Hi!
I'm Nele, a 23 year old Belgian girl. I just graduated as a psychologist and am leaving to Australia for 1 gap year in August. Together with my boyfriend Hendrik (29, orchestra conductor), I would like to make a big road trip along the Western coast of Australia.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Even though I'm sure we'll have the best of times together, we'd like to get to know a lot of new people and make new friends.

Interests

Nele: games, aikido, windsurfing, crochet, music (I play the piano and like to sing), psychology, cooking, hanging out with friends

Hendrik: music (he's a conductor and plays the French horn), sports (triathlon), sciences, wooden handicrafts

• arts
• singing
• cooking
• recipes
• chocolate
• wine
• beer
• desserts
• triathlon
• crochet
• music
• piano
• windsurfing
• sports
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Nele:
I like a wide range of music, from classical to jazz, to modern music. My favorite movies are humouristic, and preferably with psychological twitst. My studies require me to read a lot of scientific books, so usually after that I don't read a lot. But when I do, I like funny & light literature.

Hendrik pretty much likes all kinds of music (and is always very curious to get to know more). His all time favourite is Richard Strauss - Elektra (the opera).
Favourite movie: Le conseguenze dell' amore
Favourite writer: Fernando Pessoa

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Nele: Tall ships race (2010)

Hendrik: opened an art gallery with handmade earrings, made out of coconut shell (www.brincococo.be)

Teach, Learn, Share

Nele:
- teach: crochet, basic piano playing, making Belgian desserts (with shitloads of chocolate, yummmmm).
- learn: train my English

Hendrik:
- teach: conductors' secrets, music
- learn: automechanics

What I Can Share with Hosts

Chocolate recipes, interesting conversations, laughter and sunshine, lots of music and friendship, knowledge about Europe, wine-beer&whisky (or just a glass of sparkling water), playing games together

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium