I'm an easy-going challenge-seeker, a curious little creature.

I like (the listening, performing and writing of) poetry, music, stories. What else? Philosophy, psychology and sociology, but just as much sport, health, nonsense-talking and games. Travelling is also a passion of mine. Passions in general also just interest me immensely.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hey, both me and my family are very curious towards foreign cultures, so I decided to continue enjoying this discover this lovely experience that is called Couchsurfing. I also like to show people around in the town, nothing better than a good walk and enriching chat everyday.

Interests

• culture
• literature
• poetry
• meditation
• music
• teaching
• philosophy
• science
• travelling
• learning languages
• sport
• poetry slam

Music, Movies, and Books

An amazed muse in an amused maze, well, like music?
Of course, couldn't live without it!

I like existential or conceptual movies, but also the crazy nonsense movies

Regarding books, I love the old classics (mainly of European literature, but I'm very curious about other.)

Kafka, Camus, Nietzsche, Hemingway, Murakami, Steinbeck

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked over 800°C coals.
Really quickly, but ooh, hot hot hot.

Teach, Learn, Share

I learn languages, I would say I'm a student in the domain of language.
It takes quite a lot of time to maintain a steady studying pace, but the prospects are just too good ^^

1. ✔✔✔✔✔ Dutch
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= native language + Dutch Linguistics & Literature study at University

2. ✔✔✔✔✔ English
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= Hollywood culture, Belgian habit of using subtitles instead of dubbing +English Linguistics & Literature study at University

3. ✔✔✔✔✔ Spanish
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= I've been part of an exchange program in Almería, Spain where I met a lot of interesting, Spanish-speaking (and -learning) people and then went on to travel South America for 8 months.

4. ✔✔✔ French
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= 8 years of obligatory classes French (Belgium, my home country is officially trilingual: Dutch/French/German

5. ✔✔✔ Chinese
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= stay in Guangzhou (3 weeks) + semester course + self-study + 6 months studying the language and discovering 东北 at Shenyang.

6. ✔✔✔ German
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= very similar to Dutch, can understand a lot of words and express myself, although with a pretty weird accent

7. ✔ Arabic
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= inital self study, only the reading and pronunciation (only fonographic knowledge of the language and, more importantly, knowing how to pronounce strange phonemes (sounds))

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can show you around, and I'm sure you'll love it here.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, China, Spain