Hi!

I'm Toon, a 23 year old student from Hasselt, Belgium. At the moment I am living and studying in Ghent.
I studied in Tallinn, Estonia with the Erasmus program.
At the moment I am studying Printmaking. I love drawing, art, photography, printmaking, having a beer and of course exploring the world and its inhabitants. I'm a open-minded and social person.

If you would like to see some of my artwork:

https://www.instagram.com/janstoon/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Not only to see new places, but also meet new, like-minded people.
I find it best to explore and get to know a place by trying to blend in as a local would. Staying with someone who knows the place is just a great opportunity to discover the hidden gems of a place.
Because it is a cheap way to have rich experiences.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• street art
• photography
• festivals
• beer
• partying
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• hitchhiking
• cinema
• printmaking
• illustration
• analog photography
• vinyl records
• photoshop

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
I listen to allot of different genres of music. Classical rock, pop, techno, balkan, gypsy, electronic, swing...
Some of my favourites: Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Rolling Stones, Moderat, Arcade Fire, Gogol Bordello, Cream, Nicolas Jaar, The Velvet Underground, The Raconteurs, Darkside, Baxter Dury ...

Books:
Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Kafka...
But mostly books about art

Movies:
This is a difficult one. I'm a big movie fan, so it's pretty hard to chose. Some directors I like: Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie, Paolo Sorrentino, Darren Aronofsky, Stanley Kubrick,...
Obscure cult-films are also a definite yes.

PS: Romantic comedies are a guilty pleasure

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Roadtrip through Croatia
-Saw the northern lights in Lapland
-Hitchhiked through the Baltics during wintertime (probably a better idea during summertime)
-Visited Chernobyl
-Had rain for four days in the Atacama desert (driest place in the world)

One not so amazing thing was the third class night train in Ukraine...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Estonia