CURRENT MISSION

Living NOW!

ABOUT ME

People call me open-minded, laid back and fun to be with. my goal is to make people smile and have a good time. love to cook, read, bike, chat or watch a movie.
i caught the travelling bug in australia where i was an au pair for 7 months. after that i ended up working in fashion(?) for a year and then ended up exploring central america with a 5-week break to Canada and New York. After the cultural shock that came with coming home, I decided to hop on the plane again and spend 3 more months in South America before starting school again...

coming across so many lovely people it seems hard to keep up all the networking, but i have a profile on facebook now. I crave adventure and love photography. i used to work in theatre and arts, but have given it up. i have a lovely family in Holland with parents, a younger sister and an older brother. i love animals and nature.

PHILOSOPHY

-do it today! tomorrow it could be taxed and, or illegal.
-expect nothing, accept everything. (this has really helped me not to get disapointed in life. just live. do look ahead and back... analyse, contemplate and make the right decisions.)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Firstly I started as a surfer, so I could ecnomically find places to sleep in Canada. Nowadays I have my own place in Rotterdam and would love to start hosting people here and share the 'real' Holland-experience!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed two couches in Toronto, Canada and had a blast! such nice guys and very hospitable! New Ýork was almost impossible to find a couch, but I would like to able people to experience a Dutch city easily!

Interests

Photography
film
nature
theatre
writing
biking
backpacking

• animals
• dogs
• wildlife
• arts
• writing
• fashion
• photography
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• backpacking
• volunteering
• au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

authors:
Bryce Courtney
Paul Theroux
Bill Bryson
Terry Pratchett
Dan Brown
JK Rowling

directors:
Tim Burton
Steven Spielberg
Peter Jackson
David Fincher
sam mendes
coen brothers

singers:
Xavier Rudd
Paul Simon
Micheal Jackson
Eddie Vedder

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the two best things i have ever done were to leave for australia on my own, just turned 19, to run a household with two kids and two dogs in the bush. the second is volunteering with wildlife in a group of young volunteers in Costa Rica and after that travelling on for another 8 months...

Teach, Learn, Share

gee, im so young, i wont be teaching anyone anything (yet)! but i am willing to learn. :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands

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