ABOUT ME

Hi there! My name is Judith and I live in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I have travelled quite a bit, although it has been waaaay too long ago. At the moment I'm studying East European Studies in Amsterdam, but trying to get an internship somewhere in (shockingly) Eastern Europe. I work in a bar/ café and therefore love tasting craft beers and acting crazy while drinking them ;) You can always ask if you can stay, however- I have one room and one bed, so sleeping on the floor on an air mattress would be your faith. My response has not been great either (sorryyyy) as I like to ignore social media stuff sometimes ... which of course is stupid cause couchsurfing leads to offline contacts now I think of it. Ah well, I promise to do better!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really like randomly meeting the greatest and strangest people, so couchsurfing is a great opportunity for that. It's always the easiest talking to someone from another country- you can compare cultures for hours and it never gets boring!

Interests

I am basically always singing, which can be annoying I must admit. But I'm not too sucky at it, so you know, it's not that bad (now this sounds kind of arrogant, I just mean- I can sing quite okay, so don't worry, your ears won't fall off if you spend a sure amount of time with me).

What else do I like to do? I've been really into reading travel literature lately, because of a course I took. Currently, I'm focused on accounts of Russia and the Caucasus and I'm actually doing research on 17th century travel writing among European writers - Extremely interesting! The whole "oh-look-at-me-I-don't-want-to-go-where-everyone-goes-I'm-going-off-the-beaten-track" attitude already existed back then, only then it was said by rich aristocrats and not by 18-year-old backpackers.

I pretend to play guitar, but I suck at it. I play korfball (a Dutch sport, kind of a mix between basketball and netball) and love to hike and ski! - I guess it's because we don't have mountains in the Netherlands, but mostly all Dutchies I know are obsessed with mountains and all activities concerning mountains.

• arts
• singing
• traveling
• guitar
• hiking
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- I really like listening to soundtracks, because they have a nice flow about them, and there a good mix of up-beat happy music and sad/serious music. Artists I like: Regina Spektor, Three Days Grace, Charlene Kaye, Eddie Vedder, Simon and Garfunkel, Florence + the Machine etc etc etc

Movies - Lord of the Rings, all of them (it's a bit of a past obsession of mine), but Two Towers is best. (The Hobbit movies are nothing in comparison). Last thing I saw in the cinema is The Shape of Water- really liked it.

Books - Harry Potter can always cheer me up, but loads and loads of other stuff too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Slovenia, United Kingdom