CURRENT MISSION

Be more. Do less.

ABOUT ME

What shoud I say? This description is just a couple of words, but if you want to get to know me, get in touch :-)

I recently moved in with my lovely boyfriend Paul in Breda, close to the border with Belgium. It is a medium seized city, according to a Dutch perspective, with a cosy city center that offers everything you need.

Paul is a teacher in Environmental Sciences and I am a nutrition scientist and data manager, while also both doing some voluntary work. For holidays we mostly plan a cycling or hiking adventure. We started dancing tango together and eat vegetarian meals 99% of the time - we just like veggies.

PHILOSOPHY

The path is the goal and the goal is the path - by meditation master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche - has always intrigued me. Sometimes I get so focussed on reaching a goal, that I forget about the humour and flexibility that I need to get there. It is not about the destination, it is about how we live our everyday life. Here & now. That`s what I like so much about meditation practice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was a couchsurfer while travelling through Scandinavia & I hosted a couple of couchsurfers while living in Utrecht (center of the Netherlands). All these experiences have been very pleasant and enriching. I really love to hear all the diffrent travelling stories.

Interests

I have a passion for everything that`s Scandinavian; starting first and foremost with the language, but of course also their impressive nature, crime series (Milennium, The Bridge), writers (Karl Ove Knausgard), the concept of `fika`, sauna`s, and the plant-based recipes of Green Kitchen Stories.

• arts
• books
• documentaries
• dancing
• tango
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• baking
• meditation
• clothing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• hiking
• squash
• cello

Music, Movies, and Books

Art-house movies; books on Eastern philosophy and Buddhism; cookbooks; .. & much more :-)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Job hunting in Scandinavia
Cycling 750 km from Nijmegen to Leipzig for a wedding

Teach, Learn, Share

We can discover Breda together - if you want - because I am still pretty new in this area. I can teach you Dutch, how to grow your own vegatables and bake cakes (that you soon become addicted to ;) ). I`d like to improve my French, German and Norwegian language skills and learn about other countries and cultures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Sweden