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Overview

  • 32 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, French, Spanish; learning German
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Network Administrator
  • Kindergarden --> Primary School --> Secondary Schoo...
  • From Cubelles (Barcelona)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Be happy and travel!

ABOUT ME

Travelling
Live Music
Cinema
Photography
Architecture
Eat
Sleep

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe Diem

Don't regret what you've done, but what you haven't

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing - Hosting - Meeting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

***HOSTING***
21-22/01/08 my first guest from Newcastle, Georgi
26-27/02/08 my second guest from Paris, Myriam
19-21/01/09 my third guest from Brazil, Juliana
12-14/02/09 my forth guest from France, Michael
16-22/02/09 my fifth guest from Belgium, Daan
22-28/09/09 my sixth guest from Houston (Texas), Sasinya
30/06 - 05/07/2011 my seventh guest from California, Tyler
26/11/2011 my eight guest from Sweden, Olivia
02/2015 my ninth guests from Germany, Lorenz and Sascha

***SURFING***
18-23/03/08 surfed Georgi's couch in Newcastle
4-6/04/08 surfed Jakob's couch during BARCELONA COUNTER INVASION to MILANO. And FREEZING events!!
1-3/09/08 surfed Myriam's couch in Champignol (Paris) and 3-7/09/08 surfed David's couch in Montmatre (Paris)
03/02/09 surfed Jordi's couch in Hackney (London) and 4-5/02/09 surfed Morgan's couch in Fulham (London)
25-28/01/10 surfed Henrik & Helena's couch in Copenhagen
07/08/10 surfed Sany's couch in Jaipur (India)
13/03/2011 surfed Maia's couch in Needham (Massachusetts)
14-15/09/2011 surfed Bertie's couch in Eindhoven (Netherlands)
29-31/12/2011, 1-3/01/2012 surfed Taina's couch in Saari-Kämä (Lapland)
04/01/2012 surfed Teina's couch in Helsinki
01/07/2013 surfed Davor's couch in Zagreb

***MEETINGS***
14/12/07 FREE HUGS CAMPAIGN IN BARCELONAThat was AWESOME!!! I met a lot of WONDERFUL people and had a great afternoon hugging around!
26/01/08 CALÇOTADA with MILANO INVASION and night out at PLATAFORMA
31/10-2/11 weekend at a country house with 10 more CSersSmaller meetings every now and then to go to the theatre, concerts, drink few beers, etc...

Interests

Music, live concerts, music festivals, cinema, tv series, photography, architecture, travelling, languages, cultures, sports, food, meet new people...

  • architecture
  • photography
  • concerts
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dining
  • beer
  • drinking
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • surfing
  • sports
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Cohen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Pedro Almodóvar, Isabel Coixet, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Canet, Roman Polanski, Guy Ritchie, Michael Gondry...
TV SERIES: Fargo, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Homeland, The Americans, The Big Bang Theory, Friends...
MUSIC: Any kind but specially brit pop/rock, indie, trip-hop, electronic... Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, Blur, Bon Iver, The Cure, Crystal Castles, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, Foals, FM Belfast, Gorillaz, Gossip, Hooverphonic, Hot Chip, Interpol, Joy Division, Kasabian, The Kills, Massive Attack, Miike Snow, The National, New Order, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Queen, Radiohead, The Raconteurs, SBTRKT, Sia, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, The Strokes, TV on The Radio, The White Stripes, The XX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

DONE:
- Sleeping in an igloo in Lapland on NYE 2011
- Winning 4 times the Spanish championship in artistic figure skating

SEEN:
- The Ganges river and its holly atmosphere
- Puppets Show in a slum in Jaipur
- Taj Mahal

22 states (9.77%)

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: Catalan and Spanish language.

LEARN: Always.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Spain

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