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Overview

  • 16 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, German
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Student MSc in Life Sciences (Basel, CH). Previous: Chemi...
  • University of applied sciences Nordwestschweiz (FHNW)
  • From Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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About Me

After 28 years living, studying and working in my beloved country Colombia (Cali, Bogotá, Tuluá), I moved to Switzerland in August 2017 following my heart and better education opportunities, and It has been the best decision and the biggest challenge I have taken in my life so far!
I consider myself as a happy, friendly and extrovert person, I really enjoy to meet new people and have good conversations. I think that everyone you meet will enriche your life in any way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really love the idea to give (or get) a place to a foreign person and make his/her(my) trip better and cheaper. I think CS is the most powerfull tool to discover new places, enjoy them with real local people and to make your travel incredible with priceless recomendations and local insights.
I started hosting people in Cali, Colombia and we had really good times while I showed them some beautiful places in Cali and sorroundings. I was guest for the first time during my travel in Europe 2012 and my hosts were so great, so I always recommend to use CS.
Now, I am traveling in Switzerland and. neighbor countries for some courses, and I would like to meet local people and share time with them and learn more about other cultures and points of view. Also, If you like spanish or salsa dance, I´ll be glad to practice with you.
At the moment I can not host always people as I'm living with my husband in a really small apartment, so we just have a couch to sleep and we often have friends and family visitors, but If we have the chance you will be welcome in our tiny home.

Interests

Hiking, Treking, outdoors, Dance (any kind of music), art exhibitions and talks ( I really enjoy a good conversation).

  • arts
  • dancing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • hiking
  • science
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: techno, latin music, jazz, reggae.

Movies: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, The Silence of the lambs, Trainspotting, Before (sunrise, sunset and Midnight), Woody Allen, Lunchbox, Mr Nobody and BBC documentaries abour nature.

Books: , 1000 splendid suns, The unbearable lightness of being, El Perfume, the little prince, Edgar Allan Poe.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most beautiful sunrise and sunset at Cabo San Juan (Tayrona Nation Park, Colombia).
Treking and sunset in Iffigensee (Switzerland).
Camping 4 days in the paramo Las Hermosas, in the middle of the Colombian mountains.

Leave my comfort zone in Colombian to follow my heart.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach: spanish, and how to dance salsa, merengue or bachata, and how to prepare arepas or patacones (typical dish in Colombia and Venezuela). Also, I can share some recomendations if you plan to visit Colombia.

I would like to learn some german and swiss german -des-pa-cito, pasito a pasito, because It is really difficult!

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Switzerland

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