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Overview

  • 14 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Swedish
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Studying architecture, travelling or working.
  • University of Leuven, Architect-Engineer.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel the world! (Better finish my studies first, though.)

ABOUT ME

I am a social, friendly guy, that likes to travel around independent and create new contacts and experiences. I grew up with 7 older siblings. Hence I play music (piano and cello), cook, bake, worked as a carpenter, clean dypers, ...

PHILOSOPHY

Who doesn`t expect anything, can only be surprised.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been surfing several times, also outside of CS, and have never had a bad experience. Hosted twice and do my best to host whenever it is possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have been travelling and surfing in Iceland, Poland, Sweden and Brazil so far, and have attended some CS-meetings. I also 'surfed' without the site, and that worked perfectly as well.

Interests

Meeting new people, gaining experience and wisdom by travelling. I'm usually studying, travelling or working.

  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano
  • surfing
  • sign language
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Everything, depending on the moment.
(Some good movies: La meglio giuventu, as it is in heaven, les intouchables, ...)
(Music: Sigur ros, novo amor, ben howard, Alt-J, eddie vedder, ...)
(Books: The unbearable lightness of being (Milan Kundera), Harry Potter, ...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Left hitchhiking for Sweden, arrived in Madrid the next day.
(Just about any unplanned trip turns out to be amazing.)

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been working as a carpenter and I am the youngest of 8 children, so I am able to bake, cook, play piano and cello, clean dypers,... ;) I volunteered on holidays for disabled people, so I know a bit sign language, taking care,...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories and chocolate.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Iceland

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