Hi, I´m Jimena! I´m a 24 year old traveller from Madrid, Spain, who started travelling at age 5 and has not stopped ever since. I have always been passionate about visiting new places and the best way to experience a country is knowing its people, that is why I love CS!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think you can´t really say you have properly visited a country unless you have experience it from the inside hand in hand with locals.

I love sharing my travel adventures I hearing about other´s too!

Interests

• reading
• hiking
• food

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favorite movies of all times are Spirited Away or Howl´s Moving castle. I´m an absolute fan of Ghibli movies. I´m into dramas and comedies too, that is why one of my favorite directors is Yorgos Lanthimos.

Reading is one of my favorite hobbies. I read mostly Spanish and Latin-american literature. Some of my favorite books are "Lo que hay" by Sara Torres or "Últimas tardes con Teresa" by Juan Marsé, a Spanish classic. Recently I have been reading a lot of the French author Annie Ernaux and the Argentinian Mariana Enríquez, and have both become new favorites! And of course, I will always remain a Harry Potter fan, always a Ravenclaw.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Santiago de Chile for almost 2 years and travelled most of South America during that time. I visited places like Perú, where I went to Macchu Picchu and visited the Rainbow mountain which is 5,400 m high, or Argentina, where I tried their delicious roasted meat.

I have recently lived in Istanbul as well for a whole year. This gave me the opportunity to travel to Turkey´s neighbors like Iran or Armenia and Georgia. Places that I could have never imagined myself visiting due to their distance from Spain!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Amazing and crazy travel stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Spain, Turkey