
Only dead fish swim with the stream.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Chile, Netherlands, New Zealand