Hi! I grew up in Madrid but I found it too stressful, so I came to live in Gran Canaria 25 years ago. I'm really glad I did, people here are wonderful, they tell you "mi niña", "cariño", have a nice day, "cielo", nothing to do with big cities...
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I'm usually away in the summer, so you have better options to be hosted from September onwards.
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I like photography and video, although I'm not very much at it at the moment.
I started practicing Hatha yoga in 2016, and it's brought me peace of body and mind.

I became a vegetarian about 10 years ago after watching the documentary film "Earthlings" (terrícolas).

You can contact me by mail: isalafu@hotmail.com

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I would like to help people who are travelling and need a place to stay. I would like being helped when I travel and at the same time get to know different people, cultures and world vision. I think sharing is the best way to get all this.

兴趣

Languages, photography, vegetarian food.
I love drawing, I only do "monigotes", but I find it fun and relaxing

• animals
• books
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• vegetarian
• yoga
• pilates
• traveling
• drawing
• cycling
• swimming
• biology
• languages

音乐、电影和书籍

I love opera, but also rock, pop, and romantic songs.

Movies: I love "David vs. Goliat" kind of movies, where the hero defeats the powerful guy.
I also like stories in which personal dignity is important, e.g. "La vita è bella, and movies about great teachers such as "Les choristes" (los chicos del coro).

Books: The little prince, One hundred years of solitude. I also recommend "The secret garden", written by Frances Hodgson Burnett in 1910. It's a lovely story about how a person can change once you give her enough love and attention.
I also find Ken Follett great: The pillars of the earth, Code to Zero (doble juego).

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Working in Marine Biology rearing starfish. I remember my supervisor telling me once: "Isabel, throw that away, it's animal crap". He thought I had sampled fish shit. I ignored him and kept it... with time it turned out to be a starfish egg, which developed into a beautiful starfish!

I used to dive when I was living in Scotland. I experienced two amazing dives there: I saw a scallop (vieira) swimming away; in the other one we came over a "prairie" of brittlestars (ofiuras), absolutely unforgetable!!!

教，学，和分享

I love learning languages with audiobooks and "books-books", made out of paper, I mean. Last year I read "The pillars of the Earth" in German and in English, and it was a great way to freshen up my German which was really rusty. The only thing... I learned old fashioned words, which people understand but sound a bit too formal sometimes ;)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

In my spare time I could show you the town by bike - my boyfriend has two spare bikes, so we can all go bike-seeing!

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

我居住过的国家

Scotland, Spain, United States