I'm Aira, originally from Barcelona, but I have lived in England (to learn English while working) and the Netherlands (to study Liberal Arts, which I just finished in January 2018), and perhaps I could add Belgium, where I spent 6 months as a volunteer in a co-housing community.
To me one (or perhaps THE ONE) biggest challenges has always been to decide... in general I guess haha (I just realised that as I was writing) but I meant to say: what to do with my life. You know, what job will I do, or in what will I invest all my energies so eventually something will be built. I haven't figured that out yet, and perhaps never will, so now the challenge is to live with that uncertainty:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

"Meeting people" has become a bit of a cliché thing to say, and indeed, sometimes you cross people that leave you untouched and sometimes a couple of days is enough to remember all your life. I believe we can always learn through relationships, and it is up to you and not the other person!

Interests

Perhaps they are so broad that I find it hard to focus on one thing. I really like to draw, I do it everyday on any kind of surface, then I lose my drawing or give them to someone. I really like to make presents as well, when I find the right thing. And I love theatre.

• theater
• photography
• music
• hiking
• anthropology
• philosophy
• cinema
• vegetarian cooking
• cirque

Music, Movies, and Books

Literature: The Brothers Karamazov, Cien años de soledad, La danza de la realidad, The Steppenwolf, Oliver Sacks...

Music albums:

Talking Heads – Stop making sense
Sly and the Family Stone – There’s a riot going on
Teenage Funclub – Grand Prix
MGMT – Congratulations
Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté – In the heart of the moon
Badi Assad – Ondas
The Clash – Sandinista!
Cassandra Wilson – Travelling Miles
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
The Velvet Underground & Nico
HNNY – Sunrise
Norah Jones – Feels like home
Antony and the Johnsons – Thank you for your love
The Beatles – Revolver
Chilly Gonzales – Chambers
Eric Clapton – Unplugged
José González – In our nature
Kings of Convenience – Declaration of Dependence
Lou Reed – Magic and Loss
Pink Floyd – The Wall
The Rolling Stones – Let it bleed
Silvio Rodríguez – Rabo de Nube
Steely Dan

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Cinema: the list is long... from David Lynch to Adolfo Aristarain, the classics Bergman, Fellini and Billy Wilder; Woody Allen of course, Paolo Sorrentino, Almodóvar, Wim Wenders...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Couchsurfing! Workaway!

- Sleeping in the middle of a highway in Myanmar (with other Burmese people) because the bus I was travelling in couldn't get into the capital city as there was a curfew.

- Seeing Ian McKellen on stage in London

- Travelling without a destination for three months, with a tent and sleeping bag, by foot and hitchhike

- Making a mosaique in a hostel for pilgrims in Italy

- Living around the Thun sea in Switzerland in my tent, beside a little waterfall, and bath in the lake everyday

- Dumpster diving

- Hitchhiking and being hosted by random people in 2020

Teach, Learn, Share

Cook some vegetarian dishes, Spanish or English... I don't know, what is it to teach? what is it to learn?

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good conversation, a walk, a vegetarian dish, a drawing, a mosaique (would need to stay for a few days though;), curiosity

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Estonia, France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom