Hi, my name is Merel, 26 years old. I work as a teacher at the University of Amsterdam. I teach courses in Child psychology, education, psychopathology and clinical psychology.

I travel with my boyfriend Robert, 30 years old, working as an mechanical & project engineer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

From september 2018 Robert and I will leave the Netherlands and start our around the world trip. Our first stop will be Nepal, where we will volunteer in an education project. Next we are planning to visit South-East Asia and South-America. We would love to stay with local people during our trip, engage in the local culture, habits, language, food etc. We are also interested in local voluntering and work-away projects.

Interests

• cooking
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• volunteering
• learning languages
• vegetarian cooking
• mountain hiking

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking in Costa Rica and Sri Lanka.

Teach, Learn, Share

We would love to share our knowledge with you, whether it is about the English, Dutch or German language, or about Psychology or mechanical engineering.

We would love to learn several languages such as Nepali and Spanish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lot of fun and stories about our travel adventures! And of course in return a place to stay nereby Amsterdam if you are planning to visit the Netherlands.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, England, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands