We Juan Manuel and Belén are a young couple from Montevideo (Uruguay). We are friendly, respectful and easy-going people eager to find other people to share experiences, anecdotes and insights about travel and culture.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As travellers, we prefer to spend time with people like us, keen to host and have companion from visitors, than coldness from hotels.

Interests

Both of us: culture, outdoor activities, history, creativity, neverending talks, beer, cartoons, card and dice games, orange juice.

Juan Manuel: languages & words, writing stories, football (playing, watching and discussing), flags, countries & geography, pencil handwriting, literature, whiteborads, bizarre facts, curiosities & irrelevant things, strolls, cleaning, any plate spiced by lemon.

Belén: dancing, singing & playing tambourines, psychology, stories featuring dungeons and fairy, Scrabble, my Galician ancestry, listening to old people, immigrant's stories & memories, pets, relating people to animals according to their resemblances, collecting keyrings, cooking, fruits,

• animals
• pets
• culture
• writing
• literature
• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• beer
• cartoons
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• soccer
• genealogy
• geography
• history
• languages
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

JM: Acoustic, songwriter music, Latin America trova, James Taylor, slow rock, Uruguayan folk music // comedy, experimental-plot cinema, The Godfather, Memento, The Lion King, There's Something About Mary // Vargas Llosa, Sábato, Cortázar, Alejandro Dolina, Quevedo, José Martí, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, Martin Amis, Umberto Eco.

Belén: punk-rock, The Offsprings, Green Day, Aerosmith, contemporary music, Shakira, Beatles, ethnic folk music, Celtic, Galician // suspense, horror, romantic, historical, Pride & Prejudice, A Few Good Men, Kate & Leopold, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once got married we took the map, we drew a trip on it and we tried to make it real! We start in a local bus from our city and then we travelled as backpackers through Latin America, the Caribbean, US, Japan & Europe until arrive to our current residence in Italy.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can teach about travel and saving tips, Spanish language, Latin American cultures and its thoughts and feelings. We want to learn cities' personality and history, and the character of its peoples. We can share lovely stories, flexible plans, an easy-going mood and, of course, some dishes!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Best pizzas and milanesas ever! Crazy stories and anecdotes about our journeys and lots of facts and insights about our little and lovely country, Uruguay.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Uruguay