CURRENT MISSION

See the world and start up more FreeStores!

ABOUT ME

Studied literary science in Leiden. Became an editor. First for commercial organizations, then public governance. I now work as a freelance trainer on plain language / business writing.

I like (and need) books, poetry and movies. Each month I share dinner with friends at my place in the evening. Nice food, some wine and all the time to talk about life and everything.

Love traveling. Not to see the highlights, but mainly to taste different ways of looking at life. You learn a lot about a society by just sitting down and watching carefully.

PHILOSOPHY

Live your own life. Never let other people decide what happens.

Watch and learn.

Talk to strangers!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Coffee and tea for sure. And a walkabout through Rotterdam.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed. Hosted. Had the pleasure of meeting a lot of great people. And of course I would love to introduce you to Rotterdam!

Interests

I like learning to cook new stuff. So if you have a nice recipe..

• writing
• books
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• business
• freelancing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (lately):
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone, Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints, Mariee Sioux - Faces in the rocks, David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive, Joe Henry - Tiny voices

Books:
The quiet American - Grahan Greene, Candide - Voltaire, The savage god - Alvarez

Movies:
Dekalog (Kieslowski), Babel, Broken Flowers, I'm a cyborg, but that's OK, Waitress, Being there (!)

Poetry by Rutger Kopland (Dutch)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

FreeStores! Wish to know more? Look here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Start-a-FreeStore/151150359148

Teach, Learn, Share

Take care of your garden.

[Read 'Candide' by Voltaire!]

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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