CURRENT MISSION

breathe

ABOUT ME

Canadian with Dutch roots who just moved to London to start a PhD. Though I spend too much of my time studying/working, my spare time finds me traveling, hiking, cycling, reading, and pubbing it with friends.

PHILOSOPHY

I take a pretty relativistic view of things and don't tend to get too hung up on fundamentals. That's not to say I don't have my standards though. I try my best to live sustainably and promote friendliness, open access, and communal values in whatever place I'm in.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted a number of different people from different places and have had the favour returned as well. Recently started going to CS meetups, which are a lot of fun.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Wouldn't want to undermine all my other experiences by privileging one:)

Interests

Photography, writing, travel, cycling, mythology, history, politics, popular physics, literature, Sci-Fi, music, (good) TV.

• writing
• literature
• photography
• politics
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• history
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Tom Robbins, Stereolab, REM, Daft Punk, Tolkien, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Radiohead, Bjork, Kurt Vonnegut, Pink Floyd, Milan Kundera, Leonard Cohen, Umberto Eco, Iain Banks, Frank Herbert, Yeats.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the West Coast Trail in Pacific Rim National Park on British Columbia's Pacific Coast.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm doing MA research at the University of Amsterdam related to the history of what is often called Western esotericism, so I have some knowledge of the weird and wacky.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Lithuania, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States