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Overview

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  • Fluent in Basque, Spanish; learning English, French
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • No occupation listed
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  • From Bilbao, Spain
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

enjoying life

ABOUT ME

Hi everybody!!
What to say about myself?? mmm... I'm a musician, I have been studying music since I was nine. I was studying history in the university but in the end I had to choose between history and music and I opted for this last one. After finishing my degree in music in Spain I decided to go to Finland to do a postgraduate in accordion (my main instrument) so I ended up there for three years... and I could make it!! despite the freezing temperatures :). A great experience and great country I will never forget!
To be a musician has allowed me first, to know people from other countries and cultures and then, to travel quite much.
Later on I have discovered the pleasure of travelling just for fun (the accordion is a very nice but also very heavy instrument :) ) and to know new places, new people and new cultures.

Now I'm living in Spain again, playing in a classical duo I have with a clarinet player and trying to teach a little bit.

PHILOSOPHY

I like to enjoy what life gives me, though sometimes can be hard, but I think I'm a quite positive person.
Me considero una persona muy abierta (it's quite hard for me to say this in English... :) )que se adapta fácilmente a cualquier situación, ya que la vida no marca un único camino y la mayoría de ellos son válidos, siempre que se sepan hacer. Creo que soy tolerante y que es fácil vivir conmigo (no he tenido problemas con mis compañeros de piso aunque no sé lo que opinarían mis padres al respecto...;) ).
Creo en la sencillez de todas las cosas, lo que implica: nada de paranoias ni de buscarle doble sentido a las cosas!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to share time with people and know also about them. Going for a coffee, a beer, a small trip... can be a great opportunity!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new here so I don't have news from CS experience though I'm very excited to have them

Interests

Everything related with arts: music, dancing, theatre, painting, photography, movies...
And everything related with life in general: travelling, knowing people, and food (I think food is one of the most interesting cultural things, I love to eat ;)

  • arts
  • photography
  • dancing
  • dining
  • beer
  • coffee
  • news
  • movies
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

I don't like bestsellers so much, I prefer classical literature. In this last months I have been reading quite many writers from Spain and Latin America: Laura Restrepo, García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Bolaño, García Lorca, Carpentier, Gallegos, Laforet.
I think I like every kind of music (except techno and heavy metal), specially classical and latin music. Chucho Valdés is one of my best musicians.
Movies: I don't like science fiction movies, terror movies either. Apart from that, I think I can watch whatever.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Spain

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