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Overview

  • 22 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish; learning French
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Neurology
  • Studied Medicine, Violin and German
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Scandinavian adventure, working in a Hospital in Norway

ABOUT ME

I was born in a small town in a beautiful Island (Mallora). My parents and my two sisters live there and I love to go home and visit them.
I went to study Medicine to Barcelona where I have spend most of my last 10 years. In the meantime I also lived in Berlin and in the south of Germany. I also spend a few months in Edinburgh working in the University.
In May 2011 I finished my specialization in Neurology and still can't believe it! Then I worked a few months in a Hospital in Guatemala, as a volunteer for an international organization and after that I travelled for a few months in America. Great experience!!
In my free time I like to play the violin. I also enjoy playing piano but i'm still very bad... have to practice more! I also love learning languages!
Currently I am working in the Neurology Department at St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim. It,s still a bit difficult to work in Norwegian!

PHILOSOPHY

Learn a lot, and try to help as much as possible!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I first heard about this interesting project in june 2011 and couldn't wait to become a member. I actually had done a lot of couch surfing before, but through all the friends of my Erasmus year in Berlin and through people of different orchesters I had played with. It was nice to host friends and also friends of friends I didn,t know.
The next few months I'll be traveling around, but when I settle down I will offer my couch wherever I am!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great! now i will be staying for a while in the same place, so it's time to host!

Interests

I have invested most of my free time in music (mostly violin...) or traveling. Now I want to learn to play piano and also some photography!!

  • photography
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano
  • violin
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • teaching
  • languages
  • medicine
  • study abroad
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I tend to play more music than listen to it... Lately I really enjoy romantic or music from the beginning of the XXth century... Actually with music, books and movies, as with food, if it,s good I like it!!
Best Book: "Cien años de soledad" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)... and the Harry Potter books!
Best Movie: I used to go to the cinema every week... so it,s difficult to pick one. I can either enjoy a Film from Lars von Trier or Finding Nemo!
Best Music: we recently played the 5th symphony from Beethoven and it was a huge experience! A few weeks ago I heard the 5th of Shostakovich with the Berliner Philharmoniker and it was amazing. And Takemitsu as well! Mmmm Arvo Pärt, Fratres, Tabula Rasa... of course I also like listening a broad range of modern music, but my friends always laugh because I don,t recognize very well known groups!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling around Japan.
Working in a small clinic in a lost town in Senegal without electricity or water.
Volunteering in a hospital in Guatemala and traveling south til Tierra del Fuego...
Diving in Tierra del Fuego and in the Caribean

Teach, Learn, Share

Buf I think people would probably learn more from my mistakes... My father is a Philosophy teacher and has always told me clever interesting sentences, would be glad to share them!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom

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