CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life travelling and meeting new friends.

ABOUT ME

Holaaaaa!!! Soy jUanjo... a funny guy from Madrid... I don't like to describe myself... I prefer people made an appointment with me so then can say how I am and get their own opinion.

Cuz I am whatever you say I am.
If I wasn't then why would I say I am?

I love sports, practicing and watching them, and most of my trips involve sport events all around the world, such:
* Half Marathon in Bulgaria... my fastest race in the distance!!! :)
*Juventus vs Atlético de Madrid a Torino... Bel stadio, ma una partita molto noiosa.
* Chelsea vs Atletico de Madrid in London.
* NBA game 2012 in Los Angeles... Lakers Go!!!
* Giro d'Italia 2011 in Montevergine di Mercogliano.
* Italian MotoGP 2010 in Mugello.
* Ironman Lanzarote 2010 -- I'm a Finisher!!!
* EU Basketball Championship 2009 in Katowice (Poland) and 2011 in Kaunas (Lithuania)
* Final Four Basketball 2009 in Berlin,
* Champions League 2008 in Eindhoven (PSV 0 - Atletico 3... best game in my life!!!),
* Spain Formula One Race in Barcelona (every year from 2002 to 2010),
* International Australian Football Championship 2005 in Melbourne (Australia),
* EU Australia Footbal Championship in London (2014), Belfast (2011), Milan (2010), Samobor-Croatia (2009), Hamburg (2008), Düsseldorf-Koln (2004), Madrid (2003),

As you can see... I'm crazy with sports!!! And I'm loyal supporter of Atletico de Madrid, Estudiantes, Napoli SC, L.A. Lakers and Richmond Tigers!!!

PHILOSOPHY

(español)--> La vida es para vivirla!!!
(english)--> Life is for being lived!!!
(italiano)-> La vita è da vivere!!!
(français)-> La vie doit être vécue!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

******* VERY IMPORTANT: Just in order to accept your request (if that fits with my personal life and agenda), please say something about me that you liked reading my profile and why do you want to surf my couch in Parla. Lately I'm getting too many requests from people that don't read my profile and doesn't have real interest in sharing travelling experiences and just want a free couch.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to meet new friends from all around the world and like people come to visit my place and enjoy with my delicious meals. I love cooking for people since I feel really happy watching their smily faces and big stomachs after my no-less than 2 dishes meals I use to cook!!! So if you wanna try to eat all I cook... just come to visit me :D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

SURFING:
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- Milano: 1 day with Daniele, Valeria and Deborah knowing the delicious "aperitivo"!!!
- Krakow: a funny drink with Ishbel and her sarcastic sense of humor!!!
- Bologna: 2 days con la angelical Rosa e la sua deliziosa pasta!!!
- Firenze: 1 day with Andrea, a crazy Vespa driver... scherzo!!! And enjoying a CS party organized by Gianluca with people around the world.
- Rome: 1 night with Peppe, a fantastic italian guy that showed me the amazing Rome at night. I'll always appreciate all your help!!
- Vitoria-Gasteiz: 2 nights with Sonia, a fantastic girl that took me with her friends from OhVitoria! to different social activities she organized (pintxo-pote, winetasting, walk along the riverside, delicious country meal)
- Fez (Morocco): 2 times 4 days at Soukaina's family house enjoying with the warm hospitality of moroc people, travelling around the country visiting beautiful cities and having a relaxed time eating the tipical deliciuos dishes. Love you Souka!!
- Perugia (Italy): 2 days at Fred's house with his lovely cats and mosquitoes having delicious dinners and listening a lot of wonderful classic music and his fantastic piano songs.
- Napoli (Italy): 2 days at Valeria's nice place with a lot of beautiful pictures in every wall of the house.
- Vilnius: 1 day at Vaiva's place having a nice day walking and drinking a lot of beers with her friends.
- Kaunas: 3 days at Ruta's place having a relaxing time with such wonderful person and her funny boyfriend.
- Kaunas: 3 days at Ernesta's house with Lauras partying, drinking, eating big meals and enjoying with basketball.
- Puente Arce: 2 wonderful days with Mara & Goyo in their beautiful rainy town in Santander while I was participating in the "Infierno del Cantabrico" competition.
- Vienna: 2 amazing days with Dani having fun with sports, live music and drinking a loooot of beers!!!
- Siracuse (Sicily): 2 fantastic days with Liliana, Serena, Simona, Floriana and Barbara in their funny student's appartment improving my italian.
- Catania (Sicily): 2 relaxing days at Angelo's learning about reflexologia.
- Los Angeles (USA): 7 days in different periods at Edward and Lorenzo's nice home in Venice Beach, eating delicious healthy meals and meeting other Csers they were hosting at the same time.
- San Diego (USA): 1 day with my lovely friend Joanna in her beautiful friend's appartment. I enjoyed the nice walk and dinner with you girlfriend.
- San Diego (USA): 2 days with the adorable Jennifer and Keith... and their different animals!!! I enjoyed having great spanish/english conversations and good meals.
- Couch Couch Fest in San Vito lo Capo (Sicily): a fantastic CS beach meeting with a lot of incredible couchsurfers from all around the world.
- London (UK): 2 days at Reinaldo's flat, visiting the museum where he works, listening his favourite music and having great conversations and breakfasts.
- London (UK): 1 day with my "paisanos" Zahida and Fer flat enjoying with great meals and a beautiful walk in the park.
- Torino (Italy): 3 days with Cris in her lovely flat, enjoying with her friends, eating a lot of delicious food and drinking deliciuos beers and wine meanwhile we hear good music and have nice conversations.
- Milano (Italy): 2 days with my lovely friends Andrea & Cristina in their cozy home in Baggio, eating lots of pizza and having a great time with their family... and meeting their future baby Anita :)
- Dublin (Ireland): 3 party nights with my friend Milikza at the amazing & fantastic Ricardo's place with his housemates and friends.
- Plzen (Czech Rep): 3 wonderful days with Eva and Fatine, her other couchsurfer, enjoying lots with the city, music concert and festivals, typical food and beers!!!
- Praha (Czech Rep): 2 nights with Dasha and Boris, with whom I spent a delicious spanish lunch and a funny karaoke meeting organized by them with other csers from all around the world.

