CURRENT MISSION

To work enough to be able to work less soon...

ABOUT ME

I'm a social person: I get along with people very easily. I always find a topic of conversation, to chat about while drinking tea, coffee, beer or wine. Never prejudiced, but I like to discuss a lot about politics with friends and there it might get a little out of hand...

I like to travel, and during my trips (usually together with a large group or just me and my girlfriend) I always want to make contact with the people I come across. Co-travelers or locals... it is so much more fun when you get to know other people when you're in a different part of the world. It makes the journey more 'human' you can say...

You can always call me for a bite to eat of a drink, and I'm glad to come as long as I'm not stuck with work or something. Too bad lately, since I'm a full time working man, it happens too mich to my taste. But still, the principle counts!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In 2012 we stayed on our Scandinavia-trip with Jose in Oslo and with Patrik in Sundsvall. Really nice people!

And I have hosted people in my house as well... but as I said, never with CouchSurfing.

Interests

Music: listening to rock, folkrock, punkrock... in general, the music festival line up. But I also like some dance-songs and a couple of Dutch artists. I play guitar in a folkpunkrock band, influenced by The Pogues, Flogging Molly and The Ramones. We play live shows approximately every two months and of course we rehearse every two weeks.

Apart from music I like reading (novels, history books and/or political biographies), traveling and sightseeing. Walking in the woods and chilling on a terrace with a beer are also great interests.

• books
• festivals
• dancing
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• history
• law
• sightseeing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Best wedding I ever been to: last year me and my girlfriend were traveling through the Balkans. We visited a friend of mine who stayed with his parents in law in rural Romania (near Botosani). We could stay there for three nights and it was great. We were invited to a wedding in the little town and it was such a great party. Got to meet a lot of nice people, and for some reason there were a lot of Dutch people there - which made the conversation a lot easier, even after loads of beer and wodka. Great.

With the band we once played live for an audience of 20.000 people on a large square in Maastricht. It was broadcasted live on television and radio. And didn't even get nervous, however the sight of so many people was awesome!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands