CURRENT MISSION

Working on my graduation project.

ABOUT ME

Architecture student, 1m92, Dutch, born in Nicaragua, very interested in languages, playing some guitar, nature, photography, drawing, chilling, sustainability and volunteering. I'm pretty philosophical and positive.

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe diem et ede malum. Pick the day and eat an apple.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My first surfing experience was in Buenos Aires in 2009. It was a very nice introduction to couchsurfing, I tried it several times afterwards in South-America, but it didn't really work out due to my short-term requests. In my home I hosted several very nice people, mainly from Germany, from one night to a few. We always had a nice time together, although I didn't always have a lot of time to share.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had one very nice surfing experience in Buenos Aires, it was a very good way to get to know a little more about how things work over there.
Since I'm back from Latin America (in 2010) I have also hosted for several times, all very nice experiences with beautiful people. As it should be!

Interests

Architecture, Arts, Theatre, Music, (Hitch)hiking, Nature (with a special interest in growing plants), Life.

• arts
• architecture
• photography
• sketching
• baking
• yoga
• working out
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• surfing
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Everything by the Coen Brothers (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country For Old Men, etc.)
Magnolia
Diarios de Motocicleta (Motorcycle Diaries)
El Labirinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Pirates Of The Caribbean
many more

Music:
Placebo
Gåte
God Is An Astronaut
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Spinvis
Manu Chao
many more

Books:
Nooit meer slapen - W.F. Hermans
De ontdekking van de hemel - Harry Mulisch
Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol - Dimitri Verhulst
De schaduw van de wind - Carlos Ruíz Zafón
The kite runner - Khaled Hosseini
1984 - George Orwell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In summer 2008 I went to Wroclaw in Poland to volunteer for three weeks on a 'construction site'. This was organised by IBO (International Building Organisation). It was an amazing time, working together with 11 other volunteers, having the time of our life in wroclaw and making the best of our free weekends by going to Krkonoze National Park, Krakow and Oswiecim. People I met there became really good friends and with one of them, Koen Crauwels I've been travelling through Latin America for 8 months.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
Dutch
Sketching
Baking pancakes (flensjes)

Learn:
Spanish
Swedish
Russian
and all the other interesting languages
Yoga
Anything you're good at.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Nicaragua

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