ABOUT ME

I am an enthusiastic person who loves adventure and who is fascinated by the science behind the beautiful landscapes that are all over the world. I love traveling and moving around. I studied Geology because my goal was to understand nature itself. After my Erasmus program in Dublin, I studied a Master in Astrophysics, Particle Physics, and Cosmology and currently, I am living in Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA) pursuing my PhD in meteoritics and cosmochemistry of the early solar system. I also love any kind of cultural activity and music.

About me, I'm just myself, quite blunt, positive, I enjoy good company, meeting people throughout the world and know as much as possible from other cultures.

PHILOSOPHY

"We don't see things like they are, but we are."

"Mt Fuji tought me a lesson: you can scape death. That is, a rigid image you have of yourself. I was 20. I had yet find what I was searching for. And that's why I loved life. That day I learned that to love, I had to be free. That day I learned that birth means both pain and joy. That day I learned that I had to become all the people I was, all the people I hadn't yet met. I learned that day I was as large as life."

"There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars."

"Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate for it got high or drunk or rages or all the tricks people have because they want anything but serene understanding of just what there is, which is after all so much."

"The only real valuable thing is intuition."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. This insight into the mystery of life"

"Who can change his thoughts, can change his fate."

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

"Si vives de verdad, una vida es suficiente"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For several years I've been participating in CS hosting, surfing and sharing! It's fantastic.

Interests

I am a nature lover but also like cities a lot. I like exploring different places and I enjoy to explore what is different from what I know; experience as much as I can.
I also like music, reading books, cinema, art, and of course, sciences. I enjoy the nightlife too!

• arts
• books
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• astronomy
• geology
• science
• mountains
• food
• cinema
• nature
• cosmology
• astrophysics

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Freedom (Jonathan Franzen), Things that grandchildren should know (Mark Oliver Everett), Surely you are joking, Mr. Feynman!, the New York Trilogy (Paul Auster), Invisible (Paul Auster), la Guerra no tiene rostro de Mujer (Svetlana Alexievich), The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini), The girl on the train (Paula Hawkins), El País imaginado (Eduardo Berti), On the road (Jack Kerouac), El lobo estepario (Hermann Hesse), all books from Henning Mankell (Wallander's serie - sweedish black novel), Someday this pain will be useful to you (Peter Cameron), Purga (Sofi Oksanen), ¡Melisande! ¿Qué son los sueños? (Hillel Kalkin), the century trilogy from Ken Follet (Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity), El beso de la mujer araña (Manuel Puig), Tokio Blues, Kafka on the shore (both from Haruki Murakami), Feminismo para Principiantes (Núria Varela), L'Altra (Marta Rojals), and a long ETC.

Movies: Tokio Fiancée, Everybody Knows, Before sunshine, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Barash, Thelma and Louise, Into the Wild, Un lugar en el mundo, La vie d'Adèle, Interstellar, Elizabethtown, Black Swan, Big Fish, love me if you dare, The notebook, Moulin Rouge, Amelie, 21 Black Jack, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire, 7 years in Tibet, Reservoir Dogs, Brokeback Mountain, Martín (Hache), Manhattan, Relatos Salvajes, Water, Intouchables, Beau et jolie, Non-fiction, etc, etc..

Music: The Eels, Mark Knopfler, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Bon Iver, The Raconteurs, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Édith Piaf, Nina Simone, Jarabe de Palo, Les Cowboys Fringants, The Animals, Crystal Fighters, Smiths, The Kooks, Lou Reed, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Otis Redding, Neil Diamond, The Shins, Ryan Gingham, Queen, Foxygen, The Underground Youth, Jesse Woods, David Bowie, The Hanging Stars, irish music, and Catalan music: El Pets, Oques Grasses, Sopa de Cabra, La Troba Kung-fú, La pegatina, Txarango, Zoo, Beirut, Cálido Home, ...etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Me and my friend jumped on the road for two weeks in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico camping in the most remote areas and unexplored wilderness, and visiting many national parks. On this trip, we encounter a mountain lion and escaped!

I saw an aurora borealis from the plane on my way to Iceland:)

The first week I arrived in United States, I did a roadtrip alone around Arizona. I saw the moon rising on my feet when I was in the Petrified Forest (after hours, but I could enter despite being closed), and this was the biggest and most beautiful moon I have ever seen, while in my car, without plan, Neil Young 'harvest moon' was on.

I decided to leave my home, Catalonia, and move to the United States to do my PhD in only one day (the same day the opportunity came). I guess I am the kind of person who believes in her intuition a lot, and who jumps into an adventure pretty easy.

I climbed countless mountains in the Pyrenees.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Spain, United States