Hi, I'm Marieke, 25 years old from Calgary, Canada. Visiting new places, meeting new people and experiencing different cultures is so much fun. I am an open minded and flexible person that doesn't like to move too fast, I like to take in the scenery. I'm kind of a nerd for urban places, as an urban planning graduate, I love to visit interesting places with better planning practices than the city I grew up and studied in.

My next big adventure will be moving to Europe: Oldenburg, Germany and Groningen, The Netherlands for a MS in Water and Coastal Management and Environmental and Infrastructure Planning. Learning new languages is also next on the agenda.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I started Couchsurfing while I was in New Zealand as a way to travel affordably. However, I never ended up using this community because I met people while ski instructing in Queenstown and just stayed with locals I met along the way. I still love the idea of a global community though.

Interests

Any out door sport, rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, kayaking...

• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ben Howard, Kim Churchill, Shred Kelly, Cat Empire, Matt Blais, Glass Animals, Meg Mac, The Rubens, Flight Facilities, Milky Chance, Arctic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons, The Dudes, Sticky Fingers, HAIM, Cloud Control

Books: Harry Potter!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed a 6,000 metre peak in Nepal (Island Peak)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand, Sudan