CURRENT MISSION

Make this world a better place

ABOUT ME

I'm a translator living in Luxembourg. I always thought that hosting people is more or less like traveling without moving from your house. That is why I joined CouchSurfing after some time as a Hospitality Club member.

I tend to think I'm shy, but many people I know don't agree with me. As I'm not very good talking about myself, I prefer that you read the comments left by my friends and/or guests. They may be closer to the truth.

PHILOSOPHY

Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My experience has been mostly hosting visitors. Until now, all guests were very positive experiences. I used to give a hand translating the site, but...

El web de CouchSurfing està disponible també en català, gràcies al treball de molts voluntaris. Lamentablement, a causa de la manca de suport per part de qui gestiona CS, no s'ha pogut continuar el treball de traducció. Per aquest motiu, els altres membres del grup de traducció i jo hem suspès la nostra col·laboració fins que no s'acceptin les nostres peticions. Si et sembla que ha estat útil allò què hem fet fins ara, i vols ajudar-nos, pots contactar amb en Jim i demanar-li que col·labori de manera més efectiva amb els grups de traducció. Gràcies.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A positive experience. All the guests that I have hosted happened to be excellent, interesting people. I keep recommending my friends to join the movement.

Interests

I know it may not sound very original but I like music, art, literature and cinema. I've studied languages and humanities, and I'm still interested in these areas of knowledge after so many years. If they paid me for it, I could spend the rest of my life learning languages and reading.

I like travelling, but I'm not so crazy about it as I was years ago.

I'm not against sports or chats about sports either (specially if the chat involves a beer).

• arts
• humanities
• literature
• beer
• clubbing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• sports
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I cannot make up my mind about my favourites.

For the movies, I like the Marx Brothers and European cinema (if there is such a thing as "European cinema"). The film I've seen most often is probably "Singing in the Rain", but this doesn't make it my favourite.

Regarding music, it's quicker to name what I don't like: classical music, opera, flamenco and electronic music. It's not strange that I go to a concert even if I don't know the band at all.

As for books, I like everything with a touch of fantasy: from the European surrealism to the South-American magic realism. However, I also like short stories and some "classical" texts. One of my favourites is Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener".

A list of authors I like (although I may also like many others): Raymond Carver, Boris Vian, Italo Calvino, Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Pere Calders, Jesús Moncada, Mercè Rodoreda, Gabriel García Márquez. Maybe the book that impressed me the most was Orwell's "1984". I would also recommend Vian's "L'écume des jours" to anyone.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I find this too difficult to say. Sorry.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Spain