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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • No occupation listed
  • Oceanographer
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I was born in Granada, place that I love, and moved very soon to a village in Málaga, Torre del Mar, where I grew up. When I finished high school, I decided to study Marine Sciences in Cádiz, a very beautiful place with great people where I have spent four years.

I have just finished my degree so decided to take a gap year to improve my English, so I am moving to Edinburgh.

Interests

Since I was a little child I have loved swimming, sport I have been practising almost my whole life. Some years ago I decided to make a first aid and life guard course, and after that a swimming instructor course. Unfortunately I had a lesion on my knees so stopped practising it, but would like to return to it one day! So right now I spend my free time doing different activities. I like doing snorkel and scuba diving.

Though I studied Marine Sciences, I have always loved Philosophie and Languages. I love travelling and getting involved in different cultures.

  • instructor
  • traveling
  • scuba diving
  • snorkeling
  • sports
  • swimming
  • languages
  • marine science

Music, Movies, and Books

I like almost every kind of music: classical, rock, reggae, flamenco, country, celtic, blues... I play violin but would like to learn any different instrument, like banjo (why not?). Like singing too!

I don't know much about cinema, though I like it. Some of my favourites movies are Léolo, The clockwork orange, La vita è bella, Once upon a time in America, Napola, The Ilusionist, Pulp Fiction...

I love literature! I like reading different kinds of books. I like latinamerican authors like Julio Cortázar, Mario Bendetti, Andrés Caicedo or Luis Sepúlveda. I like too Federico García Lorca. Other not spanish or latinamerican authors: Victor Hugo, Franz Kafka, Irvine Welsh, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Neil Gaiman.

Right now I'm readind The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Here is a Little Mermaid Version... or something, by me. And of course a blooper! I hope you enjoy it.

The "serious" version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVJtK5oBp58

The blooper (much better than the second and serious version in my opinion):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FEKAMgvmV8

Okay, I wouldn't call it exactly amazing... But it was very funny to record it though! :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences, stories ans discussions! :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Hungary, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Scotland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Scotland, Spain

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