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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's one thing to discover a place, walk through the streets, visit the tourist sights as well as all the hidden secret beautiful spots - but it's another thing to meet people who live there, get to know their culture, their mentality and most important: hear their story. In my opinion that's the only way to turn trip into a really enriching experience from which you return with new ideas and a more profound understanding of the world. And that's what I seek in traveling - I don't only want to see without understanding what's behind the apparent, I want to learn, expand my horizon, learn about the history and some words in the local language (or practice speaking it, if it's one of those I already know), and understand the culture and mentality. And it's also great to just make new friends and have fun! :)

Interests

• arts
• literature
• photography
• traveling
• live music
• hiking
• sports
• history
• cinema

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Latin (Cumbia, Salsa, Perreo, Urban, Nuevo Flamenco, Nueva Trova,..)

Books: I’m quite into Latinamerican literature (García Marquez, Borges, Bolaño, Paz, Asturias,…) but I also love French (Baudelaire, Flaubert, Zola, Césaire, Kamel Daoud,…) and German literature (esp. Austrian writers such as Joseph Roth, Eva Menasse, Ulrich Becher….

Movies: Mainly independent foreign movies and ciné d’auteur

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in Medellín and Puebleando in Colombia

What I Can Share with Hosts

I’m really not the best cook but I’d be more than willing to contribute the wine and wash the dishes!
Update: I actually learned how to make a pretty fancy white wine-risotto!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Switzerland, United States