I'm Yvette. Currently living in Berlin, but originally from Florida. I'm curious and enjoying exploring, geographically or intellectually.

I work with computers, but my current passion is music. I've been playing guitar since the pandemic and love to sing. Let's jam together!

The visual arts are also wonderful. I enjoy expressing myself through painting, drawing and writing.

Language learning has been a big part of my life. I grew up bilingual (Spanish-English) and learned French as a young adult. Now I'm learning German. Die Sprachen sind toll und auch das leben.

Food is also nice. I enjoy good food.

People are also nice. I enjoy good people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Why I surf:
I want to travel cheaply, roughly and meet others on the way.

Why I host:
I would like to share food and shelter with travellers and hear your stories.

Interests

• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• guitar
• philosophy
• religion
• language
• biking
• jokes
• games
• singing together
• drawing together
• what is consciousness
• running around parks & cities

Music, Movies, and Books

Franco Battiato, Julieta Venegas, Silvio Rodriguez, System of a Down, Manu Chao, Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Django Reinhardt, Cat Stevens, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Willie Nelson, the Beatles, Francisco Tarrega, Roland Dyens, the Killers, Abdel Halim Hafez, Cheb Khaled, Rachid Taha, Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Souchon, Georges Brassens, Georges Moustaki, Françoise Hardy, les ogres de barback, la femme, stromae, die Ärzte, Düsseldorf Düsterboys, der Nino aus Wien, Isolation Berlin, Elements of Crime, Fettes Brot, Faber, Otava Yo, kings of convenience

monsoon wedding, pan's labyrinth, diner de cons, ocho apellidos vascos, paradise now, the big Lebowski, Fargo, volver, mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

the Idiot, one hundred years of solitude, le rouge et le noir, the good earth, the pillars of the earth, tao te ching, homage to catalonia, brave new world, animorphs, the meditations

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What is amazing? We've all done cool stuff

What I Can Share with Hosts

Home-cooked meal, jokes, yoga partner, singing/musical partner, interested ear

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, United States