CURRENT MISSION

enjoy life

ABOUT ME

I am a researcher in biology and for my work I spend several months per year in Africa studying grasshoppers. I have 25 years of experience with meeting kind, interesting, generous, funny and happy people both abroad and in 'everyday life' and I decided to go on with that hobby for a very long time still. So whenever I am home, anyone is welcome to visit me and if I have time and might even be able to show you around in Groningen.

PHILOSOPHY

Just be kind.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

People are welcome to surf a couch at my place and whenever I will go on holiday again, I'll probably try to surf a bit myself.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't surfed another couch yet (that is, not via the CS network), but so far two Surfers visited me for a coffee and a dinner.

Interests

Holiday interests
- exploring cities
- beautiful nature
- meeting new people

Other interests:
- biology. I'm lucky enough to have this hobby for a living.
- in parks looking at the behaviour of strange people
- real coffee.
- literature.
- Music. Just listening. Unfortunately, I never learned to play
- debating. I'm member of a debating organization
- Schadenfreude. I guess I shouldn't be to proud of this... Anyway.
- cooking. I love cooking, especially for other people. I often cook without meat, although I'm not a 'strict' vegetarian. I don't like doing the dishes though...
- diving. Learned that in South-Africa. Unfortunately, it's been a while since my last dive
- tennis. From time to time
- writing (see my blog: fonsmetzijnpuntmuts.punt.nl - only in Dutch)

• writing
• literature
• cooking
• coffee
• vegetarian
• blogging
• music
• scuba diving
• tennis
• biology
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: City of God, Amelie, Sin City, La vita e bella, Big Lebowski Affair, a clockwork orange,
Music: Beatles, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Moby, Dvorak, Pink martini
Writers: Haruki Murakami, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, David Egger, Roald Dahl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept between lions and hyena's

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Czech Republic, Italy, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands