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Overview

  • 16 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 54, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • moving
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Andare a Zonzo

ABOUT ME

Think of vintage costumes, temporary constructions, the color orange, Neon magazine, jazz concerts, polite people, ergonomic design, Berlin, Apple computers, real local dishes, français, cars from the eighties and the wind in my hair. Now you're close:-)

PHILOSOPHY

Luctor et emergo.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had guests from Oslo to Issaquah, from Copenhagen to Canada, from Bern to Ljubljana. I've been surfing couches in Spain, Switzerland, Berlin, Marseille, Warsaw, Belgium, Dresden and while visiting San Francisco on the way to the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. Many couches turned out to be luxury guestrooms, and the hosts locals with a warm heart.

Interests

Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

  • design
  • coloring
  • concerts
  • festivals
  • tango
  • running
  • sauna
  • walking
  • flying
  • cars
  • jazz
  • surfing
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

FICTION: have been reading all of Paul Auster.

NON-FICTION: Space Craft - fleeting architecture and hideouts.

MUSIC: Frédéric Chopin (nocturnes), Chic, Burt Bacharach, Burnt Friedman, Serge Gainsbourg, Joe Dassin, Barry White, Chet Baker, Raz Ohara, Nina Simone, Björk Gudmundsdóttir & Trió Gudmundar Ingólfssonar, Dalida, Stan Getz, JS Bach (Goldberg Variations), Pole (3), Hanne Hukkelberg, Frank Sinatra, NHØP, Karate, The Matthew Herbert Big Band, Stevie Wonder, Melanie De Biasio, John Zorn, ...

I have no idea what's on television.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living on a ship; meeting the same friend in cities all over Europe; flying over Black Rock City in the desert; discovering tango tunes in the middle of the Finnish woods; walking from city centers to airports; finding an old Belgian cemetery in Guatemala; almost been run over by a car while running; swimming in the lake of Geneva, after taking a sauna; organizing the Belgian championship 'mobile phone throwing'; ...

Teach, Learn, Share

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flâneur
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com
http://www.la-conjugaison.fr/du/verbe/partager.php

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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