ABOUT ME

Hi there, hi here too!

My name is Alejandro, I'm 27 years old (uf!)and I'm living very close to Katowice, in the South of Poland although I'm originally from the North West of Spain, more exactly in Galicia and more, more exactly in A Coruña or A Coruna or La Corogne if French people are reading it.

I've studied cooking and many other things related with gastronomy and catering industry (to add some other examples, I also studied about wines, cocktails, coffees, banquets, restaurants, bars, etc). It's a nice world, especially if you have patience and you are okay with receiving some shouts from teacher when everything isn't going well at all xD Nowadays I don't have a job related with my studies but that doesn't mean I stopped to like them.

I'm interested in languages too although unfortunately I don't have a lot of time for learning them. Apart from Spanish and Galician, I speak English, French (I studied in school some years ago), some Italian (this I studied by myself with some other "real" Italian university students ;) Languages are... how to explain, a very important part of the culture and I like to read cultural and historical aspects of different countries, places, regions... So all history books are welcome to me! I hate when Hollywood or others make historical films with many many mistakes and unfortunately again, there are many.

I like a lot of sports too! I played hockey and basketball for many years and I started with that sports and for example, not football because I was considered too bad with it.. although sometimes I go to play with friends and yes, I've scored some goals! So yes, maybe I'm not Messi but I can see myself as a decent player. I'll admit to one stupid dream: if I can, in future, will do the course or courses to be able to train professional teams of basketball ;)

And about me... think that's all folks! Well, I think about many other things to add (for example that despite I'm very bad playing, I've supported my team since I was a baby; I went to the stadium for the first time when I was just 3 years old but well... you can always ask me more and I will answer :) I read about Couchsurfing some time ago, now I'm not sure if I found it in a newspaper first or on the radio but well... I've discovered it by myself now and looks good! :)

See you soon!

PHILOSOPHY

Oh, no! This looks tough; I don't have any special philosophy or way of life. Nowadays it's very popular Carpe diem or Tempus fugit but.. I see the point of it but at the same time I don't get it. In one hand, it's true that life is too short but I also think that the moments I had in the past made me the person I'm now Dangit, I don't know how to explain it. I trust people and I want them to trust me as well. Sometimes (not always) you discover that people is more selfish and protective over the things they have. I think it was another reason why I've joined couchsurfing. One of the ideas was against being selfish and share your moments with another people, right? Ok, fair enough, I probably thought too much xD

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

BeforeI couldn't participate in Couchsurfing as much as I wanted because I used to live with my father. Now I live with my girlfriend and it's possible that we'll be able to offer our sofa/sofa bed. But if not, it's possible that we'll be able (if we find the time for it, of course) to show you the surroundings and places of interest around here.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

To be honest, I don't have a huge list of experiences with Couchsurfing but all the ones when I was involved in, were great. I was hosted a few times and also went to some meetings (the first one, the international in the Cies Islands near my birthplace was superb). So... so far, I only have good words about Couchsurfing.

Interests

Hmmm, this list! Ehm, in a random order...
Basketball, Hockey, Football, F1, WRC, Cooking, Serving, Coffee (yes, this sounds weird but I'm quiet special with coffee, if I have to spend to spend money in a good one, will do it), MUSIC (sounds as a topic but can't live without it, you'll be able to find it soon below), languages, culture, history, science news, languages, travelling... don't know, tell me something and it's very easy I will be very interested and curious about it soon.

• culture
• books
• cooking
• recipes
• cocktails
• coffee
• news
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• canoeing
• bungee jumping
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• hockey
• teaching
• history
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Be careful with this list... will be a bit short...

Movies: The fight club, Matrix (specially the first one), Ghost in the Shell, Chasing army, Army of Darkness, Lost highway, A clockwork orange, Star wars, V for Vendetta, Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Virgin Suicides, Dead poets society, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket... and well some Tv shows, for example Lost, How I met your mother, The Sopranos, My name is Earl...

