After finishing my master studies in Vienna I moved back to Netherlands: Amsterdam. Working for the city on sustainability. I'm living there with Liv my long time girlfriend with whom I have done many earlier travels.

Interests: If you´re into it I´m sure I´ll like it one way or another. I like good stories, great songs and honest people. I dont snore and am looking forward to meet you!

One of my first travels started on a 132 ft. traditional sailing ship (brig, Eye of the Wind), after having had the honour to sail with them for 3 months around Spain, across the Atlantic and exploring the Caribbean. From the Dominican Republic I headed south, hithchiking through Costa Rica, Panama into Colombia. I travelled through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia until Argentina. Got robbed, hithchiked without money or passport to Buenos Aires and said goodbye to beautiful South America from Rio de Janeiro.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Through couchsurfing I get to see the things and meet the people that I like most, I like to listen to stories and not spend my days-budget on a mango.

Interests

• traveling
• hiking
• sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

music ranges from be-bop jazz; 60-70s funk to minimal-techno; classical composition.

here´s some more names, just to give you an idea

Miles Davis, Avishai Cohen, Herbie Hancock, Jan Johansson, Kool and the Gang, The JB`s, Jose Gonzalez, Simon & Garfunkel, Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Satie, Ravel, Helios, Max Cooper, Nicolas Jaar and of course Darkside, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Koop, MGMT, Metronomy, Paco Ibanez, Inti Illmani, Thomas Fersen, Anouar Brahem, Ali Farka Touré, Orchestra Baobab

Though I haven't had (or used) much time to watch moves recently. Dogville (2003), Seventh Seal (1957), David Lynch, Magnolia (1999), Dune (2013) Thin Red Line, Donnie Darko (2001), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), La Haine (1995), Chinatown (1974)

With regards to books the list is long, Cortazar, Mescier, Dostojevski, Borges, Marquez, Kafka, Camus, Kerouac, Macado Assis, W. F. Herman's, Reve, did I mention Cortazar? I love dutch and russian literature, currently discovering the awesome Latin American writers, and reading about socio ecological thinking.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing the Atlantic on a traditional, square sails, sailing ship

Teach, Learn, Share

The most fundamental thing, is to be honest to yourself!

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Finland, Netherlands, Norway