CURRENT MISSION

Being the happiest person I can be

ABOUT ME

I tend to be quite bubbly, chatty and impulsive, although I also enjoy just sitting amidst nature and letting it impress me. I lived in Spain for a year and decided that I really liked travelling. I quit my job as a journalist to go backpacking in Australia and New-Zealand for six months and had the time of my life! I love reading, film and theater, and tend to do things quite spontaneously. Now I am working as a copywriter in Gent, trying to make every weekend a mini-holiday!
I love to write and like to pauze at a sunny cafe every now and then and write down my impressions.

When travelling, I prefer a good mix of city-sightseeing with a cultural touch, and being in nature. I suppose I would get too tree-huggy if I didn't see any civilization for 3 weeks, so as I said a good mix would do! I don't like rushing myself to see all the sights, I mainly want to feel how it would be to be living there.

Some key words:
camping * books * Thai food * old wooden painting frames * sunsets in the field * sunrise on the beach * eggplants * red diaries * handwritten letters * teapots * cooking * word games *

PHILOSOPHY

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:
-Nurhak in Izmir (Turkey). We also travelled to Cappadocia together
-Yusuf & Yasemin in Antalya (Turkey).
-Misha in Paris (France, during 888 hitchhiker's meeting)
-Yohan in Lille (France).
-Dennis in Hannover (Germany).
-Tim in Berlin (Germany).
-Josta in Berlin (Germany).
-Monica & Nick in Melbourne (Australia).
-Pablo in Sydney (Australia).
-Hil in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
-Simon in Lund (Sweden)
-Ella in Stockholm (Sweden)(and later Ella's aunt in Stockholm, and her grandmother in Västansjö.)

Hosted:
-Rike from Italy/Portugal
-Patrick from France.
-Jessica from Australia.
-Caleb and Myra from Australia. (we also travelled to Amsterdam together!)
-Vanessa from Canada.
-Ross from Australia.
-Erika from the US.
-Aurélie from France.
-Dennis from Germany. (Also travelled to Lille together)
-Tara from Canada.
-Nurhak & Mesut from Turkey.

兴趣

Film, reading, cooking, singing, hitchhiking & camping, small cafes, theater (both playing and watching), live music (both classical and modern, I like world music,jazz and indie rock), random facts (Trivial Pursuit! :), history;

• books
• singing
• theater
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• live music
• jazz
• world music
• backpacking
• camping
• history
• journalism
• languages
• hitchhiking
• sightseeing
• beaches

音乐、电影和书籍

** Birds without wings - Louis de Bernière **
Paulo Coelho books
Orhan Pamuk books
Amélie Nothomb books
Bill Brysons books
travel books

Music: world music & jazz

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

hitchhiking all around Europe & New-Zealand * Quitting my job to go and discover Australia & NZ by myself * seen Cappadocia (Turkey) from a hot air balloon * drinking tea with locals in Morroco

教，学，和分享

I know my fair share of languages but am always eager to learn new ones (or at least bits!). When travelling in a country where I dont speak the language I like to memorize some basic vocabulary. It opens doors!
I make a great oatmeal-chocolate chip-raisin cookie, and I can give you hitchhiking tips if you're a newbie.

我游览过的国家

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Belgium, Spain

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