Hello, My name is Yi Chieh 怡潔 say it with smile !
Love mountain, and living with nature!

I come from Taiwan, now I am exchange student from Taiwan to Netherlands, in Dronten, which is a really small "village".

You may ask why I chose to be a exchange student? Yes, cuz I study horticulture, Holland is one of the world's largest agricultural production country, and also doing good at flower industry. However, to be honest, the truth is that I feel like I lose something to make me keep moving in my home town, even though I knew what I like to study, I have no idea what to do in my near future life at this moment. Thus, I go abroad, I want to see the new things, the differences, and how people find their own life.

I really love mountain climbing, swimming, cooking, gardening and traveling. I have been travelling around Taiwan island by myself last summer, it was awesome, especially I met some cool local people.
And I also have been to working holiday in organic farm, B&B, and wax apple farm. I like being a farmer, since I feel like I am living with nature and listen to them even thought there is no words between us.

I enjoy meeting different people from all over the world, I have attended short term exchange program in Japan and Vietnam, during the program, I really enjoyed talking with different people from different culture and hearing from stories! I always get something interesting, new, innovative idea from people. I believe travel is the best to way to be inspired.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

-Culture
-Friends
-Trust

Traveling is not the thing only about visiting "place", but also about really indulging myself into the different culture. By couch surfing, i have chance to talk to local people, he or she may tell me the history behind, his or her experience and thoughts from different point of view. Also I can experience the local daily live and make friends from all over the world.

It's amazing that people travelling, talking, and staying together based on the truly trust between each other!

Interests

• arts
• culture
• cooking
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• swimming
• agriculture
• history
• nature
• museum
• mountain climbing
• gardens
• organic
• horticulture
• diary
• free walking tour

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My adventure of mountain climbing .
My adventure of traveling around Taiwan island
My traveling story around Europe.

Teach, Learn, Share

Definitely things about Taiwan!!!!
Truly Be Myself and Listener

What I Can Share with Hosts

The cultures from my home country! (Food!!!!)
Experiences of traveling in Japan, Vietnam, China, Netherlands.
Cooking(I like cooking and trying different cuisine.)
Horticulture/ organic farming/ plants

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Taiwan