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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Sign Language - Dutch (NGT)
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Filmmaker
  • BA Theatre and Performance & BA Cinematography
  • From Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learning how to fly!

ABOUT ME

Outgoing, honest, trustworthy, filmmaker, happy

PHILOSOPHY

Stay a child at heart forever!
Be curious.
Build blanket forts!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just signed up!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I twice had a couchsurfer on my sofa through one of my housemates when I was living in a shared house in Amsterdam.

Interests

Filmmaking, photography, art, culture, theatre, dance, building blanket forts (yes!), having a good conversation, TED Talks (just watched a fantastic talk again by Ken Robinson) and off course good food (!!!)

  • arts
  • culture
  • photography
  • film making
  • dancing
  • dining
  • flying

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
My god, so many, but I'll just name the first few that pop into my head.
Children of Men, Oldboy, Amelie, Exit through the giftshop, Finding Nemo, Fightclub, What's eating Gilbert Grape, Rumba

Music:
B.B. King, Freddie King, Caravan Palace, Daft Punk, David Bowie, Devendra Banhart, Bob Dylan, Beardyman, Mr. Scruff, The Glitch Mob, Jack White, Jimi Hendrix, Manu Chao, Nouvelle Vague, Ray Charles, Jose Gonzalez, Led Zeppelin

Books:
currently reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime". So far truly amazing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw my friend jump out of a plane with a little parachute on his back. It's something on my bucket list!

Teach, Learn, Share

Musicians, bakers, philosophers, farmers, politicians, travellers, psychologists, artists, teachers, experts on life

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