CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy intercultural experiences
experiences

- To me being active in the CS community is quite an achievement as I always have been willing to be part of it but couldn´t for practical reasons or professional reasons (I'm always superbusy either studying or preparing my lessons).

Today I´m very lucky to share these values of bringing people together or of organizing meetings with my boyfriend Ewout who shares the same values, who has same sense of enterprising nature.
(link to his profile: https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/columbuske/)

PHILOSOPHY

- Diversity.
- I cultivate the 3Rs: self - respect, respect for others and responsability in your actions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCH SURFING

- There are these CS Meetings. When I have time I always drop by to see who is there and meet people.
- I´m an active CS member. We often organize meetings or hikes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

- I had the opportunity to be hosted by Jim and Renie, a lovely American couple who lived in Aracena a few months ago. Then they moved to Porto in Portugal. I have loved the experience.
- Attending meeting on the Rooftop in Seville every Wednesday.
- Bar crawl in Seville organized by the Mora Sena Family, very active CS family every week in 2012.
- A CS Meeting / Velá de Santa Ana in Seville organized in 2012.
- CS Summer Event in Brussels in 2013.
- Spanish Meeting at the Via Via in Brussels in 2013.
- CS Monday Meeting @ Kafka in Brussels in 2013.
- CS Meeting in Bratislava in Sept 2013
- CS Meeting in Budapest in Sept 2013
- Hosted by Gabriela in Budapest in Sept 2013.
- Hosted by Szabi and his girlfriend in Praid (Romania) in Sept 2013.
- Co - organizer together with my boyfriend of Jogging sessions in Brussels in October 2013.
- Co - organizer together with other CS members of CS Christmas Potluck Party 2013
- Co - organizer Food and Pub Meeting
- Co - organizer No Valentine Potluck Party Febr 2014
- Co - organizer of the Pre - Easter Holiday Meeting in Sedan March 2014
- Co - organizer of the CS New Members Meeting April 2014.
- Co - organizer of the GR Green Route in Brussels several times per year

Interests

Dutch, Russian, Writing, Yoga, Meditation, Hikes, Fitness, Bike riding, Lesson planning, Teaching Practice Improvement, Travel blogging,

• culture
• books
• dining
• potluck
• fitness
• partying
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: The Keeper of Lost Causes, Gemma Bovary, Avatar, The Hours,
Music: Open - minded music hearer (except for electronic music and hard rock).
Novels: There used to be a time when I was a compulsive reader, but now I buy lots of novel that I´m not able to finish simply because I´m not patient enough.
Painting: Marc Chagall, Dalí, Basquiat, Gauguin...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Keeping quiet for more than one hour.
- Teaching.
- Meeting incredible people in CS.
- Co - organizing a one - day trip to Mons for foreigners (my students at school). It was amazing to see their reactions about our culture.
- Co - organizing French language conversation meetings at the school where I work.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach French / Spanish.
I´m an avid novel reader, I can recommend good novels if you don´t know what to read.
I can give you useful tips about Belgium.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- I can teach them Spanish / French.
- I can offer them my enthusiasm.
- I can offer them my energy.
- I can offer them my curiosity.
- I can offer them my respect.
- I can offer them my time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Spain

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