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  • Fluent in Dutch, English, Italian; learning French, German
  • 56, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • teacher & international coordinator
  • Tropical Forestry/development studies, teacher's college
  • From Zwolle
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About Me

ABOUT ME

Adventurous, restless, open-minded, positive. Lived in Kenya for several years.
For me, staying in Africa (Kenya, Botswana) as well as in Italy/Sicily is like being at home!

PHILOSOPHY

"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars."
- Ben Stein

“It always seems impossible until its done.” - Mandela

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

not yet ;-)

Interests

Africa, Italy (Sicily!), cooking, sailing, cycling, reading, world music

  • cooking
  • reading
  • music
  • world music
  • cycling
  • sailing
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

The Piano, Carrington, Nowhere in Africa, La meglio gioventù, The motorcycle diaries, Intouchables, Tous les soleils.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sitting on a sand dune in sossusvlei in Namibia, floating on the Okavango river in Botswana, climbing the Mt. Etna, strolling the Medina of Marrakech...

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Cyprus, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Botswana, Kenya, Netherlands

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