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  • 17 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Languages Teacher and Software Engineer
  • Master Degree
  • From London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

We are a couple (French/Mexican) just having a peaceful and meaningful life

ABOUT ME

We love traveling, languages, reading, nature, chatting, cooking, surfing the web, animals, technology, movies and everything that has to do with learning new things and having new experiences. We are quite easy-going and very calm, our hard-partying years are over but we love talking and discussing interesting topics while enjoying a beer. We love to laugh and in general we are normal, happy people.

PHILOSOPHY

We don't really have one but we believe in the importance of respecting each other's way of thinking. We hate injustice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, sharing stories and getting to know people. Give them advice about the place we live and if we have time we can even travel together in the region.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted and being hosted several times, we love it!

Interests

World music, heavy metal, culture, silly TV shows, Playstation, food, lots of things!

  • animals
  • fish
  • chinese new year
  • cooking
  • beer
  • walking
  • partying
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • world music
  • fishing
  • surfing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

TV: OITNB, GOT, South Park, The Simpsons, Parks and Rec, The Office, Extras, Rupaul's Drag Race, Desde Gayola, Breaking Bad, AbFab, Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, The Killing, Downton Abbey, Drawn Together, River, The Moomins, etc.

Movies: Schindler's list, The Silence of the Lambs, Cinema Paradiso, Amores Perros, Amelie, The Lion King, Lust&Caution, Bent, Como Agua para Chocolate, Little Miss Sunshine, Jurassic Park, Battle Royale, Children of Men, City of God, Central do Brasil, Amour, Spirited Away, etc.

Music: Lila Downs, Queen, Putumayo World Music, Foo Fighters, Broadway songs, Toto la Momposina, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Hocico, Austra, Melt Banana, etc.

Books: Azteca, Sangre Azteca, 100 anios de soledad, Cujo, El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera, Paula, Pedro Paramo, La Maladie Imaginaire, Les Miserables, El Llano en Llamas, La Noche de Tlatelolco, Harry Potter, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-From a Mayan ruin very early in the morning, seeing the arrival of sea turtles to their nesting place in the Caribbean Island of Cozumel.

-Fishing with locals in the mangroves using nets and then sharing the catch of the day with our hosts in Thailand.

-Traveling by train during Chinese New Year in China, we were like canned sardines!

-Walking on a frozen lake in Canada.

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Travelers! :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Belize, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Madagascar, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Finland, France, Mexico, United Kingdom

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