ABOUT ME

Until recently I used to work as a war journalist for a big national newspaper. They've sent me to Afghanistan a few times and to training missions in other places in the world.

After I resigned, I became a full time history student at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). At the moment I am also writing my second book, besides doing the occasional freelance projects as a journalist.

PHILOSOPHY

Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken. (Oscar Wilde)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Recently, I renovated my spare room in my house in the southern part of Amsterdam. I think it would be fun sharing this room with a couch surfer. It takes 15 mintues from Dam Square by bike.

I could also show you around in Amsterdam, and point you some nice, unspoiled places to walk, drink, eat or dance. Or go to some nice museums. In summertimes, I often take my boat and float away through the canals in Amsterdam, or go to some lakes outside the city to jump of the boat and take a swim.

If the coffeeshops are your only purpose of your visit to Amsterdam, I'm afraid I'm you'll have to find another guide :-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Non so far, but my brother is a frequent couch surfer. He made me enthousiastic about it.

Interests

I love reading books and go to classical concerts. I often go to the 'concertgebouw' in Amsterdam, but I also go out in clubs and bars in the city center. I'll go the movies twice a week, and I'm regular visitor of the art-, history- and photography museums in Amsterdam.

• arts
• writing
• books
• photography
• concerts
• dancing
• drinking
• clubbing
• boating
• movies
• reading
• cycling
• swimming
• freelancing
• history
• journalism
• tourism
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Classical music (Brahms, Mahler, Schubert).
Books (Thomas Mann, Toergenjev, Tolstoj, Louis-Ferdinand Celine)
Historybooks.

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