Music: !!!, ¡Forward, Russia!, (International) Noise Conspiracy, 5, 6, 7, 8's, 13th Floor Elevators, AC/DC, Adam and the Ants, Add N to X, A-Ha, Alaska, Apples In Stereo, Architecture in Helsink, Artic Monkeys, Ash, At the Drive-in, Aviador Dro, AC Newman, Air, Automatic, Annie, Apollo 440, Arcade Fire, B52's, Basement Jaxx, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beck, Beta Band, Black Crowes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Sabbath, Bloc Party, Blondie, Blues Explosion, Blur, Breeders, BS2000, Babyshambles, Balboa, Belle & Sebastian, Billy Idol, bis, Bobby Conn, Boedekka, Boy Kill Boy, Brakes, Bran Van 3000, Bravery, Buggles, Buzzcocks, Caesars, Cake, Chemical Brothers, Charlatans, Clash, Coldplay, Coral, Creation, Cure, Cansei De Ser Sexy, Cato Salsa Experience, Chicks on Speed, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Club 8, Cornershop, David Holmes, Daft Punk, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Deluxe, Depeche Mode, Devo, Divine Comedy, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, De La Soul, Death In Vegas, Decemberists, Deep Purple, Detroit Cobras, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Diamond Dogs, Dinosaur Jr., Donnas, Doors, Doves, Eagles of Death Metal, Easybeats, Editors, Elastica, Electic Light Orchestra, Electric 6, Electronic, Elvis, Elvis Costello, EMF, Evan Dando, Experimental Pop Band, Faint, Faith No More, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Fatboy Slim, Flying Lizards, Feeder, Fiery Furnaces, Flamin' Groovies, Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, Gang of Four, Gene, Georgie Fame, Go! Team, Goldfrapp, Gomez, Gorillaz, Gary Glitter, Gary Numan, Grande-Marlaska, Gnarls Barkley, Go Go's, Go-Betweens, Golpes Bajos, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Graham Coxon, Green Day, Happy Mondays, Hard-Fi, Harvey Danger, Hellacopters, Hives, Hot Hot Heat, Housemartins, Ian Brown, Idlewild, Iggy Pop, Infadels, Inspiral Carpets, Interpol, INXS, Jackson Five, Jacques Dutronc, Jam, James, Jamiroquai, Jane's Addiction, Jeevas, Jimi Hendrix, Jesus & Mary Chain, Jet, Joy Division, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity, Junior Senior, Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, Kinks, Kasabian, Kidz Bop Kids, Kills, Kings of Leon, Kiss, Knack, Kooks, Kula Shaker, Ladytron, La's, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Les Rythmes Digitales, Le Hammond Inferno, Led Zeppelin, Lemonheads, Libertines, Lightning Seeds, Lipps Inc., Lo-Fi-FNK, Lord Sitar, Los Bravos, Los Brincos, Los Buenos, Los Flechazos, Los Negativos, Los Salvajes, Los Sirex, Los Straitjackets, Louis XIV, Love, Madness, Magic Numbers, Mando Diao, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Maximo Park, MC5, Mecano, Mint Royale, Monkees, Morrissey, Morningwood, Motörhead, Motorpsycho, Muse, Music, My Bloody Valentine, Mystery Jets, Nazz, New order, New Pornographers, New Radicals, Nirvana, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Orange Juice, Os Mutantes, OKGo, Outkast, Papas Fritas, Paralisis Permanente, Paul Collins' Beat, Paul Weller, Pavement, Peter Bjorn & John, Phoenix, Pixies, Pizzicato Five, Plastilina Mosh, Presidents of the USA, Pink Floyd, Pipettes, Placebo, Plastic Bertrand, Posies, Postal Service, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, Puffy Ami Yumi, Queens of Noize, Queens of the Stone Age, Raconteurs, Radio 4, Radiohead, Rapture, Rakes, Ramones, Raveonettes, Razorlight, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Redd Kross, REM, Remains, Republica, Richard Ashcroft, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Ride, Rinôçérôse, Robots in Disguise, Rolling Stones, Royksopp, Romantics, Rufus Wainwright, Sahara Hotnights, Samiam, Scissor Sisters, Sibyl Vane, Slits, Small Faces, Smiths, Somics, Soulwax, Sound, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Spoon, Starsailor, Stereo Total, Stone Roses, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Seahorses, Seine, Sex Pistols, Shocking Blue, Shout Out Louds, Sidonie, Siouxie & the Banshees, Slade, Sly & The Family Stone, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth, Sonics, Soup Dragons, Spinto Band, Spoon, Steelwood, Stereolab, Stereophonics, Stooges, Strokes, Subways, Suede, Sugababes, Surfin' Bichos,Sweet, T Rex, Tahiti 80, Talking Heads, Teenage Fanclub, Tegan & Sara, Television, Thin Lizzy, Tom Petty, Triangulo de amor Bizarro, U2, Undertones, Velvet Underground, Veruca Salt, Verve, Vines, Violent Femmes, Von Bondies,Wannadies, We Are Balboa, We Are Scientists, Weezer, White Stripes, Who, Wilco, Wolfmother, XTC, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ze Malibu Kids, Zombies, Zoot Woman... and a bit more! :D

Books: some of the writers I read much are... Paul Auster, Anthony Burgess, Truman Capote, Miguel de Cervantes, Paulo Coelho, Charles Dickens, Fiódor Dostoievski, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas, Umberto Eco, Ian Fleming, Ken Follet, William Golding, Gabriel García Márquez, Herman Hesse, Victor Hugo, Jack Kerouac, John Le Carré, Eduardo Mendoza, Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, Antonine Saint-Exupéry, J.D. Salinger, Jean-Paul Sartre, J.R. Tolkien, Lev Tolstói, Jules Verne, Oscard Wilde, Emile Zola...

*If I have to thank my mother my love for music, then have to do the same with my father for my love for books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bungee jumping, canoeing... and well, sometimes when I'm in middle, football matches with me are risky too but at the same time are amazing times :D

Teach, Learn, Share

I can try to teach Spanish or if you are very also Galician language, culture, history... apart from that, hmm I can show you how to cook some basic recipes if you are interested in cooking.

I can also recommend you books and music and many other stuff and of course, if you want to recommend me stuff, feel more than free to do it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain