CURRENT MISSION
Experience the beauty of life and nature. Continuous learning and wondering of aspects of life . I Love meeting inspiring ; open interesting people. Try to make of every day a nice celebration. I try to step out of our (all money driven) rat-race by figuring out different way of life. Good time spend is unpayable life-quality. Dare to experience, inspiration, curiousity, instead of have the mindset ''time is money'' and work for the max earning model.

ABOUT ME
Hello Couch surfers/travelers,
I am René and now because of prepairing my trip, i have no own place anymore , but sometimes i can host in the house of my mother in Zeeland nearby Goes and in the week sometimes hangout/accompany you in Utrecht/Apeldoorn or Leidemn or incidentally meet in my lab in Utrecht for a coffee/meal (no hosting) . I am a practical dutch, spontanuous , a bit crazy in an innocent way (in my opinion of course), open minded, enthusiastic, who likes to travel, meet and communicate with people of all different cultural/religious backgrounds. Beside travelling & working I cook & bake a bit and also can show you around the country, by cycle?? or car if you like! I have a wide interest outdoor activities, music, dance, nature, sports, psychology, spiritual ways (holistic) and HSP. Originally studied Electronics, already 26 yr selfemployed innovation(tech), empowerment trainer&coach and now initiator of non-commercial and independant MAkers LAb Lab in Utrecht to share knowledge & experience of Old (building/repairing) New Technology and Innovations (Virtual Reality, 3D printing, minicomputerboards like Arduino, Raspberry) . I always like to meet other travellers and also make them feel welcome and comfortable including prepairing meals, but now i am more & more working online, the couchsurfing gives a good possibility to combine this during my (flexible)job and preparing my lifelasting trip as working Nomad https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-DDNgRwBt/ . Just follow your plans/schedule or flow... and maybe we 'll meet..
Few things : I can not appreciate drugs, overload of alcohol and/or smoking around me. I have much more appreciation in (some) interest and/or consciousness in way of (healthy)living more then just only having fun for a temperarly ''nice'' feeling: it can be combined i think when you are practising life on more grown-up ways...

PHILOSOPHY

Experience life! try to be open for differences. Exchange with people to understand; Create and contribute to nice atmosphere and give support/help where you can, whereever you go , whatever is happening.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Since 2012 I started to host travellers through Couchsurfing & warmshowers.
I like to share experiences with more wide thinking & living people, not only busy with work/carreer,house,car& kids, but also like to travel, like nature, culture,habbits and being active with more conscious sustainable living.
since I sold my house in 2022 , i am living offically in Goes (Zld .) before my world(Africa?) cycletrip i want to start 2022, but for my work & hobbies I am reguarly 'camping' in area around Utrecht and working in an interesting place with a lot of tech-stuff . Which part of Netherlands are yuou? just contact me - lol

If you like, you are invited to eat a moslty heatlhy (camping)meal (or all) and on request can make some tours/trips within 150km of this area. In a year i hosted approx 10 - 25 travellers, and the limitation is mostly practical of i have a busy schedule and not always being at home in Zeeland.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
As cyclist & camping-enjoyer nature, i did use the CS some time ago ( just before Corona ) last year in Germany and Poland and i really like the meeting and staying with interesting local well-known people. I was used to travel with my tent cycling through middle of nowhere, but the good stories i heard about CS where true and while visiting cities it is not simpel to put the tent. And as i have a place and like to meet open people of different cultures so i liked to host Couchsurfers in Utrecht and sometimes Zld in Weekend in a village near Goes. There you see also some pictures of..

Interests

Exploring travelling, Cycling, mountainbiking, camping, skiing,, gardening, photographing, dancing (from ballroom, rock'nroll ; techno) culture, modern art, music, youtube , sharing economy, humanism

• arts
• culture
• modern art
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coach
• drinking
• flying
• electronics
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• camping
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• psychology
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Samba, Intouchables, UP, Avatar, The Piano, Amelie, Todo Sombre Mi Madre, Notting Hill, Forest Gump, Good Will Hunting, The bucketlist, The Mask, Truman Show, Blues Brothers

Books : Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield, Good conversation with God - Neale Donald Walsch's,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One?
Parachute Jumping, flying in ultralight, cycling downhill Pyrenees somewhere 72 km/h .. real adrenaline shots !! Snowboarding, waterskiing on the river, experience life in every cell !

Teach, Learn, Share

Open and warm people wide interest, travellers who likes to exchange experiences, stories and want to explore anxious to learn more and of course to have fun and visit new places , musea, landscapes

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hospitality, meal, food drink, shower/bath, washing, loan-cycle, (tourist-)tour, use of garden, visit of area and of course nice travelstory exchange, warm (or sharp ?) conversations, dutch traveladvice (unasked or asked)?! Sharing, Technology knowledge & innovation, technical solutions

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, Netherlands

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