About a year ago I finished a long bicycle trip. Now settling again in Gent. Maybe I can host you, just write me a request and try to convince me 😀
I prefer to host real travelers, so if you just booked a cheap ticket to come for a city trip you will have a harder time convincing me, but you can try anyways 😎

About my bicycle trip. Did the first part before the covid outbreak. My bike waited two years for me in Turkey and in april 2022 I went back to continue my trip. Been to Iran, Armenia, Georgia and crossed Turkey once more. From november to january I was “housesitting” in Bulgaria, after that did the last stretch home.
I worked as a social worker, on a organic farm, as a teacher and in a organic shop over the last years
I'm a former history student and teacher.
Also a music maniac and DJ (all sorts of music)
Like to travel in Europe and Asia by hitch-hiking, by bike or by foot (I like mountains a lot!) and I try not to take plains!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Basically to meet new people. To meet locals. To share my stories with my host and hear their stories as well.

Interests

• literature
• coffee
• partying
• politics
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• history
• mountains
• food
• freedom
• filosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (I just picked the last things I listened to) The Velvet Underground, Idles, Angelo Badalamenti, Parquet Courts, The Holydrug Couple, Tim Buckley, Four Tet, Cymande, Metronomy, Ebo Taylor, Gorillaz, The Modern Lovers, Ty Segall, Saint Germain, Aphex Twin, Brek, Talking Heads, Boards Of Canada, Elliot Smith, Spacemen 3, Joy Division, Gil Scott Heron, and thousands more :)

Movies: Jagten, Blue Velvet, Leviathan, Cidade De Deus, Paris Texas, Easy Rider, Son Of Saul, La Haine, Dead Poets Society, C’est Arrive Pres De Chez Vous, Good Will Hunting, The Deer Hunter, Youth, Monos, Seven, No Country For Old Men, Anyway The Wind Blows, ...

Books (some authors): Jack Kerouack, Leo Tolstoj, Ken Follet, Amin Maalouf, John Steinbeck, John Williams, Paulo Cognetti, Jesus Carrasco, Primo Levi, Johan Harstad, Elif Shafak, Tommy Wieringa, George Orwell, Robert Macfarlane, Lars Myting, and especially a lot non-fiction!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did quit some things when it comes to traveling, walking, biking, hitch-hiking, activism, ...
But the best is yet to come ;)
Ask me about it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Historical knowledge, lots of music, travel stories, …

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey