Hi there!

My name is Miriam, I'm 28, and I live in the Netherlands, in Enschede. Though since I've graduated, I spend less and less time at the home base, and more on adventures and mountains abroad!

I don't have a straightforward career. I've got endless amounts of temporary jobs. I used to make art installations for festivals and I got a uni degree, but I've decided to toss all of that away for now and try and shape a life in the outdoors as much as possible! In the city I am working as a route setter in the bouldering gym and as a teacher at kid's workshops. But in the meantime, I am working on becoming a climbing and hiking instructor and setting up my own mountain adventure travel company :) And I also like to spend a few months a year volunteering abroad.

I am very very passionate about climbing and mountains and outdoor adventures. And music, listening and making my own amateur music :). I also like yoga, theatre, dancing, poetry, chess, reading, board games and basically any new experience...

This summer I will be working in Vancouver with Mt Seymour, as a counselor on their summer camps! Early June, I will have two weeks before my job starts, to travel freely. I am hoping that the couch surfing community could help me here to meet people, have unexpected adventures and places to stay.

I have never really actively used couch surfing up until this point. You can always look up my instagram if you wanna check that I'm a real person :p

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people! Have unexpected adventures!

Interests

• writing
• dancing
• board games
• reading
• music
• hiking
• travelling
• theatre

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite music is usually somewhere within indie, punk, alternative, funk, soul,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This April I went on my first backcountry hiking trip alone. Also decided to not use my phone for navigation, but go compass and map. And I prepped all the dehydrated food beforehand! I went to Snowdonia in North Wales and it was stunning :)))

Teach, Learn, Share

Making music together is always an option. I like improvising singing and lyrics and I got some basic guitar skills. I will teach you some Dutch too! I can also teach you the basics of sport climbing. Yoga too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking together (also don't mind cooking for someone else). And we can exchange books.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Peru, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands