ABOUT ME

From Ecuador (South America), living in France, and also lived in Sweden for a few months. My passion is to travel the world and discover its wonders, and learn from beautiful people, places and unforgettable experiences.

Anyway I'm looking forward to meet people here, there and anywhere !

I'm living in a shared flat (with 5 other people) in Gap, which is a beautiful little city surrounded by mountains in the southern Alps of France.

Our house here is pretty cosy (it's in the city center not far from the cathedral, weekly market and places to go out) and if I've got the chance it'll be my pleasure to host you, make a meal or two, go out for some beers (or typical french wine) and show you around the mountains ! I'll be happy to help you discover the place, the History, the culture...

I'm also volunteering for a small NGO-managed bar and concert hall in the city center, just a block away from our place, and if there's some concert there we can go check it out !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've hosted people and been hosted, and I look forward to keep on doing it.

All the people I've met here are wonderfull, what can I say ... let's all keep the spirit of couchsurfing alive !

Interests

Travelling (especially trekking and hitchhiking), meeting new people, sports, music, typical food, etc ...

Nature. I've often lived in big cities (luckily not anymore), and although I love the fact that there's always stuff to do and people to see in cities, I love travelling to the countryside and the wilderness. We all need to breathe some fresh air once in a while, and get back to nature.

I like cooking (sharing typical ecuadorian, french and now swedish food) and also learning new recipes. Food is a very important part of the culture, yes, you are what you eat. I'm not vegetarian nor vegan myself, but I can adapt to your preferences and make some vegetarian, hallal, kascher, vegan, and healthy food.

I'm very fond of music (see below haha), and even the worst days can be cheered up by a nice song !

Dancing ! It's the language of the body. Whether it's salsa-bachata or other latin dances, folk dances, I'm interested. I tryed tango only once, it seemed really hard but I'd like to give it a try too.
A few years ago, one of my flatmates was a trumpet player for several Jazz bands, and we lived with a Swing and Lindy Hop dance teacher for a few months

I like speaking to people, no matter if it's small talk, having a blast or deep conversations.

I like going out of my confort zone, so I'm willing to try new activities and experience different stuff !

• culture
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• dumpster diving
• music
• rock music
• metal music
• camping
• sports
• boxing
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• massages
• vegetables

Music, Movies, and Books

Any movies, new or old! I'm one of those people that are very greatfull we can watch them on streaming.

Basically any music too:
-Rock (60's and 70's rock like the Beatles, the Doors, Pink Floyd, The Who, Alan Parsons, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Sui Generis, Dire Straits... 80's and 90's like Guns n Roses, REM, AC/DC, Nirvana, Heroes Del Silencio, Sodastereo ... and newer rock too: Linkin Park, Rival Sons, Red Hot Chili Peppers...)
-Jazz : Manouche (Django !!!), New Orleans, Swing, Lindy Hop... one of my flatmates is a trumpet player for several Jazz bands, and we lived with a Swing and Lindy Hop dance teacher for a few months =)
-World Music (especially folk music from all over; occitan, celtic, andean, african, east-european, asian...),
-Metal, I'm very fond of it (from the first Black Sabbath passing by Metallica and Megadeth, Dream Theater to more contemporary Rammstein, Nightwish, Disturbed, Stratovarius, Sabaton ... and of course folk metal !). As I lived in Sweden I'm quite familiar with scandinavian death (In Flames, Ensiferum, At The Gates) and black metal (like Burzum), I love it !
-Salsa (and Bachata, Forro, Reggeton, Kizomba for dancing !),
-Psytrance (great in parties, some of my friends have their own projects as well),
-Cumbia, Vallenato, Marimba for dancing and some latin american nostalgy of course,
-Punk, a lot of good stuff I really enjoyed at Woodstock in Poland
-Reggae, Rap, RnB, Classical, Indie, Psychaedelic, Country ...
always willing to share and learn more !

Some authors that I enjoy:
Stephen King, Gabriel garcia Marquez, Hemingway, Tolkien, Franck Herbert, Dan Brown, Bernard Werber, Ken Follet, Jack Kerouac, Doltoyevski, J.K.Rowling, Umberto Eco, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Stieg Larsson, Suzan Collings, C.S.Lewis, Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Camus...
and much more of whatever's worth reading!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some :

Living for a few months in Göteborg, Sweden. It was amazing to discover Scandinavia with all its landscapes, culture, languages and people.

In the summer 2016 I did a month-long hitchhiking (and couchsurfing) roadtrip from North to South across Europe through Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and France, from Göteborg to Toulouse. Best experience ever, I met so many nice people and saw so much different things. Never before had I pushed my limits and jumped into adventure like this ! I'm writing about it and hope to give shape to all my memories =)

Trekking in the Mallorca mountains for a week, and then again a few years later through Corsica !

A couple crazy trek/hitchhike roadtrips in the French southwest,

Going pretty much everywhere in Ecuador (Amazon forest, Andes mountains, Plains, Galapagos),

Woodstock festival in Poland, just amazing !,

Camping in the Snow in Norway,

and much more.

I intend to keep on travelling, to discover many more places and people. I plan on doing some more trips, and anyway who knows where I'll get the chance to go...

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything !

Sharing your personal experiences and culture is easy, give it a try =)

I've been a volunteer camp supervisor and intend to become a teacher someday (update : I already am) so yeah, I hope I'm a good listener and I like speaking in public.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sharing is caring ! Anyone here is a new member of this home, and we share our food, meals, discussions, music and more. Welcome !

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, France, Peru, Sweden, United States