CURRENT MISSION

Live life happy, happy like a hippo

ABOUT ME

I find it difficult to write some quirky text about myself, but I guess I'm honest, sincere, funny and easygoing. I love food and red wine, cooking, potlucks, burping, cycling, watching series, going out with friends, but can be a bit socially awkward at times as well.

PHILOSOPHY

To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I met a lot of people through CS in San Francisco while I was there for an internship back in 2014. We've had countless meet ups, dinners, parties, went camping and hiking several times, and I've met some truly great people that I will not forget.

I logged off for a bit when back in Amsterdam because I noticed I was getting bombarded with requests to host by people that were just interested in having a place to stay.

Now I'm in Montreal for a work visit and I'm looking to find people to hang out and explore the city and surrounding areas with! Would love to go for a nice hike if anyone’s keen!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Overall very positive!

Interests

Neuroscience, traveling, summer festivals, cycling, snowboarding, scuba diving, going to the movies, good food, red wine and good conversations.

• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• partying
• trivia
• movies
• traveling
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• snowboarding
• neuroscience
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Broken Circle Breakdown, Jagten, The Lion King, Wolf, Spring Breakers, Her, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Music: The XX, Kings of Convience, Whitest Boy Alive, The Beatles, Typhoon, Jiggy Djé, Hot Chip, Purity Ring, Little Dragon, London Grammar, Sampha, Michael Kiwanaku, Solange, Sylvan Esso, LCD Soundsystem, Spinvis

Books: I have a weird fascination for the underbelly of Amsterdam and associated Maroccan Maffia. I’ve read all the books written by the crime reporter of the Amsterdam newspaper. Also “A Little Life” was so sad and beautiful.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snorkeling with whalesharks, while a humpbackwhale swam underneath me!

visited 25 states (11.1%)Create your own visited map of The World or Brazil travel guide for Android

Teach, Learn, Share

I love cooking so I can definitely teach you how to make some Indonesian and Dutch dishes! If you'd be interested I can even do it whilst blurting out random trivia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, North Korea, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands, United States