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Overview
About Me
Who we are is a lifelong question, I think. But some hints:
I am a person with a huge variety of interests. I studied Medicine at University but I spend the whole day trying to learn about literature, philosophy, economics, spirituality, orient, other realms of science...
As for hobbies, I like to practice sports. My preferences are martial arts/contact sports (muay thai) swimming. I have done it mostly on indoor pools, but a great experience would be doing it on a wild lake if there is one near you!
I also like cooking, walking directionless as if I was a deep person and go party sometimes. Although I prefer to meet in petite committé and have a couple of drinks while having a warm conversation.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Because I am a vagabond poet! I want to spend a couple of weeks next summer by travelling to the cities of Europe that have a more active cultural life in order to meet people with a similar mentality that I who I can share great conversations and share ideas and moments. I also expect to obtain some creation out of this, either drawings or writings. Be my inspiration, please!
Interests
- literature
- wine
- working out
- music
- live music
- classical music
- swimming
- muay thai
Music, Movies, and Books
The Libertines, Babyshambles, The Clash, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, The Specials, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Oasis, Johnny Cash.
Classical music too: Mahler, Beethoven, Hovhannes, Chopin, Bach, Gurdjieff.
Also music from several parts of the world: Kaan Tangoze, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Stromae, Teoman, Mano Solo, Leo Ferré...
And also folk music such as klezmer music, flamenco, andalusian music, greek folk music, Ravi Shankar, some portuguese fado...
And, of course, I can show you a thousand cool Spanish songs of a really high quality!
Writers: Houellebecq, Dostoyevsky, Delibes, Cervantes, Dumas, Steinbeck, Bukowski, Kureishi, Rimbaud.
Films: everything by Kieslowski, Shane Meadows, Bergman, Polanski, Kubrick.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I met personally one of my favourite writers alive. Well, I'd like to consider amazing the words I tie pretending it is literature.
Teach, Learn, Share
You can ask me the most recurrent medical questions and I will dismantle the fake myths. We can speak either in Spanish, English, French or German, and broaden our knowledge. I can give you a brief introduction to my passion, flamenco music, as well. Or any other type of music, from rock to classical and world musics. This is something that I particularly enjoy and I would like to discover typical music from every country (which has led me to discover greek and arabic amazing instruments). But what I enjoy most is literature, with special penchant for French literature. Houellebecq rules.
I'm also getting deeper and deeper into psychology, which is a world that I find incredible.
What I Can Share with Hosts
We can cook, talk in several languages, discuss about literature, I can share my literature with you, go out for a drink, give you some workout tips, we can play guitar or try to make music...but I guess my strong point is conversations. I consider myself a good conversator because it's what I do with most pleasure and I love to carefully select every word. Let's say that I try to make a piece of art out of my life by the way I speak. I also have a particular sense of humor, which varies from cocky or subtly acid to self-deprecating or disenchanted.
Countries I’ve Visited
England, France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, Turkey