HOSTING:
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- Elena, Teresa e Paola: 3 nights with this funny italian girls.
- Tomi: 2 nights with this interesting Nigerian/American girl, improving my english!!!
- Andrea & Cristina: 2 giorne con mei amice da Firenze, festeggiando la vittoria della Spagna nel Mundiale di Calcio 2010!!!
- Lisa & her boyfriend: 2 days with this funny and calm austrian couple. Was nice meeting you in the 101 Montaditos drinking beers!!!
- Christian & Monique: 2 days with this cleber travellers. It was nice talking with them about their amazing trip from Burkina Faso to Switzeland and all the experiences they lived.
- Mariana & Alex: 3 days with this polite and jolly brothers. We visited the city together and partied in a CS meeting.
- Nicoleta & Kestutis: 2 days with this surprising and intelligent couple from Italy-Finland. We visited the city and had nice dinners together.
- Suhyeon & Jeongmin: 1 day visiting the city, having a lot of tapas and laughing with this friendly Korean girls.
- Nathaly & Simon: 2 nights with this fantastic couple from Venezuela and Belgium having such fantastic conversations and dinners. They are new good friends!!
- Ignacio Duran: 1 night during Nacho's world cycling tour... I'd like to expierence something similar!!!
- Giorgia Kerr: 2 fantastic days with this nice australian girl, walking around the city and enjoying with Atletico de Madrid soccer game(with you the team always win... come again!!)
- Barbara & Agnieszka: 4 days with these nice and funny polish girls, helping them to find a room for their erasmus stay in Madrid and spending nice dinners and conversations.
- Severin, Esmeralda & Ludecea: 3 days with these crazy american girls, partying a lot in Madrid and having nice veggie breakfasts.
- Joanna: 3 days with this incredible american sportwoman, having good times with my Crossfit friend Kiko and other italian friends.
- Francesca & Davide: 2 days with this italian friends, having great spanish breakfast, walking trough the city and talking lot in italian.
- Nadine: 4 days with this intelligent german girl, having delicious meals and enjoying visiting Madrid.
- Leticia: 2 days with this nice argentian girl from the big city that doesn't appear in the travel maps :)
- Elain & Shuan: 4 days with these free spirirt and polite couple from Taiwan having delicious dinners. Sorry I had to work a lot those days and can't show them the city.
- Edward: 2 days with my host from Los Angeles while he stayed in Spain hiking during his Christmas trip.
- Icy: 1 day with this intelligent and tidy chinese girl, sightseeing Madrid by night and eating a lot of delicious montaditos.
- Aloha: 3 days with this adventurous traveller that stop at my place during her world trip.
- Mika & her cousin: 4 days with this independent and extroverted couple, enjoying delicious dinners and conversations.
- Alice & Robin: 1 day sightseeing Madrid, talking in many languages and having a delicious pasta for dinner. Very polite and tidy. Thanks for your postcard.
- Paulo Machado: 3 days with the best marathonian portuguese athlete. We enjoyed talking about soccer and sports and eating delicious pasta. Ole Benfica!!
- Travis & Megan: 4 days with this lovely australian couple, drinkig beers, visiting the city and having a good time. Hope visiting you in Melbourne soon.
- Carl & Julia: 2 days with more amazing australian couple!! Lots of beers and funny stories about Oz.
- Eduarda Liu: 2 days with this adventurous and cute brazilian/chinese girl having great conversations and sharing delicious food.
- Daniela Lazarini: 1 night with Dani and my "friends" of Parla's soccer supporters, learning a lot of brazilian :)
- Sinead: I could say we shared friendly my home. Probably the best trustful surfer I've hosted. Supernice person.
- Tim & Alita: 2 days with this young but nice couple, playing aussie rules, partying and sightseeing the city.
- Suyon & Eunhee: 4 days with these independent shy korean girls, having a lot of laughs and good dinners together.
- Hannah: 1 night with a clever british girl, learning a lot of english and enjoying with a delicious dinner.
- Benjamin: 2 nights with this sportive chinese guy, watching soccer games and enjoying with beers and good food.
- Dinara: 1 day with the most lovely girl from Astana. It was a pleasure that you stayed at my place and have a nice first experience surfing.
- Kzrys & Kasia: 2 night with this young, polite and independent polish couple.
- Danielle & Michelle: 2 days with this funny and crazy american girls enjoying with the US Basketaball victory in the World Cup.
- Dan: 1 night with the best hip-hop dancer of Parla and incredible soccer fan.
- Anke, Teresa & Hannah: 5 days celebrating NYE in Madrid with my friend "caracol" and her two german friends, enjoying a lot and visiting some musseums together.
- Funda & her friends: 1 day with these sweet, trustworthing turkish girls. Not much time to meet but enough to know that I have to visit them in their country.
- Rad & her husband: peaceful and smiling days with this happy couple enjoying with great vegetarian indian food and good vibes.
- Julieta: 3 days with this nice shopping addict argentinian girl, enjoying with Madrid festivities and my family.
- Carlie & her friend: 3 wonderful days having great dinners and conversations with this young and respectful couple.
- Lisa: three days with this super smily solar italian girl with great sense of humor. Good time and perfect italian conversations.
- Adel, Dante, Luis & Beto... former players of the metal band WarKabinett and super cool mexican guys!!! I host them before and after their european tour and both were amazing experiences, filled with lots of laughs and good food.
- Vanessa: a hole week with the cutest and sweetest mexican girl eating lots of delicious mexican & spanish food and visiting the city.
- Katia: not all the siberian girls are cold... actually this one is warm and sweet and a fantastic violinist and cook :)
- Milizka: shared a great time with this beautiful hondurean artist, visiting the coolest new art places of Madrid and enjoying with live street music in Lavapies.
- Lulu & Mili: two great mexican girls, lovers of spicy mexican food and tequila with water!!!
- Marcsi: four fantastic days with this little but brave hungarian girl, having a relaxing time visiting the city and talking lots of spanish.
- Kylie: a couple of lovely days with this beautiful kiwi girl drinking thousands of good beers and learning lots about NZ.
- Monica: a great long week with this lovely friend, sharing lots of sweet moments and delicious meals.
- Eddie: mi amigo americano-colombiano-checo-español!!! Es casi como mi compañero de piso ya que siempre que viene por España, se queda unos días en mi casa... en incluso cuando yo no estoy, se hace cargo de vaciarme el frigorífico y regarme las plantas... jejejeje

