My name is Sophie, I am a spontaneous, deep, open minded person who loves travelling and having deep conversations with people.
2016/17 I went for one year to the Philippines and was working there for an NGO that is fighting for the rights of street children. I was working in a shelter to take care of the children and was half of the time working at rice fields, that was incredible experience.
Afterwards I was travelling for a year and walked the Camino del norte in Spain, a hiking way about 800km long to Santiago de Compostella. I was one of the best decisions in my life because I met so many amazing people there!
Currently I am living in the Netherlands and study Psychology.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is an amazing opportunity to meet new people, help each other out and exchange experience and make the world to a more peaceful place we’re people can trust each other.
I love it to meet new people, get to know other cultures and talk about the world :)

Interests

I love reading inspiring books, playing the piano and guitar, listening to music and podcasts and going running when I am in the mood for it. I love hiking, putting myself into things I am scared of to break out of my comfort zone and become my greatest version ;)

• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• reading
• music
• hiking
• skiing
• entrepreneurship
• psychology
• travelling
• playing guitar
• ayurveda
• challenging myself

Music, Movies, and Books

The power of believe, by Claude Bristol
The mastery of love, Don Miguel Ruiz
You are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza
The Alchemist, paulo Coelho
Now, Eckhart Tolle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took part in a student exchange programme a few years ago and went for two weeks to India. There we vaccinated children from slum areas, who couldn't get reached by the governmental health care programme. It was a really impressive experience and I am glad my school offered such exchange programmes. It brought me to travel more and my desire to travel the world started.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can speak a bit Tagalog, the language of the Philippines and can teach you a bit of you like ;)
We can exchange our greatest experiences we made, I can tell you about the experience I made in the Philippines and how life is going there.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines