Born in 1987, grew up in a small Belgian village, moved to Ghent for college, work as a researcher and teacher in literary studies, play saxophone in some bands (Bottle of Moonshine, Asham, Homelands)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to check out things off the beaten track, meet people.

Met incredible people through CS in the States (Seattle) and Canada (Ontario & Québec).

I did some research on Italian literature (Ph.D., postdoc), but in 2016 I decided to give that up and to start working as a Dutch teacher for non native-speakers. In the meantime I'm working on my writing (my first novel was published in 2016, a second book is coming up in 2018) and playing music with my bands.

Interests

Music, literature, culture

• culture
• literature
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• track and field
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Meters, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Slackers, Skatalites, Heptones, all kinds of motown, reggae, ska, rocksteady, afro, funk

Movies: Fight club, Black cat white cat, practically anything by Coen brothers, Ozon, not everything by Woody allen (but a lot), a lot of Italian movies (Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, the Taviani's)

Books: Brave new world (Huxley), Divine Comedy (Dante), Decameron (Boccaccio), Dubliners (Joyce). Anything by Voltaire, Flaubert, Swift, Gadda, and a lot of other things

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EjuE_v5S_g

Teach, Learn, Share

I always feel I have way more to learn than to teach.

What I Can Share with Hosts

an enormous curiosity for everything I don't know

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Italy