PARTYING:
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- Couch, Couch Fest 2012 at San Vito lo Capo
- Couch, Couch Fest 2013 at San Vito lo Capo
- Couch, Couch Fest 2014 at San Vito lo Capo
- Karaoke Session 2017 at Praha

Interests

Visiting new cities, meeting new friends, practice sports and enjoying life!!!

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: don't have much time for movies but I like dramatic and thrillers, but can see any genre. -- Favourite Movies: Excalibur, Braveheart, Schindler's List, The Lord of the Rings, Rocky, Evasion o Victoria, Shawshank Redemption...

Books: I use to read historical books from ancient empires(romans, greeks, persians), mistery and sci fi. -- Favourite writers: E.A.Poe, Ken Follet, Frank Schatzing, George RR Martin...

I collect books from E.A.Poe in the main language of the countries I use to visit.

Music: I love going to festivals and listen to any kind of music... every genre has its own beauty... I love going to live concerts and music festivals. -- Favourite Song: Stand by me (Ben.E.King) and What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong) -- Favourite Bands/Artists: Rammstein, Heroes del Silencio, Extremoduro, Frabrizio de Andrè, Depeche Mode.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Travelling alone during 7 summers (Australia, USA twice and Europe 4 times)
- Becoming an Ironman Finisher twice: in Lanzarote 2011 and Madrid km0 in 2015.
- Doing three complete "Caminos de Santiago" : Camino del Norte (2013) Camino Portugués (2014) y Camino Primitivo (2015)... I discovered beautiful places and cool people... and specially myself: the most spiritual experiences of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I'm not good teaching... only maths and statistics ;) I prefer to get the most information possible from others.

Learn: from every person, from every conversation, from every new experience... in each second of our lives we learn something new.

Share: my life is for being shared with those who are close to me, even tough we are not close friends at all.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sometimes not much time due to my work schedule and sport trainnings but at least nice walks , chats and delicious dinners together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain

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