CURRENT MISSION

Make life beautiful

ABOUT ME

Am a traveler by life and nature and a settler by circumstance - love literature, coffee, friends everywhere, starry nights and learning.

PHILOSOPHY

Not everything in life can be reasoned out & there is more to the world than can be perceived with the eye

We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mostly by traveling to other people's places, though I've hosted a bit in Aqaba, Jordan for a few months as well. I've done several couch-surfing trips so far: one in the Netherlands (just to try it out), a few in France, and more recently in Jerusalem - all very positive experiences! Can host for the next month or so, and hope to be able to do more in the future.

Interests

Giving second books a new home, biking/running, philosophy and thinking about Literature, Fantasy and Tolkien&Lewis, traveling as much as possible, going for unplanned walks, sea & ocean, sailing, finding little cafes that serve the best coffee in town. Also love chilled hanging out with friends, watching movies (everything except horror), camping, hiking....

Planning on: US roadtrip, hiking through the Middle East, further studies in Jerusalem and a couple of more years living in Europe!

• books
• literature
• coffee
• running
• movies
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• sailing
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Before Sunrise & Before Sunset & Shadowlands; Dead Poets' Society, Into the Wild, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; currently into House of Cards, Daredevil, Outlander and the old Pride and Prejudice; guilty pleasure is Marvel.

Jane Austen, Chaim Potok, Dostoyefski, Frank McCourt, Camus, Kafka, Kierkegaard, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Umberto Eco, Harper Lee; and many many many others

Very easy with music, like almost anything except very diehard metal/rock. Love soundtracks, as well as classic rock, indie, 70s/80s stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

living on a cruiseship refitted as a hospital ship for five years of my life, traveling between West-Africa and Europe; two month volunteer trip to Israel - fell in love with Jerusalem in summer on friday nights when the shofar sounds; seeing the rock churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia; camping out with the bedoeïens in the desert; Christmas at a Sierra Leonian tropical beach.

Teach, Learn, Share

Love to learn ancient Greek & Hebrew sometime, and fluent French & Arabic.

Know French & German, sort of, and learning Latin and Syriac right now.

What I Can Share with Hosts

lots of languages and books, some(!) cooking skills (mostly limited to extensive hot breakfasts), a love for in-depth discussions on literature, philosophy, religion, politics, and more, a love for long walks and many many travel stories!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Benin, Canada, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Liberia, Netherlands, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa