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Good day
S∴S∴S∴
नमस्ते

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

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N.B.:

• I CANNOT HOST at the moment
as per house sharing rules
🚫 🏠 🚫 🏠 🚫 🏠

• ORGAN DONOR.
Blood type 🩸 A POS (A+)

• FULLY VACCINATED against COVID-19 💉🦠
Pfizer BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine
Primary Immunization + Yearly boosters

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👤 I am a HOMO VIATOR, a human being who travels, a World citizen. Originally Spanish, I was born and raised in Andalusia, Southern Iberia, by the Mediterranean Sea 🌊 I have lived in 7 countries, travelled in around 45 and speak 4 languages. I've studied Philosophy, Wine, Tourism, Art, Sufism, Languages and Language Teaching, among other topics. I've worked as a barista, bartender, sommelier, food trucker, crêpier, language teacher, flight attendant, as well as a handful of random jobs like bellhop, salesman, clown, grape picker, postman,... Nowadays I'm a Flight Turnaround Coordinator.

LIFESTYLE 😊
I like reading, listening to music, both city and nature walks, swimming, hiking, pub crawling, having deep conversations on all topics as well as light and fun chatting...

I am a FRIEND TO ALL THE WORLD, tocpeopke from all walks of life, to both children and animals, though pets are unfortunately not permitted in my home. Children are more than welcome! I was lucky to have the opportunity to host some families and I loved the experience. I don't have any dietary restriction or allergy and I like to adapt to others when I'm with them by eating vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher, etc. In July 2022, after more than 20 years of heavy smoking, I successfully quitted and I'm just so happy to have finally done it 💪🏽😁

I support and practice EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM (EA) by being a Blood and Organ Donor, through www.zidisha.org (P2P microlending to entrepreneurs in the Global South), the ShareTheMeal app by the World Food Programme of the United Nations (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sharethemeal.app) and www.thelifeyoucansave.org (high-impact cost-effective actions against extreme poverty). Please check these possibilities, you might as well have something to offer 👍🏼

In the mornings I have time I do Meditation. I love having new experiences and trying things that challenge my mind. I believe in SELF-DEVELOPMENT by experiencing the unknown, although I also appreciate some simple PLEASURES OF LIFE, like a glass of Wine and a pleasant conversation with a friend, reading the newspaper or just people-watching with a coffee on a café terrace under the sun, the Beauty of flowers, cooking with someone, sharing a meal, night out with friends,... I have lived, Loved, lost, learnt, walked through ice and fire, made mistakes (still making a lot of them), fallen and stood up again, and met many wonderful people on the path 👣

The ones who know me and have met me** usually describe me as respectful, open-minded, easy-going, empathetic, generous, loyal to friends, sociable, funny, curious, scatterbrained, daydreamer, life lover, bohemian, unconventional... but you could always judge for yourself, couldn't you? :-))

** Cf. CS references.

WHERE IS MY MIND? 🧠
According to the MBTI, my personality type is ENFP, which means being (sic) "Enthusiastic, creative, spontaneous, optimistic, supportive, playful. Value inspiration, enjoy starting new projects, see potential in others". I quite agree with that.
If you're interested in astrology, I'm a Virgo rising in Gemini.
I'm also left-handed 🙃

MISSION
To live Life as a daring Adventure.
To see the World and meet its people.
To have many different Life Experiences.
To meet people from all walks of life.
To keep myself open to Learn, change and grow.
To die thinking that I have lived my life fully.
Also, to have some Fun in the process 😁

PHILOSOPHY
Experientialism, cosmopolitanism, egalitarianism, philogyny, freethought, nihilism, Ⓐnti-authoritarianism, Ⓐnarchoindividualism, illegalism, legal interpretivism, hedonism, optimism, existentialism, deconstructivism, poststructuralism, altruism, gnosticism, agnosticism, sufism,... probably quite fine with some more -isms and quite pissed off with some others.

MAXIMS
• Γνῶθι σεαυτόν
• SI•FVERIS•ROMÆ•ROMANO•VIVITO•MORE
• AVDENTES•FORTVNA•IVVAT
• CARPE•DIEM
• Ara Bul Bil Ol
• La bonheur ne te fait pas Sourire; c'est Sourire, qui rend heureux
• Ce que tu Donnes, ce à toi pour toujours; ce que tu gardes, c'est perdu à jamais
• Be Prepared
• Sempre un po' più in là
• Do Good, Feel Good

CONTACT/CONNECT
For an easier communication, I share my phone/WhatsApp number once a Stay is confirmed (also in Viber, Telegram, Signal and Line). I don't have any Facebook, Instagram, Twitter accounts or any similar social network. I've never used any of them and I'm happy living without them.
But please feel free to visit and share...

