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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish; learning French, German, Russian
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • PhD student
  • Law and Economics
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

Born in Seville (Spain) I moved three years ago to Leuven (Belgium) to study a joint degree on Law and Economics.

I got acquainted with Couchsurfing while travelling around with Interrail. Some of the people I met encouraged me to sign up. It's an interesting way to meet foreign people and truly learn about other cultures while travelling.

Things I enjoy: learning languages, travelling, reading, jogging, biking, listening to music, hanging out with my friends and getting to know people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted and being hosted by people. I've also participated in several CS meetings while in Austria and Germany.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Although I don't really have a big "formal" "CouchSurfing" experience, I've been raised in the same philosophy CS is based on: hospitality, openness to other people, eagerness to learn about other cultures and languages, etc.

Interests

Language learning, world music, history, politics, sports, architecture, etc.

  • architecture
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • world music
  • cycling
  • sports
  • economics
  • history
  • languages
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: La vita 'e bella, Gran Torino, the Pixar Movies, Into the Wild, Wes Anderson's movies and so many others.

Music: Mostly Hip Hop, Jazz and Electronic music. Some of my favorites: Run The Jewels, Burial, Frank Ocean, Mulatu Astatke, The Field, Kendrick Lamar...

Books: I love to read and always try to make some time for it. I mostly read non-fiction on history, economics, politics and so on. However I always enjoy to read good fiction, some of my favourite writers: Stefan Zweig, Fyodor Dostoyevski, Oscar Wilde and Ian McEwan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Exchanged the sunny Seville for rainy Leuven, Spanish for Dutch and a comfortable home for independence. Loving the experience and encouraging all my friends to discover the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Germany, Spain

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