“We are trying to experience what it’s like to get out of our comfort zone.”

“In the winter of 1944 me and my brother had to leave Amsterdam because of the Hunger winter. My mother wasn’t able to provide food for us so we were send by boat to a family in the north of the country. The worst thing was that we didn’t know if we were going to be reunited ever again. We lived on a big farm with a very wealthy family. They were very good people but I remember being incredibly homesick. We were too young to really understand, but old enough to know there was a terrible war going on. In may our country was liberated from the German occupation and we returned back home to our parents in Amsterdam. Even though I was young I remember it very well. On the 8th of May 1945 the American and Canadian tanks we riding through the city of Amsterdam and the feeling was indescribable. We were finally free.”

“In high school I was constantly bullied by my classmates. Allthough they never hit me, psychological harassment is often  worse. They would always find something to ridicule me. Either it was my clothing or the fact that I was gay. Luckily I have a  family who supported me all the way. And maybe because of those horrible years I found my real strength, personality and confidence.I am glad that I never became revengeful and that I still  believe  in solving problems by dialogue.”

Sunsine has arrived in Amsterdam. .

“As a child I grew up reading books like Robinson Crusoe and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I always felt a strong desire to live like an explorer. After high school I worked a 9 to 5 job. Months passed by and slowly I felt my dreams drifting away from me. One day I decided to change my life for good. I packed my stuff and left everything behind to be an adventurer. I only carry a sleeping bag and some clothing in my backpack and I go wherever the wind takes me. ”