Hi, My name is Ilse. I am an Architecture and Urbanism student. I love to travel and visit big cities. I really like to have interesting conversations about art, architecture, the city you live in, the things you love about your city and all the other topics that the world has to offer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing creates the opportunity to meet a city AND its people. Normally when you go on a city trip you see all the highlights but don't meet any people. With couchsurfing you can meet all kinds of cultures and types of people. I love to learn what the local people love about their city. Visit the places you normally don't go and meet people you normally won't meet.

Interests

• arts
• architecture
• hiking
• soccer
• rowing
• nature
• streetart
• street food
• city life
• urban planning
• urbanism

Music, Movies, and Books

Well my favorite book is a hard question. Everything Thea Beckman wrote is good!!
After not reading anything during high school and university a started reading again. If I am able to read four books in the coming three months I have read 20 books in a year! If you have a favorite book I would love to hear, I haven't decided what my last three books are going to be.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did an internship in Ho Chi Minh City and I think that living in this city has been one of the coolest things I have ever done. I lived, as the only western I think, in a neighborhood with almost 60.000 people in one km2. So many people and things happening around you. Really Really Really Amazing!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Spain, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Viet Nam