Back when I signed up on Couchsurfing, I was just starting out my studies in Leuven. Today, I am again living in Leuven, where I now live with my husband Tom, and our 1-year old daughter Lara.

In those 13+ years, a lot has happened: I have lived in Budapest, Delft, Brussels and Philadelphia, made incredible trips around the world (to Cuba, Canada, Japan, ...), and tried out different jobs (ranging from strategy consultant to secondary school teacher). Today, I still try to combine different interests, and have become freelancer to enjoy that flexibility.

Other things have stayed very much the same: I am still an energetic person who is curious about life, and loves to travel and exchange with fellow travellers.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I started couchsurfing back in 2011 when I decided to solo-travel from Brussels to Istanbul by train, and met all these interesting people along the way. I started hosting shortly after during my exchange semester in Budapest.

Couchsurfing has made my travel experiences that much more special, in so many different countries. Hosted both in Budapest and in Brussels, welcome to stay at our place in Leuven before or after our travel!

I am eager to now embark on a new chapter as we hope to couchsurf with our daughter on our two-month long trip that is coming up in 2025.

兴趣

• photography
• education
• hiking
• solo travel

音乐、电影和书籍

A book I recently enjoyed was "The world according to Garp" by John Irving

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

One thing does not quite cover it! Seeing brown bears up close in Alaska, volunteering in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, solo-travelling from Brussels to Istanbul, quitting my job, hitchhiking to Copenhagen ...

教，学，和分享

Teach math (when I quit my job a couple of years ago, I decided to sub as a math teacher in a secondary school, and then ended up pursuing an education master afterwards),
Learn as much as I can
Share travel stories

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Stories, help in the household and perhaps some Belgian beer or chocolate if we manage to bring it along in our travels

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

我居住过的国家

Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, United States