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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • Human centred designer & researcher
  • Master Industrial Design Engineering
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

As other people would call me - sincere - spontaneous - smiling - weird (the good weird) - positive - relaxed.
I am a creative spirit (making my own clothes - macrame - knitting - croching - and everything that has to do with crafting). Just graduated as a design engineer, so yes if you have something to be fixed I might be able to help. I am about to start my first job this september, which is scary and exciting at the same time. Last year I cycled to South of France and I like sportive adventures. I love to cook, learn to play my guitar, listen to all sorts of music like African music, old jazz, hip hop, soul..

I like being around people who have a postive and chill energy, I like to listen to stories an people being passionate about what they do and to ask all my curious questions. I like having conversations about views of life, alternative ways of living and to learn about peoples daily life and dreams for the future.

When travelling I prefer to bring my water color set, my sketchbook and notebook and my bluesharp ( I am learning slowly).
I care about a sustainable future of our planet and try to make consious decisions with regard to this.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet new people from different cultures with different interests and different ideas. To have nice conversations and learn while talking about their view on life.

Interests

  • poetry
  • clothing
  • socializing
  • knitting
  • creativity
  • good conversations
  • sustainable development
  • lindyhop
  • culture diffferences
  • croching

Music, Movies, and Books

I will be honest with you. I am very bad at remembering names of whatever. This has as the result, that recalling my favorite music, movies and books is something hardly possible to me. Some that I can recall:
for MUSIC: a mix of reggea, disco soul, easy techno, Fat freddy's drop, annemaykantareit, the black seeds, milky chance.

I to be inspired by the other :) would love to be inspired by you. and maybe By that time I recall some more :P.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting people from all over the world in Istanbul on an international congress of AIESEC, the NGO organisation I worked for.

Ice swimming in Sweden, camping on uninhabited islands, 4 months cycling with my tent without a plan

Teach, Learn, Share

Lindyhop moves! :D I love it! I could teach some basics! As well as any crafting skills. Or how to repair a bike :P

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good company, stories, smiles,..

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Romania, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, Sweden

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