Hi! I'm Ana, a German-Portuguese fireball currently living in Belgium but soon taking off on a backpacking trip through Central and South America with my Belgian husband, Andy.
We are both highly curious minds, in love with people, animals and nature. About three years ago, after we both went through some physical and mental challenges, we started to become very mindful of our bodies (and minds), exercising daily and eating unprocessed and organic food as much as possible. We love yoga, dancing (Andy is a former international swing teacher and I practice ballet since the age of 5), reading and horse riding. Our current life philosophy is all about "less is more", which led us to plan our upcoming one-way trip to Central and Latin America - our first ever backpacking experience which will force us to fit our entire lives into just one bag each... super exciting!
As for me, I was born in Germany, raised by German-Portuguese parents in Brussels, studied in Paris and Bologna (Italy) and worked in Paris and Brussels before deciding to become my own boss two years ago.
Andy is a self-made man. He started dancing and competing when he was 17, which led him to tour the world and teach for 15 years until he built Belgium's largest swing dance school. Now retired from the dance world, he pursues several passions amongst which marketing, business, sports and music (he started playing the guitar in 2018).

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

I'm on couchsurfing because Andy and I decided to leave everything behind to accomplish one of our long-term dreams: travel the world, meet new people and learn about local cultures and customs. We will set off end of May / beginning of July. Our first stop will probably be Mexico and we'll go South from there, to explore Central and South America. We don't have any set return date in order to truly experience the magic of beautiful encounters and enchanted places... we trust life will put us in touch with whatever is best for us and who knows... maybe we will fall in love somewhere and stick around there for a couple of months :-)
We're very much looking forward to exchanging with this amazing community!
Namaste,
Ana and Andy

Интересы

• animals
• ballet dancing
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• music
• nature
• nutrition

Музыка, кино и книги

I listen to music a LOT. I particularly love house music, but also really enjoy jazz, hip hop and soul.

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Marrying Andy when all odds seemed to be against us :-)

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

It would be my pleasure to speak with you and teach you any one of the languages I know (French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese)!
Also, since I've worked in Communications and Marketing and Andy has always been a successful entrepreneur, we are more than happy to give you feedback on a current (or future) project or business of yours, whether you are an entrepreneur or thinking of becoming one. Both our minds combined usually come up with some nice ideas to implement, and we've already helped quite some friends on their entrepreneurial journeys.
Whatever way we can, we'll be happy to help you and share whatever we can and know about!

Чем я могу поделиться с хостами

I can share about personal development, yoga and self care, having been through a tough burnout 3 years ago and rising stronger than ever before from the ashes :-)
Andy can share about a ton of subjects since he never stops learning and experimenting to see where his (mental and physical) boundaries lie. As an example, just nine months ago (and after a severe injury) he decided to start running again and has finished two full marathons since. He knows a lot about nutrition, body and mind control, setting goals and achieving them... just to mention a few.

Где я побывал(-а)

Austria, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Где я жил(-а)

Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal