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Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
@MAARTENG
Member since 2010
CURRENT MISSION To find a job that satisfies and to convince my country mates that German is a great language to learn (would be a nice job) ABOUT ME I am open and curious, about others and about things. I still prefer the most bare bones, nineties style mobile phone, not internet while travelling please. Trips are opportunities to disconnect. People think that I am, or at least should be a journalist (which I'm actually not), and that I am pretty quick in uphill cycling (hope so, at least).
Interested in Beer
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in German
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Several places in Pila, Chojnice and Brussels
Music, Movies, and Books
Jazz,Krzystof Komeda, Jaromir Nohavica, Sergej Rachmaninov. German literature and Annie M.G. Schmidt (Dutch childrens' book writer. Recent reads are: John Cassidy, Uwe Johnson, Orlando Figes, Martin Walser and Jurij Andruchowitsch (Ю́
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Moving by bike from Trojmiasto through CR back to NL. No plan, just a starting point and a destination with lots of space and time for surprising encounters in between. City trips to Braniewo, Moordrecht and Zoutleeuw.
My Interests
Suprising encounters and getting to know the story behind the scenery around. I love travelling, in the sense of being on the way. Not wary of travelling alone either. Actually, the trips I remember best were trips alone, as they force one to stay open to, and improvise with the help of others. Cycling somewhere and sitting for hours in slow, regional trains (sometimes with a book, sometimes not) remain the most satisfying things to do, in any case with a cold beer and a bowl of soup afterwards.