• My BeWelcome profile:
Jose.Ramirez
www.bewelcome.org/members/Jose.Ramirez
• My TrustRoots profile:
@jose.ramirez
www.trustroots.org/profile/jose.ramirez
• My LinkedIn profile:
Jose M. Ramirez, BTS.·.
www.linkedin.com/in/joseramirezbts
• My Airbnb profile:
www.airbnb.com/users/show/71069741

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

BECAUSE I WANT TO...

• Open my mind and help others to Open theirs

• Have many different Life Experiences and share them with Friends

• Make my Guests feel like at home

• Travel, learn, connect, feel, grow up, live

• Be Free

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HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

• When I'm able to do it, I actively try to give something to the Global Community by HOSTING fellow travellers in my area

• When I travel I always try to find Hosts and do some SURFING as well
• When it's possible, I try to get involved in my Local Community through HANGOUTS (with both locals and travellers), MEETINGS, EVENTS and GROUPS

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MY COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Up until now I can joyfully say that I've Hosted or being Hosted by people from all walks of Life, from all continents other than Antarctica:
• solo males, solo females, couples, single-parent families, nuclear families, friends;
• from 2 months old up to 63 years old (more than open to widen this range of age!)
• christians, muslims, hinduists, buddhists, taoists, jews, irreligious;
• vegetarians, vegans, celiacs, straightedges, cannabis smokers, pub crawlers,...
I've met just lovely people with interesting stories to tell, all wishing to give and share and enjoy life as much as I want to...

[This section is just for my records.]

• M: Meeting, Event, Hangout
• S: Surfer that I've Hosted
• H: Host that I've Surfed with

M 2019-02-13: 🌐 I created MY COUCHSURFING ACCOUNT. I couldn't understand it immediately but... boy, what a great thing to do!!
Today is the Day of al-Khiḍr, the Verdant One, the Eternal Wanderer 👳🏽‍♂️🌿👣

M 2019-03/06: 👥 Intensive use of CS HANGOUTS: Exploring the city I live and learning about its history, meeting both travellers and locals, surfers and hosts, learning about CS EXPERIENCES first hand. During this time, I also browsed thoroughly the CS WEBSITE, tried to follow every advice in order to "be a great Couchsurfer", fully completed and built up MY PROFILE, read articles and essays about the CS PHENOMENON,...

M 2019-03-15 (approx.): 🇱🇹 Mykolas Juodele, Vilnius, Vilnius County, Republic of Lithuania
* My FIRST HANGOUT

M 2019-05-09: 🇱🇹 Let's Talk Kaunas, Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
* My FIRST EVENT

M 2019-06-20: 🇫🇮 CS Helsinki weekly meetup (Summer Picnic), Helsinki, Republic of Finland
* My FIRST purely COUCHSURFING EVENT

M 2019-06-21: 🇷🇺 🇫🇮 Svetlana B (Светлана), Kuopio, Finland
* My FIRST COUCHSURFING FRIEND

I STARTED HOSTING!

S 2019-07-09/10: 🇨🇿 Michal Franěk (and Monika Nováková), Benešov, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic 🍺
* My FIRST GUESTS, but also I was their first Host!! Some months later they were my first Hosts when I started Surfing (Cf. 2019-11-21/23)

S 2019-07-14/15: 🇨🇺 🇭🇺 Leo Esperanto, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba
* My FIRST CARIBBEAN GUEST 😎🌎

S 2019-07-24/26: 🇷🇺 U are brilliant (Катя и Алессиа), Moskow, Russian Federation
* Алессиа Brilliant is, with just 2 months of life when I met her, the YOUNGEST GUEST I've had till now 🤗❤

S 2019-08-06/07: 🇫🇷 The Nomad Family (Maxime, HiuYing and Darien), Bourg-lès-Valence, Aubergne-Rhône-Alpes, French Republic 🗼
S 2019-08-06/07: 🇭🇰 HiuYing Leung (曉盈), Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of The People's Republic of China 🏯
* My FIRST ASIAN GUEST 🌏

