After living in Amsterdam for ten years, I left the Netherlands May 2017 to travel 1 year. I traveled Asia, New Zealand and USA. Now I am living in Leeuwarden where I start studying BSc. Coastal and Marine management.

If you make a request to stay with me, please make sure your profile shows some personal information and make sure that you have at least 1 full body picture and 1 picture where you smile.

I will host people on their journey. I don't accept 'bookings requests months in advanced' for people who are not traveling yet.

I have an office where I can put a (or two) matress on the floor. As guests you'll have your own space.

Begin your request with the word 'stroopwafels'.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To help travelers on their journey and get tips from locals on my way. To make connection, tell stories and listen to people's stories.

Interests

I play guitar and like to sing. I like to go out: stand up paddle boarding, climbing, sailing, hiking and windsurfing.

I'm very curious and like te hear about other people's stories.

• singing
• hiking
• backpacking
• windsurfing
• sailing
• adventure travel
• phylosophy
• playing guitar
• ocean
• whiskey
• climbing
• discovering
• utah
• grand canyon
• sleeping under the stars

Music, Movies, and Books

Rising strong - Brene Brown
Herinneringen, dromen, gedachten - C. G. Jung
The choice - Edith Eger
De kunst van het ongelukkig zijn - Dirk de Wachter
Erotische intelligentie
Verslaafd aan liefde
De meeste mensen deugen - Rutger Bregman
Stieg Larsson
No is not enough - Naomi Klein
Yuval Noah Harari
The Thirst - Jo Nesbo
Educated - Tara Westover
Het hoge nest - Yvonne van Iperen
De kleine prins - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
De poorteloze poort - Yamada Koun
EOS wetenschap magazine
Ongezien Opgegroeid - Lindsay C. Gibson

The Last Samurai
The Holliday
The big bang theory
Captain Fantastic

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing the south pacific on a sailboat.

Plant trees.

I've traveled USA on a motorcycle.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach
Dutch or Anything about the Netherlands
English, German
Salsa dancing, play guitar
How to survive a storm at the south pacific.
I can tell you how to travel while using couchsurfing in USA.

Learn
Oceanography, Geography, Science, Language, Life stories, Travel stories, Sailing

Share
I'm open minded and like to share things, thoughts, experiences and especially food and drinks :).

Some of my favorite sayings:
"If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day." - Leonard Cohen

"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes." - Carl Jung

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, pictures, songs, a smile, cooking, chocolate, tea etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Chile, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, New Zealand, United States