Hi! I am Zaïda. As a half Dutch half Indonesian girl I grew up in a tiny town in the east of the Netherlands. Currently I am studying Life Science and Technology at the Technical university in Delft and University of Leiden. I am a sports fanatic and I like to keep moving all the time. At the moment I am in a dutch rowing team. As a rower I practice 10 times a week and I am always eating, I love to eat and cook, especially for other people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really love to meet new people, hear their stories and I am very curious about other cultures and languages. I also love to learn many languages, so I dare you not the speak English with me!

Interests

• dancing
• cycling
• rowing
• playing guitar
• longboard

Music, Movies, and Books

My favourite movies are: The Notebook, Into the Wild, The sound of music, Harry Potter, The Lion King, Love Rosie, Finding Nemo, The Graduate, Me before you, Junglebook, Shawshank Redemption & Bourne.

Favourite music: Chopin, The script, Norah Jones, Katie Meluah, The Lumineers, Jack Johnson, John Mayer & Ed Sheeran.

Favourite books: Ikigai, Gebroeders Leeuwenhart, Steve Jobs, Why Zebra's don't get Ulcers, How not to die, Game of Thrones, 13 reasons why & Harry Potter (in multiple languages).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A trip by train from Jogyakarta to Jakarta of 9 hours crossing all different kinds of nature, culture and country in 9 hours.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learning as many languages as possible and sharing my mother language.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The dutch language and culture, a little bit of the Indonesian culture and a tiny bit of the language. Share stories about countries, cities and other super nice places I've traveled.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands