Please take the time to read our whole profile before asking for our couch.

ABOUT US:

Nicolas was born in France, Azahara in Spain. We've met in Wales around the year 2000, studying arts,and moved to Cordoba in o 2002.
And then Sancho was born in nov 2010, and that is the begning of a new story...
We now live outside a small village near cordoba (Sta Maria de Trassierra).

We enjoy living in the countryside, and try hard (and sometime fail) to do things in a group/tribe/big family/community fashion.

la Maraña: a space shared between many families:

The important thing to know is that all the space that immediately surrounds our house (garden and building) is a space called "la Maraña" which is used and taken care of by a group of around 15 families were use and rules are decided by an assembly of all member families.

It is kind of an association with the purpose of sharing things and moments with various families and do stuff together that we couldn't do at home. Kind of a social club.

So while you are around home you will be in "la Maraña" and can expect to see adults or children around at any time. You'll have to accept to see small children around barefeet, climbing trees or playing naked in summer.

You are, of course, welcome to use these spaces as our guest, but you will have to realise that we are responsible for you, and will be asked to follow a set of basic cohabiting rules like cleaning and put away the stuff you use, or no noise in certain spaces at certain time. (nothing out of this world).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are in couchsurfing because we fancy to have people of all kind visiting us and bringing life to "la Maraña".
We would really like to see families coming to share their time with us and make friendship. share their experience with us and our children.
Really one of our most important motivation for hosting couchsurfers is our children and our friend's children. Allow them to meet and have relationships with very different people from different places. We are kind of homeschooling them, but between various families, and use "la Maraña" for that (and for more purposes).

So we'd say that if you are not interested in children, do not enjoy they company, this is probably not the place to come. important: If you want to come home, please put the word "cuchufletas" in you request, this is for us to make sure you've read our profile before asking to come.

In the past, we loved to host people when time allowed us to do it.
Havn't done so for a while though....but we are coming back now!!

We've surfed like 5 times (Turkey, Greece,France, Belgium, Netherlands) which were all great experiences.

Interests

Alternative education and schooling, homeschooling, democratic schools, self-building, nature, arts, alternative ways of living, doing things with children.
Nico: Playing, Street arts, humor, building stuff, making stuff work, DIY,outdoors, bow shooting, sailing, canoeing, story telling...
Aza: Alternative Education, hand-crafts, cooking...

• arts
• fashion
• street art
• diy
• education
• cooking
• cheese
• clubbing
• crafts
• gardening
• outdoor activities
• canoeing
• hunting
• sailing
• rock climbing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Nico: Musicas:Jazz, swing flamenco, humorous things, world musics, gypsy musics, kiko veneno, boby lapointe whatever...
Not watching much cinema lately...
Lately I'm into reading folk tales.

Aza: I used to like alternative cinema, but I´m out of medias at the moment. I don´t watch films and don´listen much music. Havn´t watch TV since I was 18. Last things I read: Daniel Greenberg, A. R. Almodóvar, Gabriel García Márquez...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Give birth naturally.
We've built a wooden house and a tree-house totally from scrap wood.
Started "la Maraña".

Teach, Learn, Share

We'd love to hear and share experiences about child rearing and education, especially if it is not so... conventional.

Nico: I'd love to share or teach anything in my interests. French is another option.
If anybody had any experience to share with me to help me overcome my lifelong asthma i'd be very grateful.

Aza: Can teach:
-Some andalusian Cooking
-Cheese making, Bread making
-skin cream from olive oil
-handcrafts

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, France, Spain, United Kingdom

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