CURRENT MISSION

Hear and make great music!

ABOUT ME

I'm doing a PhD in Amsterdam now, which is very time-consuming and mentally exhausting. So to keep my mind from being caught in the web of science, I play the saxophone in a big band here in Amsterdam. Which is a lot of fun. But more fun is to listen to other jazz, funk and soul music played by 'real' musicians! :D This is the music I like most, but I listen to world, alternative and more. So please bring your favorite, especially if it's from your hometown/country. Furthermore I like sports, watching them on the TV or the stadium (Ajax, the Amsterdam soccer club) and doing it myself. I did karate for many years and do a bit of running and pilates now. I like to do (extreme)outdoor sports on holidays, especially the ones I never did before!
Culture is one of my favorites as well, visiting beautiful cities with great architectural buildings, museums and people of course!
And me: I'm fun, clumsy (but in a cute way..), curious, intelligent, lazy, adventurous, interested in almost anyhing!!

PHILOSOPHY

Sunny days make life more beautiful

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By offering my couch, and thereby getting to know people from different countries, with different cultures and views on life.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much yet, since I'm really busy unfortunately

Interests

See about me. Briefly: science, music, sports, art, literature, etc.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• pilates
• running
• clubbing
• reading
• tv
• music
• jazz
• outdoor activities
• sports
• soccer
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Motorcycle Diaries, Lost in Translation, Brokeback Mountain, Little Children, Milk, La Mala Educacion, Hable con ella, Todo sobre mi madre, Babel, Snatch, Fight Club, Burn after Reading, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Being John Malkovich, etc.

Music: Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Ike Quebec, Lee Morgen, Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Snow Patrol, the Kooks, Rupa & the April Fishes, Yael Naim, Eli Reed, Room Eleven, C-Mon & Kypski, Marike Jager, Sharon Jones, Morcheeba, Benjamin Herman, Amos Lee, KT Tunstall, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went to Vancouver Island, which was the most beautiful place I've seen so far. Plus, I went whale-watching there. A dream came true: we saw a humpback whale.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about Amsterdam's history (in a few months, since I'm reading all about it now. But it's a lot, so give me some time to finish it..). And I'd be delighted to teach you Dutch, most of the time it will be hilarious for me :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States