S 2019-08-13/15: 🇵🇪 🇷🇺 Carlos Cavero, Lima, Republic of Peru 🦙
* My FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN GUEST 🌎

S 2019-08-19/22: 🇫🇷 Harriet L, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

S 2019-08-23/25: 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 Maddy Simmonds, Merredin, Western Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
* My FIRST OCEANIAN GUEST 🌏

S 2019-08-28/30: 🇨🇦 Alexandra Bergeron, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
* My FIRST NORTH AMERICAN GUEST 🌎

S 2019-09-05/06: 🇨🇷 María Cecilia Valera, San José, San José Province, Republic of Costa Rica
S 2019-09-05/06: 🇲🇽 Jacome Durand, Bacalar, Quintana Roo, United Mexican States

S 2019-09-09/10: 🇵🇪 🇷🇺 Carlos Cavero, Lima, Peru
* This was the FIRST time a Guest (Cf. 2019-08-13/15) has a SECOND-TIME STAY with me :-)

S 2019-09-13/14: 🇵🇱 Jadzia Wyrwińska, Drużyna, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
S 2019-09-13/14: 🇺🇦 Oleh Boitsun (Олег), Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
* This was the FIRST LAST-MINUTE REQUEST that I was able to accept

S 2019-09-16/17: 🇬🇪 Lasha Gagoidze (ლაშა), Tusheti, Georgia

S 2019-09-17/18: 🇷🇺 Lana Sator (Лана), Moskow, Russia
S 2019-09-17/18: 🇷🇺 Arseniy Kotov (Арсений), Moskow, Russia

S 2019-09-21/23: 🇯🇵 Akiko Fukumoto (晃子), Osaka, Osaka, Japan 🌸

S 2019-10-07/08: 🇮🇱 Lior Caspi (ליאור), Rehovot, Center District, State of Israel
* My FIRST MIDDLE EASTERN GUEST 🏜

S 2019-10-08/09: 🇺🇸 Alie Salazar, Queens, New York City, United States of America

S 2019-10-09/10: 🇮🇹 Daniele Corradini, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italian Republic

S 2019-10-10/11: 🇩🇪 Sebastian Roth, Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

S 2019-10-20/21: 🇸🇮 Bor Petrovčič, Nova Gorica, Goriška, Republic of Slovenia

S 2019-10-31/31: 🇨🇴 Miller Bernal, Bogotá, Bogotá, Republic of Colombia

Today is Tarowean, the Day of the Surprises, Day of All Saints, 1st November 2019
S 2019-11-01/02: 🇨🇵 🇰🇭 🇧🇪 Julie TO, Anderlecht, Bruxelles, Kingdom of Belgium

S 2019-11-10/12: 🇵🇱 Patrycja Polewska (and Wojtek Samolewski), Leszno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

S 2019-11-15/16: 🇳🇬 Nanle Gusen, Mushere, Plateau, Federal Republic of Nigeria
* My FIRST AFRICAN GUEST

S 2019-11-20/21: 🇱🇹 Agnė Mickevičiūtė, Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania

I STARTED SURFING!

H 2019-11-21/23: 🇨🇿 Monika Fraňková (and Michal Franěk), Benešov, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia
* My FIRST HOSTS, but also I was their first Guest!! Even more, the first time I Hosted was with them, and that was the first time they Surfed as well (Cf. 2019-07-09/10). A Cycle of Friendship that will hopefully repeat again elsewhere 🌻

S 2019-12-29/30: 🇧🇷 Michel Saab, Jardim Irajá, São Paulo, Federative Republic of Brazil
* The SHORTEST STAY till now, just 4 hours!

S 2020-01-08/09: 🇷🇺 Inna Strinadkina (Инна), St. Petersburg, Russia
S 2020-01-08/09: 🇮🇳 🇷🇺 Abhi Dionysus (अभि), St. Petersburg, Russia

S 2020-01-11/12: 🇩🇪 Philine Föster, Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

MULTIPLE STAY:
S 2020-01-18/20: 🇹🇼 Hengo Lo (漢果), Taichung City, Republic of China (Taiwan)
S 2020-01-19/21: 🇺🇦 Mariana Miakush (Марьяна), Lutsk, Volyn, Ukraine
* This was the FIRST MULTIPLE-GUEST STAY that I managed to organise

