Hi there,

Feeling like a nomad but for now in my homecountry, with short trips once in a while. Will soon be in Stockholm for a few days, yay!

Open to new connections and experiences, very interested in perspectives. Primary school teacher by profession, still finding my way.

Living in a very small place in The Netherlands, but welcome to visit ^^.

Merisse

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I want to see and learn about the world, and I will not learn it from a hotel room. And hotels are expensive, money I rather spend on doing something fun with a new friend.

Interests

So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow

• singing
• dancing
• board games
• reading
• sailing
• swimming
• ice skating
• contact improvisation
• tree climbing
• talking about life
• differences and similarities between people(s)

Music, Movies, and Books

Lord of the Rings; The Wheel of Time; A House in the Cerulean sea; Sajo en haar Bevervolkje

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Children playing happily, even when their shirt has more holes than cloth and they don't know if they will eat tonight.

Teach, Learn, Share

Did you know...

...that in Swahili the word for arm and hand (both mkono) and leg and foot (both mguu) are the same? And that 'vidole' are as well fingers as toes?

...that in Kisumu (Kenya), cows, sheep, chickens and turkeys just walk along or on the road? Much easier than all those fences.

...that in South-Africa, people are insulted when you say they are having a BBQ. Its a Braai!

....that time means different things everywhere in the world? In Kenya a meeting at 11am is somewhere between 12 and 1 pm. In South Africa a meeting at 11am is somewhere between 11am and 12. And in The Netherlands a meeting at 11am is somewhere between 10:55am and 11:15am. What does it mean where you come from?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Active and open listening; dancing or singing together, contact improv or otherwise; always open to (board)games, hiking and seeing what you love to do.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands