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My philosophy could well be summarised by José Mujica's quote: humanity is our us ("la humanidad es nuestro nosotros"). What I mean is that we're all in this together, no matter our beliefs or where we come from. Therefore, I see people as potential friends.

Some days ago, some friends and I started sharing a top-ten list of things that make us happy in a WhatsApp group—we had recently been quite negative-minded and that helped us a lot to change our mood. So here it is, ten things that make me happy (or that make me realise that I am already happy):
1. My father's paella. (Always delicious and enough to feed you for an entire week—just like Elven lembas bread from the Lord of the Rings)
2. The first sip of Nestea on a warm day.
3. Dancing "Girls just wanna have fun"
4. Indian trains (and when the sun sets and the train runs slowly, opening the door and letting the wind blow back your hair... you can picture it, right?)
5. A perfect morning at a "Bar Manolo" in Barcelona: a delicious "bocadillo", a strong espresso and a good read.
6. Singing Green Day with my sister while driving.
7. Airports as life’s punctuation marks.
8. Laughing with a friend of something ridiculous and inscrutable to the rest of humanity
9. Feeling the sun on my face in winter (something I discovered while living in Denmark).
10. Uchi Mata ippon. (Judo stuff, if you're interested don't miss this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrisnu5n7Qo )

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I discovered Couchsurfing while recording a documentary as a journalism student. I was amazed by the people I interviewed, their stories and their overwhelming kindness and generosity. Therefore, I decided that I would give it a try. And well... I'm still here, right?

Interests

Reading and writing. (This is what I say because sounds cool, but actually I spend a lot of time just watching the clouds)

• writing
• documentaries
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Tallest Man on Earth, Manel (Catalan band), Joaquín Sabina (Spanish poet and songwriter), Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Manel, Rodríguez, Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Caetano Veloso, Arctic Monkeys, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, The Band, Hamilton (the Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda), Aretha Franklin, Nat King Cole, The Who, Édith Piaf, Paco de Lucía...

...and since you're here, let me recommend you some YouTube jewels:

This video will simply make your life better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsnZT7Z2yQ

Listen to the song and try not to fall in love with her voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYLbGtPOto

If I had to summarise Rock&Roll in a video, this would be the one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Ds-FXGGQg

Movies: Into the wild, A Clockwork orange, Dances with wolves, Moonlight, La Vie d'Adele, Boyhood, The Great Dictator, The Lord of the Rings, Life of Brian, The Lion King, etc.

Books: HARRY POTTER, Moby Dick, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Salinger, Between the World and me (and anything written by Ta-Nehishi Coates), Truman Capote's short stories, anything written by David Remnick, the Spanish writer and journalist Manuel Jabois, Edgar Allan Poe, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIZUdnjQCyc
Minute 2:15.
Bruce Springsteen pointing at me, while he was playing my favourite song "Thunder Road".
I was there. I'm not crazy. Really. I'm not.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love eating. Therefore, I love cooking. I don't want to seem vain, but my spanish tortilla is legendary.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love playing the guitar (although I'm not really good), playing the piano (although I only play a couple of Beatles songs) and cooking (although your kitchen will look like a battlefield afterwards —but don't worry, I'll clean it!)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, India, Spain, United States