UPDATE 2023: After living 12 years in Brussels, I moved 10 years ago to Zürich, Switzerland. Life “happened” and haven’t done any couchsurfing or hosted for ages. Now after that long absence I’m back trying to experience again the magic of couchsurfing!

CURRENT MISSION
To live richly, and enlighten my soul by experiencing life with an open heart, and trust in humanity.

ABOUT ME
A free spirit with a big problem to accept boundaries.

PHILOSOPHY

Thou shalt not oppress in the name of freedom, nor kill in the name of god.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Before knowing about CS I used to stay in Bed&Breakfast places whenever I traveled - to stay at someone's places is so much more rewarding, profound and enlightening experience than a hotel room.

My first CS experience was in mid August 2008, when I hosted a couple of Canadian girls (CS members - Marie-Andrée and Veronique) I met in the city center of Brussels. They had arrived late in the evening without a place to stay. The stars were aligned that day for us to meet...

They introduced me to CouchSurfing, and since then I have hosted:
o Malola + Bruno (Spain, Ghent)
o Anna + Morgan (Australia)
o Ursina (Switzerland)
o Joanne + Koogie (UK)
o Daniela (Brazil)
o Roland and Alain (Germany)
o Max (USA)
o Ryo (Japan)
o Aubri and Mindi (USA)
o Eileen (USA)
o Marcella (Italy)
o Ana (Mexico)

Each time it's a very enriching experience - I'm loving it!

Interests

My interests and passions are my biggest strength and weakness - broad knowledge, but too much distraction.

o Music: about 16.000 songs in my iTunes library. All kinds of genres.
o Learning to play the Piano and Cuatro (a folk instrument from Venezuela).
o Salsa Dancing
o Stuffed Penguins
o Mac computers and Apple products
o Love relationship with my iPod
o Cooking Venezuelan food
o Rollerskating
o Guitar Hero (Playstation2 game)
o Movies! Spanish, Latin and French cinema my favorites.
o Books. Loads of books. Avid reader. English and Spanish.
o Camping out.
o Beer!

• books
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• beer
• movies
• music
• folk music
• guitar
• piano
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Top 10 Movies plus one:
0. Casablanca
1. The House of The Spirits
2. Like Water for Chocolate,
3. Belle Epoque,
4. Les Miserables,
5. Polar Circle Lovers
6. The Dark Side of the Heart
7. Cinema Paradiso
8. V for Vendetta
9. When Harry met Sally
10. Play it again Sam

Books:
o Love in times of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
o One Hundred Years of Solitude (same author)
o The house of the spirits (Isabel Allende)
o Of Love and Shadows (same author)
o Daughter of Fortune (same author)
o Eva Luna (same author)
o La Tregua (Mario Benedetti)
o Time Travelers Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
o The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
o A Man (Oriana Fallaci)
o Letter to a child never born (same author)
o The Art of Loving (Eric Fromm)
o The White Massai (Corinne Hofmann)
o The unbearable lightness of being (Milan Kundera)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Waking up on top of "Cerro el Avila" in Caracas, above all clouds watching the sun rise

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
o Spanish
o Computers (Macs!)
o Venezuela and it's current political happenings
o How to make Arepas! (typical Venezuelan 'bread')

Learn:
o Dutch!
o Piano playing (I have one at home)
o Electric Guitar
o Cuatro (four-string small guitar typical of Venezuelan folk music)
o Italian - short term goal, after Dutch
o Japanese - long term goal, after Italian
o Everything you have to offer. I'm a knowledge-sucking machine.

Share:
"Things belong to those who need them, not to those who own them"

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Guatemala, Switzerland, United States, Venezuela

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