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.

Why I’m on 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.

Interests

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

Music, Movies, and Books

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

Music: world music & jazz

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

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

Teach, Learn, Share

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.

Countries I’ve Visited

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

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Spain

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