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Overview

  • 101 references 88 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Greek (modern), Italian, Portuguese
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Architect
  • Architect and Spanish teacher
  • From Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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About Me

I love traveling and meeting people from different parts of the world. One of my dreams is to know about every culture and way of life from all the countries.

I don't ever want to look back at any period in my life and wish I could go back, so I always need to make sure that the next year will be just as exciting as the last :)

*** Please, read the HOME section. We don't live in the centre of Thessaloniki. It is about 15minutes away by car and 30 minutes by local bus.

PHILOSOPHY

Be the change you want to see in the world

Don't judge a person until you've walked two months in his moccasins

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoyed every experience, hosting and surfing. I like to spend time with surfers and get to know them.

Interests

Travelling, hitch-hiking, walking around cities I have never seen before, good architecture, hiking in forests, reading, observing people in the street, smiling to strangers, alternative ways of education, foreign cultures, politics and human rights, photography, movies, music...

  • culture
  • architecture
  • photography
  • education
  • human rights
  • reading
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Hotel Rwanda, City of God, Requiem for a dream, La vita è bella, Persepolis, Kirschblüten-Hanami, Wild Tales, El hijo de la novia, Lugares comunes, My Life Without Me, Even the rain, The wave, Amelie, Black Mirror

Books: Cien años de Soledad, Senderos de libertad, Brave new world, Bronze Horseman, Rayuela, Gora, Las venas abiertas de America Latina, Sapiens

Music: Mind the goon (http://mindthegoon.blogspot.gr), Buena Vista Social Club, Modest Mouse, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Nirvana

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch-hiked through more than 40 countries.

Hiked in Chapada Diamantina (Brazil), the Lost City (Colombia), Choquequirao (Peru) and Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland)
USA and Canada --- Road trip through 20 states and 15 National Parks
Enjoyed the Boun Ok Phansa (celebration of the end of the rainy season in Luang Prabang) and the landscape around Muang Ngoy, Laos
Visited the Temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Celebrated Tet holiday in Sapa, Vietnam.

Walked around cities like Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Barcelona, Istanbul, Granada, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Prague, Venice, Paris, Stockholm, Krakow.
Dived and enjoyed amazing beaches!

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe you learn from everyone around you, even from the ones you don't like that much. Sometimes you just need to listen to what people have to say.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook some Spanish food! I can share my travel stories and some good company!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Greece, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

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