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Overview

  • 8 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech, English, German, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • pianist, accordionist, baker, traveler/pianista, acordeon...
  • college - classical piano, culture management/universidad...
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About Me

With my husband Carlos, who comes from Colombia, we have been living and traveling in South America for more than two years. We are professional musicians, we play accordion and guitar. We have lived in Ecuador and Colombia. Now we are in Mexico where we performed in the state of Puebla at a local festival during Día de los Muertos. Now we are in Yucatán and Quintana Roo performing and enjoying warm weather and beaches before going to Czech Republic at the end of december.
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Con mi esposo Carlos que viene de Colombia viajamos por Sudamérica hace más que dos años. Somos músicos profesionales y tenemos un dúo de acordeón y guitarra. Vivimos en Ecuador y Colombia. Ahora estamos en México donde nos presentamos en el estado de Puebla en el festival Vaniloquio durante de las fiestas de Día de los Muertos. Ahora estamos en Yucatán y Quintana Roo tocando y disfrutando clima cálido y playa antes de salir a República Checa en el final de diciembre.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like getting inspired by other people`s lives and stories and sharing their local place. I love learning foreign languages so CS is a great way to practice them.
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Mu gusta inspirarme con vidas e historias de otras personas y compartir con ellas. Me encanta aprender idiomas extranjeros y CS es manera chévere a practicarlos.

Interests

  • culture
  • performing arts
  • cumbia
  • yoga
  • classical music
  • latin music
  • piano
  • playing guitar
  • naturaleza
  • playing music
  • accordion
  • latin america
  • musician
  • sharing stories
  • spanish
  • walking around
  • playing piano
  • natural medicine
  • mandalas
  • musicians
  • cooking and baking
  • baile
  • bailar salsa
  • walking barefoot
  • acordeón
  • yoga and meditation
  • buena musica
  • cooking and eating

Music, Movies, and Books

Thanks to my boyfriend I'm discovering tons of different latino music which I love so every day I come to know new bands and authors! Moreover, we perform together and in our repertoire there are Colombian cumbias, son cubano (Buena Vista Social Club), Argentinian tangos, boleros, waltzes, rock etc. As for books, recently I tried G. G. Márquez in Spanish which is something for me, I'm very excited that I'm starting to learn Latin American authors in original language. I also like music movies and documents, recently I discovered Cuba Feliz.
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Gracias a mi novio estoy descubriendo mucha música latinoamericana que me encanta. Cada día me muestra otras bandas y autores! Además tocamos juntos y en nuestro repertorio son cumbias colombianas, son cubano (Buena Vista Club Social), boleros, valses, tangos argentinos, rock etc... De libros recién traté de leer G. G. Márquez en español! Estoy muy emocionada a empezar a leer escritores latinoamericanos en su idioma original. También me gustan documentales y películas de música, recién vi Cuba Feliz.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I married my husband Carlos and have lived in South America!
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Me casé con mi esposo Carlos y he vivido en Sudamérica!

Teach, Learn, Share

I play piano, accordion, I'm learning to play guitar and percussions, I can sing so I can give you some basic insight into beauty of music.
I love baking sourdough bread and I carry my starter with me so depending on local ingredients and equipment (the most important thing is a good oven!) I can bake a great bread for you. I like baking sweets, too, and like cooking in general as well.
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Toco piano y acordeón, estoy aprendiendo guitarra y percusión y canto. Entonces te puedo enseñar algo de música.
Me encanta hacer pan de masa madre y llevo mi propia masa madre conmigo. Dependiendo de ingredientes locales y equipamiento (lo más importante es buen horno!) puedo hace pan rico para ti. Me gusta hacer pasteles también y me gusta cocinar.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- music
- good food and real European bread
- my sense for leaving things nice and organized so make sure that I`ll leave your place clean and nice
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-música
-comida rica y pan européo
-mi sentido de dejar cosas bonitas y organizadas entonces puedes estar seguro que dejo tu sitio limpio y organizadito

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico

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