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  • 14 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning Chinese
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Anthropologist in general; Spanish and History teacher in...
  • Last year I finished my Master at the beautiful and bike-...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be happy by travelling , slowly but steadily, towards some goals on the top of a mountain. The moment of reaching them does not matter so much to me, the fun is always on the way. I try hard to learn how to let the Universe flow, and flow with it . .

ABOUT ME

I think I´m definitely not a bad person. If you are open, I am also open, relaxed and with a good dose of humor. I greatly enjoy conversations about all kind of stuff which exists in life, about "the divine and humane" (as we say in Spain), I enjoy listening stories, and telling them. If you fancy a drink or good food, a cigarette or a shisha, while seating comfortably or wandering around without route, I am up to it!.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

All the people I met in my Erasmus were talking about it, it was like an international connection. Since I´m most of the time abroad and I want to avoid travelling like a tourist, by meeting real humans instead of just buildings , it was a good choice!. On the other hand, this is a fantastic tool to bring people from everywhere together, what gives a nice taste of universal fraternity :)

Here I have talked to persons from all backgrounds and lands, I have shared very different experiences, learnt about the world not only from books or the media. And I feel this has enriched myself inside a lot in few years.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Untill now, I was a guest in Klaipeda for a Jazz Festival, in Warsaw and in Viena during a hitch-hiking trip, and several times I was hosted by friends who were also couchsurfers. I was a host only once in Madrid, but I participated in a lot of CS events there, and to a lesser extent in Münster.

Interests

Most of my childhood I lived in the countryside, so that when I have the opportunity I like to walk across the mountains, or going by bike everywhere through rural paths.

With regard to theoretical stuff, I´m interested in everything related to us, crazy humans, and our present and past societies. I always have four or five books open all over the place, what made my mother and ex-girlfriends suspect that I am a sort of Diogenes-like hoarder:) . In literature I vibrated with "Zorba the Greek", "One hundred years of solitude", "On the Road" , for instance. Surrealism, expressionism amd symbolism gives me good vibes both in poetry and in visual art.

And I am a true fan of psychedelic rock!!

  • culture
  • writing
  • poetry
  • singing
  • festivals
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • anthropology
  • history
  • languages
  • study abroad
  • mountains
  • love

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bald and rocky mountains in Spain , snowy ones in southern Poland, and La Mancha Plain with the sunset

Love in a colourful 15m2 studio, with views to a street full of autumn trees and small shops. One could open the back window, see the chimneys, and feel that it was always summer

Teach, Learn, Share

I play the guitar, sing with chords ,or experiment with rythms and melodies . In Germany I used to play with some folks in the dormitory kitchen and in a choir. Tell me a song, and we will sing together!

Otherwise I can teach you Spanish, from collochial expressions to bad words, very useful if you visit my country in the future

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain

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