S 2020-01-27/28: 🇧🇾 Tanya Gavrish (Таня), Minsk, Minsk Region, Republic of Belarus

S 2020-02-05/06: 🇧🇪 Kris Verhofstadt, Lede, East Flanders, Belgium
S 2020-02-05/06: 🇧🇪 Simon Verhofstadt, Lede, East Flanders, Belgium

S 2020-02-10/13: 🇳🇱 Coen de Jong, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

M 2020-02-13: 🌐 First anniversary of my CS profile. Statistics: 43 Surfers from 29 countries, 1 Host from 1 country

S 2020-02-15/16: 🇩🇪 Ben N., Münster, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
S 2020-02-15/16: 🇩🇪 Johannes Achten, Kleve, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

S 2020-03-13/15: 🇬🇧 Jenni and Jason Tame, Chippenham, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The following 2 stays were registered at that date but they took place before I had a CS account:
H 2020-04-01/02: 🇹🇷 Selen Düzgün, Istanbul, Istanbul, Republic of Turkey
* 50 references!!!
S 2020-04-16/17: 🇮🇹 Marco Stellavatecascio, Bari, Apulia, Italy

H 2020-06-12/14: 🇪🇬 🇱🇻 Raghda Tharwat (رغدة), Riga, Republic of Latvia, together with Marūta and Janis

S 2020-07-02/04: 🇬🇷 🇫🇮 Ida Tsatloglou, Inari, Lapland, Republic of Finland

S 2020-07-12/13: 🇪🇪 Kätriin Loss, Tallinn, Harju County, Republic of Estonia
S 2020-07-12/13: 🇪🇪 Kaisa Peegel, Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia

S 2020-07-17/20: 🇪🇬 Raghda Tharwat (رغدة), Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt

S 2020-07-21/22: 🇪🇦 Gloria Pascual, Huércal de Almería, Andalucía, Kingdom of Spain

S 2020-07-29/30: 🇸🇰 Patrik Jankulic, Šintava, Trnava Region, Slovak Republic

S 2020-07-30/08-03: 🇫🇷 Cyril, Lorient, Brittany, France

S 2020-08-06/07: 🇦🇹 Stefan Stummer, Königstetten, Niederösterreich, Republic of Austria

S 2020-08-09/12: 🇩🇰 🇮🇷 Tahmas Shiraz (تهماس), Herlev, Kingdom of Denmark

S 2020-08-23/24: 🇪🇦 🇱🇹 Sergio Rubio (☠️), Madrid, Spain

MULT. STAY:
S 2020-08-29/09-01: 🇮🇳 Shrey Gupta (श्रेय), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Republic of India
S 2020-08-30/09-01: 🇨🇭 Yannic Graber, Lucerne, Swiss Confederation, together with Angela

H 2020-09-13/14: 🇪🇦 🇱🇹 Sergio Rubio (☠️), Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania

S 2020-09-14/16;
2020-09-29/30;
2020-10-06/08;
2020-10-12/14: 🇱🇹 Patricija Mingėlaitė (Patty), Panevėžys, Panevėżys County,Lithuania
* A total of 7 nights spread along 30 days 🤗

TRIP TO POLAND 🇵🇱
— Wycieczka do Polski

H 2020-09-23/25: 🇵🇪 🇵🇱 Peru, Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland
H 2020-09-23/25: 🇵🇱 Olga Zagraba, Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland

H 2020-09-25/27: 🇪🇬 🇵🇱 Mohamed Hosafy (محمد), Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
H 2020-09-27/28: 🇵🇱 Red_Dish (Kinga), Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
H 2020-09-29/10-01: 🇵🇱 Marcin Raatz, Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

S 2020-10-09/11: 🇦🇿 🇱🇹 Ülkər Eldarqızı (Ula), Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan

H 2020-10-22/24: 🇦🇿 🇱🇹 Ülkər Eldarqızı, Marijampolė, Marijampolė County, Lithuania

S 2020-10-26/27: 🇩🇪 Nico Koch, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
S 2020-10-26/27: 🇦🇺Kris Bayley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

S 2020-10-31/11-01: 🇪🇦 🇱🇹 Rodrigo Manglano (Rodri), Madrid, Madrid, Spain

S 2020-11-04/06: 🇸🇮 Nika Jeromel, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenc Gradec, Slovenia
S 2020-11-04/06: 🇮🇹 Monica Biseo, Milano, Lombardia, Italy

