Hi there wonderful humans!

I'm Eline, last year I spend a year living in Taipei, learning Chinese, the adventure of a lifetime! Now I'm back in Leiden and open to hosting people again! I love hosting so much, so please feel welcome at my place here. :)
Currently I'm doing a master's degree in East Asian Studies. My dream for the future would be to work abroad as a journalist or documentary maker, but figuring things out along the way!

In my free time, I like chilling with friends, going on adventures, reading, listening to music, doing yoga, and cooking/eating food! Especially Chinese food! I'm also very passionate about the environment. And I'm a huge tea nerd, so we can drink a sophisticated cup of tea together when you're at my place! I also loooove languages so I would always love to learn a bit of your language or I can teach you a language! 還有，如果你也說中文的話，我們可能用中文聊天！

When I'm in a new place, I always love to just roam around, observe the people, look at the beautiful buildings and nature, but what I always cherish the most are the interactions with the people I'm meeting on my way. I just always get so much enjoyment out of that and you always learn something new. :)

I love meeting new friends from all around the globe, I hope you can be one of them. 😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because people are so interesting and I love to hear stories from all around the globe.

Interests

• environment
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• reading
• anthropology
• languages
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• travel
• tea
• social justice
• activism
• feminism
• china
• veganism
• environmentalism
• asian food
• leiden

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favorite artists are: Tom Rosenthal, Spinvis, Polo & Pan, Santi & Tuğçe, Nina Simone, Marina, Cat Stevens, Little Simz, Aurora, Angèle, Phoebe Bridgers, Pink Floyd, The Mamas and The Papas, Shpongle, TOOL, Fleetwood Mac, Pomme and many more!

I really like songs in different languages, in my Spotify account, I made special playlists for songs in Mandarin, French, Nepalese, Arabic and Korean. I'm also a big fan of the psychedelic music style. If you have any recommendations for my playlists, let me know!

My favorite movies are Amélie, Chungking Express, Call Me By Your Name and Parasite, I also really like to watch documentaries and I love the Studio Ghibli movies :)

In terms of books, I've lately mostly been enjoying reading travel stories!

Lately I've also been an avid listener of global news/stories podcasts!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My travel and couchsurfing memories are amongst my favorite memories of all of them. (I will probably talk a lot about it when we meet :p)
a few examples:
- solo travels to Nepal!!
- showing my beautiful city (Leiden) to all the couchsurfers that come to visit me and some of them becoming close friends :)
- hitchhiking and couchsurfing in Taiwan and being in constant awe with how incredibly friendly everyone is
- traveling around South-Korea with my Korean friend whom I met in Taiwan

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Dutch or other languages! I can also tell you a lot about my other interests mentioned above and just generally tell you a lot about The Netherlands and Dutch culture! When you're visiting me in Leiden, I can show you around the city :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good time and interesting stories!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Macao, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Taiwan