First off, fully vaccinated 💉💉!

Hello, I'm a 26 year old (if I forget to update this: born in '98) male, and I'm from Belgium. After high school I was treading water for a bit, not being sure of what I wanted to do in life. Three years later, after studying both Physics and Computer Science for a year, and then taking a gap year, I started studying architecture and I've just graduated.

During my gap year I travelled to the US for about three months, stopping by Iceland and Toronto on my way there.
It was during this time I discovered I really enjoy travelling, especially on my own, meeting people everywhere along the way. Through Couchsurfing I met a bunch of wonderful people, some of which I became good friends with. They 100% made my trip. Without them it wouldn't have been the same.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'll be honest: it started with me wanting wanting cheap accommodation, but after staying with my first host I realised this community is so much more than a bed for the night. It's meeting people, discovering the cities as they are, not as most tourists see them.

I'm extremely glad I took the plunge and did that first stay. Scott, my first host, is an awesome guy and years later I can say it turned into a wonderful friendship. Here's to many more!

Interests

• architecture
• photography
• technology
• traveling
• music
• engineering
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

My interests in music are about as diverse as can be, but if I had to narrow it down, it's mostly a broad range of metal genres and r&b/soul music.

As for movies, I'm a sucker for a good (or bad) chick flick, I'm also a big fan of the more serious movies, favourites include Nolan’s Memento and Villeneuve’s Dune (both part I&II).

At home I don't make enough time to read, but when I'm travelling I go through books and articles pretty quickly. I mostly enjoy history-written-as-a-novel books. I've recently read both "Destiny of the Republic" and "The River of Doubt" by Candice Millard and “The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2019 I travelled around the US for about three months and met tons of lovely people from all walks of life.

During this trip I went to the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota with one of my hosts' roommate, who is part American Indian, and I got to see a Sun Dance. It was unlike anything I've ever seen before, and I learned a lot about Native American culture!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can talk for a good while about architecture, technology and travelling. I can share a good amount of stories from my travels around the US and SE Asia. But really I can talk just about anything with the right company.

* Also not actually learning french, just understand it a bit so didn't want to put it under 'fluent in'

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd love to learn more about the local culture, and I always love an engaging conversation! I can also teach you more about Belgium, it's a nice little country that is overly complicated and produces wonderful couchsurfers ;)

Also I'm filled with random facts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium