Calm, adventurous, easy-going

Recently graduated with a degree in politics and currently studying mandarin for six months in Tainan! Would love to meet up with anyone around here, locals or travelers, and explore this special place together.

I am always out to challenge my current ways of thinking so I am very interested in
how you go through life, discover other cultures and other minds.

Love to discuss literature, spirituality, philosophy, politics and currently passionately thinking about how we organise our education system.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have had many beautiful experiences through couchsurfing, be it sharing a dinner for one evening or being part of a family for several days. It doesn't matter for how long you meet a person, but how deep you connect, and if there is something I have found throughout my days of traveling is that when you are open towards others there is always something to learn and something new to see. Magical things happen when traveling and couchsurfing has been one platform through which I experience this magic :-)

Interests

Food, Writing, Piano, Athletics, skating, Hiking, rock-climbing, Languages, politics, Philosophy, Literature, Religion,

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

I like fantasy & magic realism & dystopian novels & novels that experiment with style
Also love discovering mythology from new places.

Ursula le Guin, Herman Hesse, Kundera, Italo Calvino, Ana Kavan, Margaret Atwood, Borges, Vonnegut, Murakami, Kafka,

I also enjoy (re)reading children´s books (The neverending story, the Golden Compass, Where the wild things are..)

Music;
Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, The Flaming Lips, Beach House, Pharaoh Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Muse, Chick Corea, Pond, Joey Bada$$, Jamie XX, Mos Def, the Underachievers, SBTRKT, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Four tet, Flatbush Zombies, Akua Naru, Amy Winehouse, the Doors, Pink Floyd, Dungen, Grimes, J Dilla, Nujabes, Kurt Vile, Radiohead...and more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camping in Iceland... hitchhiking through Japan...sleeping outside in the jungle

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - philosophy, piano, speak English/Dutch, meditation
Learn- new languages, play any other instruments (currently starting guitar),
I'll share with you my stories, ideas, laughs, experiences and food :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam