Hi, I´m Tijn. I´m 21 years old and I live in the Netherlands, next to Amsterdam.
In june I finished my high school. After that, I decided I didn´t want to go to university immediately. I wanted to do something different, I wanted:
- To see something of the world
So many people told me that South-America is such a beautiful place to be. The colonial, mix-between-Europe-and-native-city´s, the breathtaking nature like the Iguazu falls and ´the end of the world´ Ushuaia... And that´s just Argentina. After that, I knew it. I wanted to go see South-America.

- To meet new people
One thing I really like is meeting new people. It´s nice to hear everyone's story, to get known to a culture by hearing it from locals, I just really like that kind of stuff.

- To learn Spanish
In 2014, when I was 17, I followed some Spanish classes in Barcelona, Spain. I really liked and still like the language and I would love to become fluent in it. A friend of mine is half Spanish, his mom is from the South of Spain. When I´m at his home, we´re practising Spanish all the time. I also attended 3 weeks of Spanish classes in Buenos Aires from the 9th till the 27th of november, 2015. When I´m at stores, at a hostel or whatever, I try to speak as much Spanish as possible. I really want to become fluent in it.

So well, that´s me, and that´s why I´m in South-America right now :-)

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

As said above, I love meeting new people, especially locals. It´s a great way to get known to a country and to get known to how people réally live, how people really are in a certain place. Not just how tourists see it.
I´ve been in some hostels and of course it´s really nice to meet so many people of Europe. But to be honest, I wanna meet more people from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, etc. When I´m back in Europe, I´m okay with meeting European people again ;-) And, of course, I would love to welcome you South-American guys (and others) in my hometown, Hillegom, the Netherlands. Hope my parents are going to be okay with it. If so, you´re all really welcome!

Interessen

I love playing soccer, I´m playing the game since I was 4 years old. When I´m not able to play soccer every day, like right now in South-America, I like to run through the city. In the winter, we often go to Germany, Austria or Switzerland with the family to ski. Too bad that´s not possible in the Netherlands.
Besides playing sports, I like to watch series on Netflix (Breaking Bad!!!), chill with friends, just the regular stuff ;p
Oh and I work in a beach-restaurant in the Netherlands, I really love it there! I think serving people in a restaurants is one of the most interesting, teaching and greatest things you can do at my age. You have to be so social and so nice all the time. I really love it!!

• culture
• cooking
• running
• skiing
• sports
• soccer
• beaches

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I love Breaking Bad!!! It´s my favourite series. With all kinds of music, I´m okay, as long as it´s not classic music for too long. My favorite music is the music played in clubs, when I´m going out, I think.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

In 2009, when I was 12, we became champions with our soccer team. It was the best day of my life!!!
No, without joking, I´m 18. Hopefully I´m going to do maaany amazing things in my life haha

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I can tell you about all the European (capital) city´s I´ve been, we can talk about the difference in culture, we can play soccer if you have a football, I can teach you Dutch (but I´m not sure if you´re gonna like that haha).
I can cook pasta for you, it´s my specialty! We can walk through the city and maybe go out an evening? If you like going out, of course. I´m basically okay with everything, I´m not the most difficult person.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Netherlands