S 2020-11-20/21: 🇦🇿 Gül Dünya, Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan

S 2020-11-22/25: 🇩🇪 Emily Piccon, Kempten, Bavaria, Germany

H 2020-11-25/27: 🇪🇦 🇱🇹 Rodrigo Manglano, Marijampolė, Lithuania

S 2020-11-29/12-01: 🇩🇪 Felix Hoffmann, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

S 2020-12-05/06: 🇱🇹 Gelmina Laurikietytė, Pakruojis, Şiauliai County, Lithuania

S 2020-12-06/07: 🇩🇪 🇪🇪 Emily Piccon, Kempten, Bavaria, Germany

S 2020-12-08/13: 🇵🇱 Pelirroja (🐿), Mayonnaise Land
*My marvelous Host in Kraków (Cf.2020-09-27/28) came to visit me 🐙💚
H 2020-12-11/12: 🇮🇷 🇱🇹 Šarif, Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

H 2020-12-14/15: 🇮🇳 🇪🇸 🇱🇹 Viren Navani, Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
S 2020-12-15/16: 🇮🇳 🇪🇸 🇱🇹 Viren Navani, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

S 2020-12-15/22;
2020-12-22/2021-01-05 (Hosting in absentia):
🇦🇿 🇱🇹 Ülkər Eldarqızı, Baku, Azerbaijan
* The LONGEST STAY EVER!!!

TRIP TO MALAGA 🇪🇦
— Viaje a Málaga

H 2020-12-22/23: 🇵🇪 🇵🇱 Peru and Olga Zagraba, Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland
* Second time that I've stayed with them
S 2020-12-27/31: 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 Liam O'Sullivan, London, England, United Kingdom
S 2020-12-27/31: 🇳🇱 🇨🇷 Carol González, London, England, United Kingdom
M 2021-02-13: 🌐 Two years in CS!! Statistics: 77 Surfers from 38 countries, 16 Hosts from 7 countries
S 2021-02-13/14: 🇩🇪 Julchen1987 (Juli), Löningen, Lower Saxony, Germany
H 2021-02-18/20: 🇮🇹 🇨🇭 Walter, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
H 2021-03-07/08: 🇪🇨 Marcos Naranjo, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

TRIP TO UKRAINE 🇺🇦
— Подорож до України

H 2021-04-29/30: 🇺🇦 Dmytro Hlazunov (Дмитро), Kiev, Kiev City, Ukraine

H 2021-06-07/09: 🇱🇹 Lina Bagdzevičiūtė, Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania

S 2021-06-20/22: 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 Arne Fiedler, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

S 2021-06-24/25: 🇱🇹 Lina Bagdzevičiūtė, Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania

H 2021-07-02/03: 🇱🇹 Eglė Maldžiūnaitė (🌲), Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania

S 2021-07-08/09: 🇹🇷 Selen Düzgün, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
* 100 references!!! 😎

TRIP TO MOLDOVA AND ROMANİA 🇲🇩 🇷🇴
— Călătorie în Moldova și România

H 2021-07-26/27: 🇲🇩 Bea-and-Jan (only Jan), Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
H 2021-08-03/04: 🇷🇴 Vlad Emanuel The Traveller, București, Municipiul București, Romania

S 2021-08-15/17: 🇫🇷 Pierre Palomar (and Baptiste), Paris, France

S 2021-08-16/19: 🇨🇴 Paula Cifuentes, Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia

S 2021-08-20/23: 🇵🇹 🇸🇪 Gabriel Oliveira, Aveiro, Aveiro District, Portugal

S 2021-08-30/31: 🇭🇺 Kira Mössler, Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary

S 2021-09-01/03: 🇺🇸 Rose V (🌹), Omaha, Nebraska, United States

S 2021-09-11/14: 🇩🇰 🇮🇷 Tahmas Shiraz (تهماس), Herlev, Denmark
* Second time that he stayed with me :-)

S 2021-09-11/15: 🇲🇽 🇫🇷 Enrique Martínez, Biarritz, Aquitaine, France

S 2021-10-11/16;
2021-10-29/31: 🇱🇹 Eglė Maldžiūnaitė (🌲), Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania

S 2021-10-22/23: 🇰🇷 Jieun Park (지은), Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

S 2021-10-24/25: 🇱🇰 🇫🇮 Sanjeevi Ukwattage (සංජීවි), Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

