IMPORTANT: If you want to sleep on my couch, please read the "Additional Info" under "My Home" before you send a request!!!

CURRENT MISSION

To love selflessly.

ABOUT ME

I don't believe silence should ever be awkward. I like to think before I speak. I am generally better in asking questions than answering them.

I'm a solitary creature that nevertheless needs company. I enjoy deep conversations or chitchat over a cup of tea, sharing food and music, making things, going for walks, exploring new places...

I was born in Nijmegen and studied Musicology in Amsterdam and Edinburgh. I grow restless when I stay in one place for too long. My home is this funny little blue planet I love.

PHILOSOPHY

Whether or not we find what we are seeking
Is idle, biologically speaking.

(Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share, to learn, to meet and to promote kindness and solidarity.

Interests

Music, reading, writing, thinking, cooking, travelling, art, cinema, nature, beautiful things.

• arts
• writing
• literature
• cooking
• board games
• traveling
• music
• film
• our planet

Music, Movies, and Books

Laura Marling is my heroin; Harry Potter my youth obsession.
I enjoy a great variety in music, books and movies. Random names: Haruki Murakami; Salman Rushdi; Herman Hesse; T.H. White; Roald Dahl; John Green; Margaret Atwood; Angela Carter; The Dreamers; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lord of the Rings; Wes Anderson; Jim Jarmusch; J.S. Bach; Henry Purcell; Franz Schubert; Kate Bush; Johnny Flynn; Patti Smith; The Beatles; The Kinks; Neil Young; Fairport Convention; The Smiths; R.E.M. - I'm starting to feel slightly ridiculous now, naming what seems like a negligible selection of an inexhaustable well of inspiration and creation...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhike all around New Zealand on my own.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, music, music.
Cooking and baking.
Dutch and English.
Board games.

Showing you the highest hilltops and deepest waters, the oldest trees and newest projects, the cosiest cafes and creepiest graveyards of the place where I happen to live.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Pleasantries, deep and shallow thoughts, food, knowledge, a little crumb of existence.
Also, delicious chocolate from the world's most ethically sound chocolate brand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom