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I am traveling with my husband Fede and we want to meet you! Would you like to get a professional photo shoot in exchange for accommodotaion?
Check out our idea at myphotosyourhome.wordpress.com

We would love to give something in return to our hosts!!!

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An argentinian couple living in Madrid! I am a pharmacist (Lauri) and my husband is a photographer, specialized in family and social photography.
We are easygoing, talkative, enjoy spending time with our guests and our host. We look for people with shared interest to get involved and feel the real couchsurfing spirit.
Our passion is to travel and we believe that is refreshing to be able to take some time off our routine and work to come back with more energy.
This time, we decided to do 2 year trip, traveling slowly (most of the time). We are starting on January 2017 in New Zaeland, Australia and Bali.
As part of the trip, we have planned to try to spend some time with at least a familiy in each country we visit. In return, Fede would love to photograph you and give a lifetime memory! Check out our project at:
myphotosyourhome.wordpress.com

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short and world too big!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have a nice couch and a smile for all travelers in need!
I (Lauri) used to host with my family, now I host with my husband, who is always happy to meet people, specialy if you can cook a typical meal!
I was an active member of CSPT (couchsurfing party team) of Buenos Aires, we like to organized and assist meetings and gatherings. It's our way of showing our real city. I was also a city and a nomadic ambassador!

If you wanna know what's up in Madrid, just go here:
http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=494

I've join:
meetings around argentina, Bs As, Cordoba, Rosario
Camping in Gualeguaychú
Wine melon parties
Free Hugs
Local tours
Picnics
Farewell/ see u soon/ goodbye parties of beloved members and travelers!
Halloween party
Pool parties and asados
Quiet sundays and crazy saturdays
Tango lessons in La viruta
etc, etc, etc... I was involved in most of what's going on in BA

Now living in Madrid, I am enjoying the local meetings.
Organized with Carlos and Gretell the Sevilla full moon beach party,
Went to a great invasion to Lisbon
Pillow fight
Anti san valentine's days party
Many crazy night around bars and tapas!
and who knows what's coming next!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I traveled through europe for 3 months, I experienced the idea of CS with HC. The best parts of the trip were when I could meet with locals. I thank deeply the people who hosted me and since I am grateful, I'm doing the same at home.
Meeting and living other cultures is the perfect reason to be unique and different! Hug cultural differences, this makes us rich!

I've hosted at home lot of great people! I believe they all have made my life better and richer!
I go to some meetings in Madrid, and always try to meet the people which contact me, but please understand sometimes is hard to get to know everybody!

I can't help it, I love the idea of meeting so many different people, and finding out, we are looking for happiness!

I've hosted in Madrid:
Patryk Ruszkosky from Germany
Michael de Wildt Australia
Melisa Torne from Argentina
Ausieadventurer (Ara) from Australia
Johannes Koers from Netherland
Serena Richardson and Adi from USA
Willem Bouman from Netherlands
Gerben van Ballegooijen from Netherlands
Adam Warner from United Kingdom
Eric Hess from Argentina
Sebas Fabre from Argentina
Rulo y Gus from Argentina
Patricio Germano from Argentina
Flor del tiempo (Amelie) from france
Lukas Baluc from Poland
Nani from Argentina
Pieter and Tim from Belgium
Nano from Uruguay
Fernando from Argentina
Tara and Batcheva from Southafrica
Kean Hoong Wong from Malaysya
Chiara and Mauro from Italy
Brandon and Emily from USA
Fede Hass from Argentina
Nina from Germany
Francisco de Benedeto from Argentina
Patt Gilmore from USA
Nataly and Nikolay from Russia
Kristin and Suhail from USA
etc. etc. etc

Hosted in Buenos Aires:
GALLE from Austria
Jakub Jasiewicz and his 3 friends from Poland
Pieter-Jan Vos and his 2 friends from Belgium
Pako Sanmartin from Spain
Paolo Enrico Sertoli from Italy (living in Portugal)
Rene Prengel and his cousin from Germany
Dane Coote from Australia
KRIDY (Yvonne and Dirk) from Germany. I have been their guest too.
Evin Tas from Turkey
Tara and Mona from Australia and Norway
and Erick Castillo from El Salvador for an emergency couch!

I've surfed with:
Kidry in Ahlen
Anita Lerchbaumer in Viena
Konstantinos Liakos in Athens
Danae Spathoni in Paris
Bertrand David in Paris
SaucissedeToulouse in Paris
Luis Salazar in Andorra
Lechu (Matias de Blas) in Andorra
Andrea Celis in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Carlos Cardenas in Sevilla (twice!)
Adam Wagner in London
Cristina Lima in Lisboa
Eric Hess in Andorra
Ingrid Lange in Andorra
Luciano Spiegel in Barcelona
Jon in Santiago de Compostela
Mona in Oslo
Juan Carlos in Oruro
Kora and Gero in La Paz

I've traveled with:
Maja Grsci from Serbia
Deniss Peld from Estonia
Nano from Uruguay
Maria Lucia Semino from Argentina
Luis Salazar from Argentina
Matias De Blas from Argentina
Luciano Spiegel from Argentina
toooooo many spanish/world wide travelers to Lisbon
Olivia, Yair, Cedric, ole-ole, Olga, Johan, Esteban, Ceci from Spain

Most important, I've met so many cool people and so many friends, that my life is getting better every day.

Interests

We love spending time in the nature hiking, swimming, biking, kayaking, making pics, wandering around!
We tried to learn how to dance swing, but unfortunately we drop the lessons before being able to dance 1 complete song :)
We are football fans (soccer), we follow Barcelona FC and of course, love Messi and are not fans at all of Cristiano ;)
The best is to able to enjoy time with friends, sharing a beer and laughing at loud! yes, we are argentinians after all :)

• animals
• dogs
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• camping
• sightseeing
• nature

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lauri: I think the most amazing thing was my trip. I spent 3 months traveling in europe by myself. This was one of the things I had program to do before I turned 26, I was lucky to accomplish it!
I visited the most beautiful cities and fell in love with all of them!
I spent 15 years dreaming of traveling and 2 planning this amazing trip. All the people I met was great and I will always be grateful to my hosts!!!!

I hoped to moved out from Argentina and be happy in other place, and accomplished it in Madrid! I understood you can be happy anywhere as long as you are happy with yourself. No need to run out of life.

As a couple, we have done many amazing things! We decided that we wanted to commit to each other and keep choosing the same person every day. We decided to have 2 weddings, 1 in Spain and 1 in Argentina, as honeymoon we travel for 7 weeks in Bolivia and Peru. We got back and adopted the cutest dog ever, we settle down for 5 years and now back on the road.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am traveling with my Husband with a photography project. We will be exchanging photo session for a couch at your home :)
Check it out here: myphotosyourhome.wordpress.com

We also can cook a typical spanish or argentine meal, we are talkative and enjoy spending time and learning from our hosts/guests. We are always in a good mood and are very curious.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Spain

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