CURRENT MISSION

**Winter (19-20) : enjoying magical winter wonderland in Lapland, and working there as guide as well**

ABOUT ME

In my mid thirties but still in full discovery on myself, other peoples and society.

I practice the art of juggling, clowning, cooking and photography with much interest and passion.

I lived for most of my adult life in communities and very eager tot discover how others do it. Striving for a self-sustaining life in an ecological respectfull way.

PHILOSOPHY

Be interested, not interesting!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING:
Great alternative for commercial tourisme as opposesed to traveling which is to me all about sharing with local people.

I love to eat well, share food and I learned to enjoy cooking a lot over the years.

As a traveller: When I can participate in the household (cleaning, cooking,..) it makes me feel even more at home.

I can teach in some of the skills that I have, I can entertain (especially children but definitely also adults) and listen.

As a host: When I can ( when I'm not travelling and when I have a place somewhere). I can always try to give you some tips for nice (alternative) places in Brussels or introduce you to some people there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only great experiences with being hosted by other CS'ers.
From time to time I host friends or vica versa. I hosted couchsurfers together with a housemate. I did met some other couchsurfers and they were in general very openminded people, and I really liked meeting them.

Interests

-Juggling, clowning and other circus- and physical art forms
-Photography: see http://flickr.com/janslangen
-Cycling: as way of life, transport, travelling, exploration or justement for thé fun of it. It's one of the closest ways humans can get to the sensation of flying.
-Living in communities
-Gardening
-Mushrooms and medicinal plants: for eating ans healing
-Music
-Street art

• animals
• arts
• culture
• street art
• photography
• cooking
• technology
• traveling
• socializing
• juggling
• music
• cycling
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

* Movies: Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Ken Loachs work, Documentaries in nature, society...

* Music: (militant) hiphop, indietronica, folk, post-rock, jazz, bossa, ...

* Books: more non-fiction then fiction. Things about society, science, ...
Clay Shirky, Naomi Klein, Jaap Kruithof ( NL )

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Making people smile, surprising them.

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography, Juggling, Cooking, Clowning principals, Languages (english, french and dutch)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, some photos of you or your place, a clownish juggling performance, my views on life and society, ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Finland, South Africa