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Overview

  • 30 references 27 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, Spanish; learning Arabic, English, Italian, Portuguese
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Social worker. Studying scene arts
  • I like what my family tought me.
  • From Washington, DC, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Vivir, viajar, conocer, compartir, entender el por qué

ABOUT ME

I went to Chile to discover the world, to know. My dream is knowing the whole world as more as I can. Choosing adjectives to describe me it's difficult for me: curious, nervous, independent girl...I consider myself crazy to know and travel, but quiet and realistic as well. We all are equal. Men and women. People from north and south. Respect for cultures and languages. I don't like tourism without learning and introducing on culture!

I think I have thinks to say and I never keep quiet.

Me fui a Chile a ver el mundo, a descubrirlo, a conocer. Mi sueño es conocer el mundo en la medida que pueda, me siento del mundo. Elegir adjetivos para describirme se me hace dificil: inquieta, nerviosa, independiente.... Considero que tengo los pies sobre la tierra, aunque soy alocada para salir y conocer. Me gusta entender el porqué de las cosas.
Todas somos iguales. Mujeres y hombres. Gente del norte y del sur. Respeto por las culturas y los idiomas. El turismo sin objetivo de aprender e introducirse en la cultura no me va mucho!

Creo que tengo cosas que decir y no me callo jamás :)

I speak english too, so it's no problem for reciving people who speak in english and tell them all these things.

PHILOSOPHY

Discuss and talk, colaborate, being a group, fighting, feminism, equality.

Colaborar, agruparse, luchar. :)

Conversar y discutir, eso significa que la sangre bombea :)

Feminismo

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering my point of view, making company,hosting (sometimes), going out, learning as much as I can, being friendly, singing for people, laughing-

Aportando mi visión de las cosas

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Enjoy of travelling with couchsurfing, in Chile and Argentina hosted me a lot. We also gave a small roof (with leaks, hehe) in Santiago during three months; I enjoyed a lot that experience. My parents inspired during one year as well, so some people of Italy, Germany, C.Republic and Peru came to Barcelona. Too gratifying. I learnt how to travel when I discovered this site, and it's amazing, all the things you can learn, all the experiences you can have only for a little bit of job and all the people you can meet, extraordinary people around the world.

Disfrutando de viajar con couchsurfing, en Chile y Argentina me han hospedaron mucho.
Tambien dimos un techito (con goteras, eso si, jeje) a los que pudimos en Santiago durante tres meses, y dio tiempo. Creo que en total fueron unos 5 surferos, pero nos encantó dar casita. También mis padres se animaron durante un año y pasó gente muy guay por Barcelona. Ojalá pueda muy pronto. Muy gratificante.

Interests

Theatre, music, singing, cinema, travelling, non-formal education, cooperativism, talking about world and how crazy is, literature, south-america, folk, cultures, languages...

Teatro, musica, cantar, cine, viajar, educacion infantil no formal, asociacionismo, cooperativismo, viajar, hablar del mundo y lo loco que esta, literatura, latinoamerica, folclore, culturas, idiomas.

  • culture
  • literature
  • singing
  • concerts
  • festivals
  • flamenco
  • tango
  • education
  • womens rights
  • chocolate
  • partying
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • hiking
  • teaching
  • languages
  • tourism
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I love cinema, and always I try to learn more. For me it's a good point of conversation, it's amazing. Spanish cinema, french cinema. Indie cinema, cinema & arts. Haneke, Lynch, Dolan, Saura, the classics, and experimental cinema

I love music as well, which I love most in my life. I play guitar and I like singing. For me music is tradition, folk music, music of the Earth and lands.
Flamenco, cuban music, trance, reggae, dubstep, dancehall, andin music, salsa, tango, balkan beats, electro swing, cumbia and author music, the most spanish author music and south-american. Poetry & Music.

I love original soundtracks as well and ancient black music.

Interested in theatre, I like reading theatre and poetry, the most. And travel books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in Chile. My friends and loves in Chile. Hitch-hiking alone in Argentina. A 20 hours party. Balkans.

Sleeping everywhere.

Learning Tango in Buenos Aires, a masterclass with a "boss". Salsa lessons, full of energy.

Going to a flamenco festival in southern Spain.

All my summer times in El Rubio, Sevilla during my childhood.

VALPARAISO nights.

Party in Ibiza. Living in Formentera, such a paradise.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can sing with you, make gazpacho, telling you a lots of stories, teaching you spanish or catalan and how to play rumba in guitar. Some Salsa steps. Talking about theatre and creative arts.

I want to learn all I can do.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Now i'm not avaliable to recieve people.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Anguilla, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Martin (French part), Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Spain

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