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Overview

  • 58 references 49 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål; learning Danish, Greek (modern), Polish, Portuguese
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Dutch teacher
  • MA in Scandinavian Cultures and Languages
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Bring more peace to the world, write more music and learn more languages :) If you see that I can speak your mother tongue, please write your requests in that language.

ABOUT ME

My greatest hobby is music,...listening and playing as well as composing. I like almost all sorts of it: classical (Rachmaninov, Mahler,...), rock (Nirvana, Guano Apes, Radiohead), folk, jazz... Further on I love being outside in nature, seeing new places and learning new languages, and of course having fun with my friends. In 2021 I joined Brussels largest musical theatre company, got to play principal roles and now I can´t imagine my life without it. I also like reading, badminton, paleontology and learning languages. Through Couchsurfing I hope to make friends from all around the globe and travel every continent.
As a teacher, I have less free time than you might expect and my schedule changes a lot from one month to another. So I can't always do that much hosting. Fortunately there`s still summer.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Please check the section about My Home. There are things you need to know. Especially about my cat :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling, meeting new people and learning new things about other cultures and languages. I love how open-minded the CS community is, and how easy it is to make friends.

Interests

Music, friends, quidditch, peacebuiding, animal rights, paleontology, foreign languages, ethology, books,...

  • animals
  • culture
  • books
  • singing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • classical music
  • guitar
  • opera
  • sports
  • badminton
  • languages
  • volunteering
  • quidditch
  • ethology
  • neuro-biology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Amadeus, all Kubrick-films, Mifunes sidste sang, Singin' in the rain, The House of Flying Daggers, Despicable Me

Music: Mahler, Rachmaninov, J.S. Bach, Guano Apes, Nirvana, Mor ve Ötesi, Naragonia, folkmusic, bluegrass, Ella Fitzgerald,...( and many many more)

Books: many works of Margaret Mahy, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, Diana Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, Henrik Ibsen,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Attending the 4th World Youth Congress in Québec, working in the press centre of the Eurovision Song Contest as a volunteer twice. Traveling to Norway, Moldova. Playing at the European Games with the national Belgian quidditch team. Singing Ein Deutsches Requiem and Mahler´s Second Symphony (and some other famous pieces) with a symphony choir, playing in the chorus of the opera La Traviata. And these last years I've also been playing principal roles in musicals with the largest Brussels´ amateur society.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to tell anyone about Belgian culture, classical music, all kinds of languages... ow and I can help you with your guitar-playing or singing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Plenty of music and good reads, international stories and experiences, philosophical talks and nerdy language stuff, I guess :P

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway

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