CURRENT MISSION

Deep conversations about nothing at all; good music blasting through speakers; panoramas over unknown cities

ABOUT ME

I'm Marieke, I am 23 years old, and I am currently interning for feminist art centers in Montreal. I grew up in the Netherlands, where I also spent 3 years studying Sociology and Gender Studies in Maastricht. In between things I have lived in Italy and in California. I am a very open, enthusiastic and curious person. I'm in love with French, Italian, good wine, even better conversations, writing, poetry, good music, long walks and much more.

PHILOSOPHY

"How can you live and have no story to tell?"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By hopefully hosting some people interested in lovely Montreal, and by being able to sleep on great people's couches in my short travels through North-Quebec.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had quite some couch surfers over through my flatmates in several houses all over the world, but that's about it. Looking forward to creating new experiences though, and I've always very much enjoyed connecting to couchsurfers due to the shared mentality.

Interests

Dancing, reading, writing, poetry, feminism, gender studies, queer theory, music, contemporary art, tattoos, languages, philosophy

• writing
• poetry
• dancing
• wine
• music
• cycling
• gender studies
• psychology
• sociology
• mountains
• feminism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Stanley Kubrick, Michael Haneke.
Music: So much, from Radiohead to the Dead Weather to Bob Dylan to Tracy Chapman to Nina Simone to Francois Hardy.
Books: Too many to mention but at the moment reading mostly non-fiction related to race/gender in Canada

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stayed up all night on Piazza del Popolo, looking over Rome.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Languages (I am fluent in Dutch so if you ever wanted to know some Dutch!) or practicing French/Italian; I can share good cooking skills (especially vegetarian + gluten free), I am a good conversationalist and I hope to have some interesting stories to tell, but mostly I am a very good listener!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Italy, Netherlands, United States