CURRENT MISSION

Discovering the world and the great diversity of people in it!

ABOUT ME

I'm a friendly, easy-going person who absolutely loves to meet new people, hear new stories and get acquainted with different life-styles than my own. Since I am a doctor, I love helping people, including giving people medical advice, since I get a lot of medical questions from fellow backpackers. I do like my profession a lot, which sometimes results in me talking a little too much about all the wonderful aspects of the human body. But I'm easily correctable :)
I love good, deep conversations and share philosophies about life with a glass of wine, but partying is one of my favorite pastimes as well. I am a real animal person, as I have two dogs at my own home. Responsibility is important to me as well as friendship. I like to develop new relationships with people as I meet them on my way.
Furthermore my biggest passion in life is music! I've been trained in the violin and viola for over 10 years, and taught myself to play the piano and a little bit guitar. I like to sing with both, which can make for a very creative and fun evening usually :)
In conclusion, I'm an easy-going person who loves meeting new people and likes to help people, especially from my medical background. I'm a responsible person who just adores animals of all kind. I just love music most of all, it is my biggest passion.

PHILOSOPHY

Live every day like it is your last.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment, I'm traveling and can't take any hosts myself until I return home. But I would love to be able to stay and meet new people here in Australia :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Very good so far! The people I've met so far have all been extremely nice and generous.

Interests

I love listening to and making music. I like good conversations and cultural things and, like everyone I guess, a good party is something I also enjoy a lot. Back home I play a lot of indoor soccer and I run 3 times a week.

• animals
• dogs
• singing
• wine
• running
• partying
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• violin
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• soccer
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: U2, Three Doors Down, Eric Clapton, Bertolf, Timbaland, Joshua Radin, The Killers, The Beatles, Guns and Roses, The Police, Phil Collins, The Rolling Stones and many, many more.
Movies: A Beautiful Mind, Inception, Vanilla Sky, Sin City, O Brother Where Art Thou? House, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs.
Books: Dune, other than that mostly Dutch Books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Scuba-diving, bungy-jumping, sky-diving, snowboarding, surfing
- Helping people in the hospital, like in the emergency room and intensive care.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to share my medical knowledge and make music with people.