CURRENT MISSION

Finding my ultimate passion in life

ABOUT ME

Hello CS community!

I am a 32-year-old guy from The Netherlands with a passion for traveling, like a lot of peope here:) After obtaining my highschool degree I decided to study Human Geography, which stimulated my appetite for traveling even more. I have been an exchange student at the University of Oklahoma, participated in an AIESEC internship in Russia and finished a 2-year Master’s called Euroculture.

Currently living in Utrecht and working for Utrecht university. I am always open to new experiences and people and am very much looking forward to what life has to offer!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am interested in learning and teaching languages. At the moment I am studying Swedish and Turkish and participating in couchsurfing meetings.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was couchsurfing in Istanbul in 2010 and had such great experiences with the people there that I decided to continue couchsurfing. During my exchange semester in the US I met some really nice couchsurfers in the United States, whom I still consider to be my friends. Time and time again it has proven itsef to be a great social network and a fun experience, wherever I went.

Interests

I am interested in music, expecially from the sixties and the seventies. The Bealtes, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (random)

50's: Doo-wop bands like the Elegants, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Dion and the Belmonts, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley.

60's The Bealtes, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher, Ike and Tina Turner, The Chrystals, The Ronettes, The Supremes, Neil Young, Roy Orbison, The Mama's and the Papa's, Dolly Parton,

70's Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, Jackson 5, Abba, Simon & Garfunkel, the Darts,

80's Michael Jackson, Queen, Madonna, Nena, Carly Simon, Jennifer Warnes, France Gall

And in the nineties as a child of course I listened to the Backstreet Boys and the Spice Girls.

Lately I have been listening to Mumford & Sons, Marina and the Diamonds, Ellie Goulding, Paloma Faith, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Amy MacDonald, The Thrills, Sia, Krezip (from NL), Lily Allen, Jet, U2, Mary J Blige, the Sugababes, Pink, Taylor Swift, Gabriel Rios, Wild Nothing, Noisettes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Seeing the incredible starry in the sky in Oklahoma
-The midsummernight in Murmansk.
-Being in the beautiful city of Aleppo in Syria in 2010, which is now destroyed as a result of the war.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey, United States

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