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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Italian
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • deskjob at flat glass factory
  • business interpretation
  • From Mol, Belgium
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Finding a place to stay in London from 18-25 July 2011

ABOUT ME

I want to see the world and meet people.
Life is really too short to waste it on sitting at home at the tv. Especially since two of my friends suddenly had health problems and one of them died. Every second should be well-spent I know now.

PHILOSOPHY

I live to be happy and I'm happy to be alive.
Music is what feelings sound like.
I try to not take anything for granted.
I know that nothing is what is seems.
I don't know all the answers, though I'm very curious to the big questions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I tell my friends how brilliant this project is

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In Wroclaw Poland I'll never forget my first night. Went to a party with my CS friend, when going home we took the bus, but she being totally wasted, we lost the way home and had to hitchhike in the suburbs of Wroclaw. Experience I'll never forget.

Interests

Chess, travelling, movies, music, philosophy, having fun.

  • partying
  • clubbing
  • movies
  • chess
  • tv
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

I love the Beatles, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Manic Street Preachers, Foo Fighters, Mozart, Tchaikovsky...
My favorite movie of the moment: Black Swan, for numerous reasons.
books: Sophie's World, is about philosophy seen through the eyes of a little girl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have put two wonderful daughters on this world.
I am experiencing what freedom really is.
I have been the singer of a rock band.
I have created a chess club in my home village.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to spread my knowledge of chess; not that it is enormous ;-)
I can give language lessons of Dutch, English, French and German

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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