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Overview

  • 54 references 48 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning Ancient Greek, French, German, Latin, Turkish, Western Frisian
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • No occupation listed
  • Currently a student at the Art Academy of Utrecht
  • From Rotterdam
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Finish my education, travel the world, meet people.

ABOUT ME

Relaxed, easy-going person. I get along with pretty much anyone and I'm very hard to get angry (but you can try!)

PHILOSOPHY

Festina lente, and always answer hate with love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host for people here in Amsterdam, and occasionally try my luck abroad ;D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted for tons of people and haven't had a single bad experience yet :)

Interests

Skateboarding, playing guitar, music in general, animation, cinema in general, meeting new people.

  • education
  • cooking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • guitar
  • skateboarding
  • animation
  • teaching
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

My favourite movie, at the time, is Big Fish. I'm a big fan of Tim Burton's work, but also of Disney, Studio Ghibli, etc. Musically, I'm pretty much interested in anything. Though I grew up listening mostly to trash metal, my most played band at the moment is Eels :) My favourite book as of yet is Dead Souls by Nikolaj Gogol, but I'm a big Raymond E. Feist, George RR Martin and Terry Pratchett fan as well.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mayan ruins in Guatemala!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm fluent in both English and Dutch, and play a little guitar. My knowledge of animation (specifically 3d Animation) and the history of it (and film history in general) are pretty extensive and I _love_ suggesting movies to people or watching them with people and see their reaction. Same with music :)

I'm interested in learning new languages myself, specifically Spanish and any form of Arabic. AND COOKING AND SKATEBOARDING. Though not entirely related to eachother I mention them because I love doing both of them, but hardly do them enough and aren't good at either! So there you go :3

Other than that, I'll gladly learn anything anyone has to offer me. I'm a very curious person :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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