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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Starter enterpreneur
  • Doctor Bioscience engineering
  • From Kessel-Lo
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Surfing the waves of adventure in enterpreneurship

ABOUT ME

Proud father of 2 lovely kids, 3rd one coming up.
My wife is from Germany, who came to Leuven and couldn't leave :)
Trying to start a business at the moment, so lately less time to go travelling around.
But happy to host surfers in Leuven, if possible with the kids of course...

PHILOSOPHY

We've got a beautiful globe with thousands of nice people...ENJOY!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Got a great double couch and a nice university city (Leuven) to show!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only good ones, in Australia, Germany, Belgium(:)), Switzerland...

Interests

SPORTS... oh yes, soccer...forever, snowboarding...at least once a year,biking...tennis... swimming...sometimes

NATURE...hiking, camping, touring, biking,... in the outdoors it's the max

TRAVELLING...of course

CULINARIY...enjoying good food of all kitchens...beer of course as a Belgian...red wine is mostly part of my diners...

FARMING...the love for farming came from my grandparents...i'll buy a small farm myself and do some hobby farming...

  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • red wine
  • beer
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • skydiving
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • swimming
  • business
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC...punk (bad religion, lagwagon, no fun at all, dropkick murphys, rancid, stonded, millencolin, rise against... )to hard (metallica, iron maiden, machinehead,queens of the stone age...) and good rock (pearl jam, franz ferdinand, muse, foo fighters, kings of leon,...)...but also Johny Cash, Billy Bragg, David Gray, Madrugada,...please

THEATRE & FILM...well, now and then

TRAVEL...of course...trying to use my short life as good as possible to see as much of our nice blue bal

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydive in Airlie Beach

Teach, Learn, Share

All about eggs! From throwing it on the ground without breaking, throwing it against a wall (you should try, very nice) or pealing a boiled egg...
Although after 6 years of work on eggs, I'm still not persistently able to cook a soft-boiled egg...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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