CURRENT MISSION

Looking forward to meet you ;-)

ABOUT ME

We are a family of 5 with a dog! Since our daughter moved out recently we usually have a spare room.

Neeltje(1976): I don't iron unless it's really necessary. I lived on an island all my life. Got freckles. I can't buy groceries for more then one day. I can be really active but also very lazy. I laugh at Ted's lame jokes (not all of them). Got many cookbooks but hardly use the recipes. I'm a nightperson. I'm curious. If there is something I don't know I immediately look it up on the Internet. I forget appointments with the dentist. Trees are great. I like bare feet but hate to have cold feet. Love roller coasters. Australia stole my heart. I have amazing kids which I share with the love of my life. We are both crazy about Thailand and I'm learning Thai at the moment since we would love to go there many more times.

Our kids are from 2001, 2003 and 2005. When we started couchsurfing they where little but now they are bigger then me. The pictures are all old, I should ad some soon :P

PHILOSOPHY

We are a part of the world for a short time. We should take care of each other and everything around us while enjoying ourselves.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We offer our couch (or actually a bed or a matrass) for couchsurfers who like to visit Texel and like to be a part of our family for a while.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far we had only great experiences! It is wonderfull to let the world come to us since we don't have the opportunity to travel ourselves so much lately. And when we travel Couchsurfing is the only way. We just love it!
We are openminded (so sorry for this word, but really we are ;-)) with a good sense of humour and love to share believes, idea's and cultural differences. It's great to get to know people a little bit or more this way. We even made good and lasting friendships.

Interests

Life in all it's ways, People, Dancing, Australia, Traveling, Metal detecting, Nature, Geocaching, playing hide and seek, technology, Food ( where it comes from, how it's made, how to prepare),

• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• recipes
• cheese
• clothing
• technology
• board games
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• surfing
• skydiving
• sports
• soccer
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Shawshank Redemtion, Lord of the Rings, Shrek, 2001 Space Odyssee, Lola rennt, Big Fish, Scott Pilgrim vs the world, Pulp Fiction
Music: Jewel, Adele, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Dance, Melanie, Die Antwoord, Joni Mitchell, Snow Patrol, Knife Party
Internet/TV: TEDtalks, Planet Earth, Human Planet, documentairies, Family Guy, Discovery channel, stupid gameshows

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done:
Giving Birth (3 times!)
Marry the right man
Discovering the beauty of people and nature
Traveling through Australia
Skydiving
A plane crash
Met a Maori
Seen:
The twelve apostels, Australia (Experiencing the force of nature)
A platypus
A Butterfly
The sea (always different)
A happy kid
A burned down house (ours)
Norway
Lighting up algae in the sea at night

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: All about Texel, Lots about The Netherlands, Dutch, How to make perfect pancakes, to enjoy life

Learn: how to make an awesome curry, about other countries, surfing, how to take great pictures

Share: awesome YouTube videos, food, music, a home, hugs, good times

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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