CURRENT MISSION

Settling in Geneva before hitting the road again

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in the Netherlands, studied in NL, England and France.
Love travel, history, literature, and a good laugh.

PHILOSOPHY

Today is the best day to be happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfed in Russia, looking forward to surfing elsewhere too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have couchsurfed in Russia and met loads of very welcoming people. Will never forget the Perm-anent friends of Oksana Sousnina & Co, the Plov in Krasnayarsk, the cat in Vladivostok, and nocturnal outings in St Petersburg...

Interests

Culture, museums, 19th century art and literature, European history (19th century).

• cats
• arts
• culture
• literature
• traveling
• surfing
• entrepreneurship
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Stephen Jay Gould, Malcolm Gladwell and Oscar Wilde.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The social entrepreneurship program in The Gambia was pretty impressive. Helped to build a market in Bwiam and met tons of warm people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English, Dutch and tell you a bit about European history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Gambia, Greece

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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