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Overview

  • 23 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Italian, Portuguese
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Language teacher
  • Free minded
  • From Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My mission now is to find my path in Europe. To learn a lot from what I see and being able to transform it into something useful for people around.

ABOUT ME

I'm a Mexican that came to Europe to study a master. I'm now in the beautiful Marseille trying to find a living. I'm always willing to enjoy as much as I can my life in this new country -and continent-, exploring people, food, places, jokes, traditions, secrets, music, films, and a huge etcetera.
I travel as much as I can. Otherwise, I'm studying or working. I don't have too much free time during the week, but I can certainly arrange myself a free evening for a jazz concert, a coffee, a dinner, a walk. I would like you to feel very welcomed in this city!
I like to talk about pretty much everything. Really :) I like to know what's on others' minds and learn learn learn learn. I also like the silence. I enjoy art.

Hola! Soy una mexicana viviendo en Marsella. Si vienes y hablas español, me súper encantaría salir un día! :D

PHILOSOPHY

Sharing is caring. :)

The only reason I'm in a completely new country is because I want to know what's different and what's alike from what I knew before. I also want to be more open minded in terms of accepting and dealing with things I didn't imagine before (e.g. rare food!).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will try to make visitors feel very happy of having chosen Marseille as a destination. I love people who is brave enough to brake their own limits, to test their own beliefs and to embrace otherness and difference as the most precious things in life.
Therefore, if I'm free, I'm eager to meet you and help you out with anything you have in mind!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well some of the best people I met for the first time in Europe, I got to contact them thanks to Couchsurfing! :D
Apart from that, I've had amazing experiences surfing couches when traveling. Most of the people in CS are really interesting, generous and open minded.

Interests

PEOPLE! I want to know what everybody has to say; know how everybody thinks, speaks, dreams, acts, yells, prefers.
I like arts a lot: literature, mainly, but also films, music and pictorical arts.
Since I am a food lover, I've found that I can talk hours about food, specially with a person from other country. Isn't food something fascinating?
I love nature, so I'm always interested to know more about this world and the beings we share house with. The world is so big and there's so much to discover; how can anyone get bored?
Whatever is also an interesting topic. The infinite, expandible, chaotic and stimulating cloud of whatever. :)

Music, Movies, and Books

A lot, so we could talk about it when we'll meet. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being in a boat in the middle of the ocean in an extremely deep dark night. And then, listening to the whales swimming around us.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Spanish words, for example. I like to cook, so we can try new dishes. :) I know a few things about books and history and films, and bla bla bla, so maybe we know different things and we can share. :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Company. Advices. Laughs. Comprehension. Sympathy, empathy. A tea, wine, coffee.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, Netherlands

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