I am Andrea, a happy woman with an innate smile, who discovered at 18 that she wanted to see the world through travel. My first trip was as a backpacker in a town in the north of my country called “San Pedro de Atacama.” I fell in love with that magical place where I stayed to live for a long time and I also discovered myself on that trip, and I discovered that I love traveling and that I want to travel as much of this planet as I can. I made my first trips to South America. I'm Chilean and I wanted to start with my continent. Then I started to spread out to other lands and now I've been traveling around Europe for 2 years. I arrived with my first working holiday in Hungary and I'm still here marveling. . When I travel I am fascinated by meeting new people, sharing with local people and discovering the landscape, I love nature and I can walk all day, I am a woman with an openness to experiencing the unknown, I love new sensations, I love music and dance . I love different cultures and now I find myself learning English and I am happy with the process that has been quite long due to the Corona virus. I was studying English in Australia and when the pandemic started it caught me in my country visiting my family and friends and I couldn't return to Australia. It was very sad that countries closed their borders. But hey, there is no sadness that a good salsa dance can't heal. The best therapy. Dance is transformative and I love the folk dances of my country, my continent and the world, always when I travel I try to get to know the local dances and learn to dance them. I am Latina and if you want to learn to dance salsa I can show you how to dance it. I am also a good partner to listen to and talk about whatever, I know that happiness is not always, and that sometimes we need to talk about the pains and problems that torment us, and not evade emotions. This is also sharing and in another way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I am a traveler who loves meeting new people, loves sharing, learning and transmitting joy and showing dances from my continent.

Interests

Being able to get to know the places where I am, walk, share the traditional drink of the place, get to know the local music and meet new people.

• music festivals
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• wine
• organic food
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• languages
• mountains
• travel
• food
• knowledge
• outdoors
• poems
• mountain climbing
• english language
• mountain hiking
• salsa dance
• hiking in the mountains
• salsa cubana

Music, Movies, and Books

Los Van van, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Los Jaivas, Los Tres, Inti Illimani, Víctor Jara, Violeta Parra, La Banda conmoción. Héctor Lavoe, Rubén Blades, Divididos, Sumo, Etc.. Into the wild, Rocky, Home Alone, Las venas abiertas de América Latina, by Eduardo Galeano. Canto General by Pablo Neruda. El Árbol de la memoria by Jorge Teillier. Educar para un mundo nuevo by María Montessori. Rayuela by Julio Cortázar.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

live for 3 months in a tent, with nature around me all the time.

Teach, Learn, Share

Dance, cook, Spanish language, Montessori Education, That could teach and learn for now the most important thing is English but I always try to learn everything, I am very observant, and observation is a scientific method, share everything you can.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer walks, conversations, dances, cook and help with whatever the person needs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Montenegro, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Chile, Hungary, Scotland, Thailand