CURRENT MISSION

To save the princess, I guess?

ABOUT ME

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name...
(Give yourself a biscuit if you get the reference)

I'm just another Dutch guy, model 1993.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm an atheist and a Social Democrat. I haven't really figured out a lot beyond that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can host! And I surf. I haven't couchsurfed very much yet, but it looks like that's going to change in the near future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hardly any so far, alas.

Interests

I like beer, cheese, singing, cycling trips, women, tea, Feyenoord, playing keyboards, cheap Scotch whisky, European history, George Orwell and Frank Zappa.

• wildlife
• culture
• singing
• cheese
• beer
• modeling
• cycling
• atheism
• geography
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
HUGE fan of George Orwell, especially "The Road to Wigan Pier", "Homage to Catalonia" and his essays.
Lots of Dutch literature, especially Bernlef, W.F. Hermans and F. Bordewijk.
Some Hemingway. "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene.

Music:
Mostly classic rock, singer-songwriters, heavy metal and blues. Also country, Stax soul, and occasionally some classical stuff.

Films:
Not really into those. I do have a few favourites though...
- Apocalypse Now
- The Blues Brothers
- Pulp Fiction
- Murderers Among Us

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was 14, I went to Canada (southern BC, to be specific) with my mum and stepdad. We saw a lot of incredible landscapes and wildlife: humpback whales, orcas, eagles, and a bear. Combined with the alien geography and culture of this strange, big, empty land, it made quite an impression.

Closer to home, I made a solo cycling trip around the Netherlands in July 2012. It was a journey of 1,200 km and took me 16 days. My next goal is to cycle along the Rhine, from the Dutch North Sea coast into Switzerland!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands