CURRENT MISSION

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge

ABOUT ME

Hi I'm Vera,

What my references down this page are saying is true: I'm a bit of a geek. I like to read books in my spare time, and that makes me a bit of a bookish person. But I don't shy away from adventures, having traveled around with friends since the age of 17.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like meeting people from around the world. I just moved out of my parents house. I like people from around the world and show you around town. I know Rotterdam better than I know The Hague, even though I grew up there. I even gave guided tours of the city of Rotterdam in the summer of 2010

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I got to know the couchsurfing community through my friend Bart. I have surfed in Maastricht when I was going on an excursion with the University of Maastricht and had to be there at 8 o'clock in the morning. I've hosted George when I was still living in Rotterdam where he was visiting the table tennis world tournament. I got to know Marjan when I was doing the summer program at Leiden University. I had asked the group if I could stay over at somebody living in Leiden since I had some trouble with the travel. This way I introduced her to couchsurfing by couchsurfing with her. I couchsurfed in the US when I traveled solo abroad for the first time in 2012.

Interests

• books
• diy
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• biology
• history
• political science
• psychology
• science
• hitchhiking
• settlers of catan
• harry potter
• wikipedia
• skepticism
• american culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
Harry Potter, The Demon-Haunted World, Guns Germs and Steal, 1984, Bill Bryson, Bad Science - Ben Goldacre, Stephen Pinker
Music
Eels, Gorillaz, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, dEUS, The Doors, Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, Spinvis, Sigur Rós, Belle & Sebastian, Royskopp, Muse, Radiohead
Movies
Festen, The Shining, Attenberg, Spirited Away, Donnie Darko, Léon, Let the Right One In, ATTENBERG, Exit Through The Giftshop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've logged over 60.000 contributions to the Wikimedia projects

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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