H 2021-11-10-12: 🇪🇸 Lara Estévez, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA 🌎
— Viaje por América del Sur

H 2021-11-19/21: 🇦🇷 Luciana_Chiara (Lu), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic
H 2021-11-21/23: 🇦🇷 Fer Pavsic, Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
H 2021-11-23/24: 🇦🇷 Jorgelina Chorch Correa, Buenos Aires, Argentina

H 2021-11-25/29: 🇺🇾 Alyson Assis, Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Oriental Republic of Uruguay
H 2021-12-01/02: 🇺🇾 Benja, Punta del Este, Maldonado Department, Uruguay
H 2021-12-05/11: 🇺🇾 Julio C. Ferraro, Punta del Diablo, Rocha Department, Uruguay
H 2021-12-11/13: 🇺🇾 Julieta Derron, La Esmeralda, Rocha Department, Uruguay
H 2021-12-13/15: 🇺🇾 Elo Cayaffa, La Esmeralda, Rocha Department, Uruguay
H 2021-12-18/20: 🇺🇾 Mario Fagúndez, Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay

H 2021-12-23/26: 🇦🇷 Fer Pavsic, Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
H 2021-12-26/etc.: 🇺🇾 🇦🇷 Silvia Olivera, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, et al. 🦉🦦🦛
H 2022-01-16/19: 🇺🇾 🇦🇷 Diego Charquero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
H 2022-03-30/04-02: 🇦🇷 Fer Pavsic, Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
H 2022-04-20/27: 🇦🇷 Carlos A., Buenos Aires, Argentina

H 2022-06-28/29: 🇵🇾 Allan Portillo Carreras, Capiatá, Central Department, Republic of Paraguay
H 2022-06-30/07-02: 🇵🇾 Christian Britez, Bella Vista Sur, Itapua Department, Paraguay 🧉

The following 3 stays were registered at that date but they took place before I had a CS account:
S 2022-07-26/27: 🇸🇰 Markéta Richnavská, Košice, Košice, Slovakia
H 2022-08-10/11: 🇸🇰 Markéta Richnavská, Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
H 2022-09-05/06: 🇮🇹🇱🇹 Luca Iannazzo, Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania

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Interests

Apart from all the topics stated here (they appear circled or squared), I might be interested in all sort of topics that you know about and that you're interested in talking about or sharing with me... You can never learn too much, right? ;-)

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• arts
• culture
• humanities
• books
• folklore
• street art
• photography
• beauty
• tattoos
• environment
• human rights
• philanthropy
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• meditation
• flying
• flowers
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• volunteer work
• socializing
• magic
• survival
• music
• alternative music
• world music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• hunting
• mountaineering
• whitewater rafting
• scuba diving
• sailing
• skydiving
• swimming
• extreme sports
• anthropology
• archeology
• cartography
• languages
• travelling
• biking
• bike riding
• feminism
• bike
• exploring
• outdoors
• knots
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Music, Movies, and Books

Once again, you don't have to read everything, just browse on the categories you like...

M U S I C

• WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC 🎼
Vivaldi, Bach, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini, Rimski-Korsakov, Tchaikovski, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Falla, Albeniz, Gershwin, John Cage, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass,...

• ...ALL THAT JAZZ 🎺
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dina Washington, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Clifford Brown, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Eric Dolphy, Oliver Nelson, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Martin Denny, Lex Baxter, Walter Wanderley, Errol Garnel, Chet Baker, John Mayall, The Blues Brothers, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen,...

• SEX, DRUGS,... AND ROCK'N'ROLL! 🎸
Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Doors, Eric Clapton, Kiss, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Genesis, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Guns'n'Roses, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Iggy Pop, The Cure, Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, Dead Can Dance, Frank Zappa, Queeen, David Bowie, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Dead Kennedys, PJ Harvey, Nina Hagen, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Madness, The Skatalites, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Arctic Monkeys, Massive Attack,...

• DE LA PIEL DE TORO 🇪🇦
Joan Manuel Serrat, Joaquín Sabina, Boikot, Reincidentes, Carlos Santana, Rosendo, Extremoduro, Platero y Tú, Amparanoia, Paso a Paso, Violadores del Verso, SFDK, 7 Notas 7 Colores, Morodo,...

• FLAMENCO Y COMPAÑÍA 💃🏻
Manolo Caracol, La Niña de los Peines, El Agujetas, Camarón de La Isla, El Lebrijano, Enrique Morente, Lole y Manuel, Triana, Radio Tarifa, Los Delinqüentes, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, Juanito Makandé,...

• ANADOLU YOLLARI 🧿
Aşık Veysel, Mahsuni Şerif, Neşet Ertaş, Yansımalar, Kardeş Türküler, Câvit Murtezaoğlu, Mikail Aslan, Ahmet Aslan, Şiwan Perwer, Aynur Doğan, Ahmet Kaya, Grup Yorum, Kazım Koyuncu, Duman, Grup Vitamin, Mercan Dede, Fairuz Delin Bulut, BaBa ZuLa,...

• ÉIRE AND THE CELTS ☘
The Dubliners, The Wolf Tones, Planxty, Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, Saw Doctors, Dropick Murphys, The Rumjacks, Mutefish, Omnia,...

• BELLA ITALIA 🛵
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Alla Bua, Carlo Faiello, Carlo Domeniconi, Fabrizio De Andrè, Francesco Guccini, Lucio Dalla, Modena City Ramblers, Sud Sound System, Caparezza, 99 Posse,...

• LAS VENAS ABIERTAS DE AMÉRICA LATINA🦜
Chavela Vargas, Buena Vista Social Club, Silvio Rodríguez, Víctor Jara, Bob Marley, Noël Rosa, João Gilberto, António Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque, Guardia Vieja del Tango, Carlos Gardel, Mercedes Sosa, Tequila, Los Rodriguez, Andrés Calamaro, Ariel Roth, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Bersuit Vergarabat, Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota,...

• RROM, BALKAN, KLEZMER et al. 👣
Taraful Haiducilor (Taraf de Haïdouks), Fanfare Ciocărlia, Shukar Collective, Šaban Bajramovič, Esma Recepova, Goran Bregovič, No Smoking Orchestra, Besh o Drom, Dikanda, Kultur Shock, Zdob si Zdub,...

• WORLD, TRADITIONAL, MISCELLANEOUS 🕌⛩🗿
Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, Charles Aznavour, Demi Russos, Serge Gainsbourg, Sylvie Vartan, Keny Arkana, Zaz, Nouvelle Vague, Najwa Nimri, Mano Negra, Manu Chao, Amália Rodrigues, Mariza, Dulce Pontes, Belle and Sebastian, Markos Vamvakaris, Roza Eskenazi, Björk, Ugnėlakis, Kūlgrinda, Žalvarinis, Fela Kuti, Sierra Leone Refugee All Star, Die Antwoord, Yemen Blues, Ali Farka Touré, Tinariwen, Orchestra Baobab, Mohamed Rouicha, Ravi Shankar, Pizzicato Five, Djivan Gasparyan, Zumbaland,...

Well, that should do the trick 😂 I'll be way less comprehensive about books and movies, so here you have 5 selected films and books, mindblowing all of them ;-)

B O O K S
• Odyssey, by Homer
• The Karamazov Brothers, by F. Dostoievski
• On the Road, by J. Kerouac
• Beyond Good and Evil, by F. Nietzsche
• Corto Maltese graphic novels, by H. Pratt

F I L M S
• El ángel exterminador, by L. Buñuel
• Дерсу Узала, by A. Kurosawa
• Persona, by I. Bergman
• Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, by P. P. Pasolini
• Latcho Drom, by T. Gatlif

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🇦🇽 🇦🇩 🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇪🇪
🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇮 🇬🇷 🇮🇸 🇮🇪 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇯🇲
🇯🇴 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇩 🇲🇦 🇳🇴 🇵🇸 🇵🇾 🇵🇱
🇵🇹 ☭ 🇷🇴 🇸🇲 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇬🇧
🇺🇾 🇻🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 🇺🇳 🏴 🏴‍☠️

⚜️ Northernmost visited place:
Hraunhafnartangi, Iceland, 66.54°N
🐧 Southernmost visited place:
Wreck of the "Chiarpesca 59", 41.06°S
(near Las Grutas, Argentina, 40.81°S)
➡️ Easternmost visited place:
Doğubayazıt, Turkey, 44.07°E
⬅️ Westernmost visited place:
Mexico City, Mexico, 99.13°W
🔺Highest visited place:
Serranías del Hornocal, Argentina, 4,350 MASL
🔻Lowest visited place (lowest place on Earth!):
Dead Sea, Israel, 430.5 MBSL

• