BIO Live & Travel

1972 Born in Kasongo Zaïre

Mobutu era

1974 - 1980 Grew up in Kabgayi,Rwanda

Habyiarimana era

1980 - 1989 Secundary school in Bujumbura, Burundi

Bagaza era coup 1997 Travels: Aix-en-Provence

1988 - 1990 Boarding school in Ghent Final secondary year in Heverlee

Travels: Bujumbura, Burundi (family visit)

1990 - 1994 Studied at KU Leuven Sports and psychology

Travels: Kopenhagen Interrail: Prague/Vienna/Venice/Rome/Corfu/Athens/Ionic Islands Road trip: Spain/Portugal - Perpignan/Malaga/Gibraltar/Tarifa/Lisbon/Santiago/Biaritz Bus trip: Marokko

1995 - 1997 Traveled in Europe and Africa

4 months or longer: Greece (Athens + islands) Switserland (Geneva) South Africa (Stellenbosch) Road trip - hiking: Johannesburg/Lesotho/Namibia Train tour: Geneva/Barcelona/Madrid Family visit and road trip: Ivory coast

1997 - 2000 Studied IT in Leuven (bachelor)

Lived in Brussels Travels: Roadtrip: France province - Iles d'Oléron Kigali, Rwanda (family visit) Hiking: 5 days to Santiago de Compostella Road trip: Portugal - Lisbon/Porto

2001 - 2005 Worked and lived in Brussels

2003 - First child Stan was born Travels: Bucharest (several times for several weeks partly working) New York several weeks Road trip: Transilvania/Black sea in Roumenia/Bulgaria Kigali, Rwanda (family visit) Hiking: Ireland - Kerry way/Dublin

2005 - now Works and lives in Schaerbeek

2006 - Second child Sarah was born Road trip: Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Montenegro Travel islands: Mallorca/Elba/Sardinia/Naples Backpack: Thailand - Bangkok/Ko Samui/Ko Tao/River Kwai/Ayutthaia Road trip: Greece - Athens/Peloponesus/Kefalonia/Lefkada/Patras Hiking Norway/Denmark Road trip: Italy - Umbria/Croatia - Istrië/Gorski Kotar Cities: London, Bilbao, Venice, Aix-en-Provence, Kiev