CURRENT MISSION

be happy in three different ways.

ABOUT ME

aaah, where to start. Born in the Netherlands, but still in denial, amateur musician with some ambition (two releases, a third on the way), studied English and love the language, literature, and language and literature in general. Love to go traveling and meet new people, listen to their stories and what bothers them, what they're hoping for, for the world and themselves.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My couch is available for anyone who needs a place to crash in Leiden for a few days.

Interests

Talking, Coffee, Cigarettes, Debating, Traveling, Reading, Writing, Music.

• writing
• literature
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: High Fidelity, Hurly Burly, Music Docs
Music: Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, The Arcade Fire, Okkervil River, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Band of Horses
Books: A Good Man is Hard to Find (and Other Short Stories) by Flannery O'Connor, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, Gstaad 95-98 by Arnon Grunberg.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Won the Grote Prijs Van Zuid-Holland for Singer/Songwriter 2008. Saw Big Sur with my own eyes; the most beautiful place on earth.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States