CURRENT MISSION

be happy!

ABOUT ME

After living in the UK and the US for a few years I just moved back to Amsterdam. I work in Politics and absolutely love it! It's a fascinating world to work in, but I definitely need some distraction from all the serious faces from time to time...I'm absolutely crazy about dance. I do everything from ballet to hiphop to flamenco, but ballet is definitely my passion.
I try to go to the theater as often as I can, but somehow I never seem to have enough time. I love musical theater, but enjoy Shakespeare just as much.
I also love hanging out with friends, having people over for dinner, going out for coffee, chatting in cafe's until 3 in the morning or just dancing the entire night.

PHILOSOPHY

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
I know it's cheesy, but such it's just such a good life philosophy!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I spent almost a week on a couch in New York, which was an amazing experience! It's fantastic to see how people can be so friendly, generous and hospitable to people who were strangers just a few days before that!
I hosted once in Amsterdam, which also turned out to be such a good experience. Never realised it could be so much fun to discover your own city again with people who don't know it!

Interests

Dance, theater, museums, reading, languages, Italy

• theater
• dancing
• flamenco
• ballet dancing
• coffee
• politics
• reading
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Carla Bruni, Jacques Brel, Pink Martini, Scissor Sisters, Nina Simone, Buena vista social club, Black eyed peas, Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Sense and Sensibillity, Constant Gardner, Shooting Dogs, La Strada, Fellini films in general, La meglio gioventu, Inconvenient Truth, Dirty Dancing,
Emergency Sex (about UN missions in the 90's), Captain Corelli's Mandoline, A heartbreaking work of staggering genius.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Croatia, Cuba, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States