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Overview

  • 9 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Postdoc at Karolinska Institute
  • My parents did a good job ;)
  • From Requena, Valencia, Spain
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Sharing experiences, knowledge and of course, having fun!!

ABOUT ME

Amateur jazz trumpet player with several years of experience in scientific research.
Love cooking, reading...
I can tell you tons of stories, only ask :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Up to now I have met people from Poland, Germany, US, Lithuania, Hungary and Holland. All of them were wonderful experiences!!
I hope I can continue hosting new people and traveling to discover new places.

Interests

I have fun helping people, having passionate conversations and trying to do what others consider impossible.

  • photography
  • dining
  • italian food
  • cooking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • trumpet
  • bungee jumping
  • languages
  • medicine
  • science
  • parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Big fish, The meaning of life (Monty Python), The name of the rose, some horror and science fictions movies.

Music: Bersuit, New cool collective, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Jamiroquai, Kyle Eastwood, latin jazz and classical in general.
Requena Big band Jazz Ensemble (my group :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thyKJpGx2sM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cxx957CewA

Books: The emperor of all maladies, The physician, Outliers, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Bungee jumping
- Going through a tropical storm in the co-pilot seat of a 4 people aeroplane
- Doing part of my PhD in Harvard

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
- Music (Would you like to test your abilities blowing a trumpet??).
- Cooking: spanish dishes (tapas, montaditos...), italian food (tasty pasta and pizza from scratch :), asian food (Wok and sushi).
- Science: I can explain my personal point of view about OMG´s, personal medicine, diseases as cancer or infections...
- Valencian area: I can show you Valencia, Requena (my hometown), nature (natural parks, cliff).

Learn:
- Languages: I´m improving my english and I´ll start studying Swedish soon.
- Cooking: New dishes, new ways to prepare the food, new ideas :)
- Photography
- Different points of view about everything are always welcome

Share: My vision of the world, crazy stories, my experiences in life...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Sweden, United States

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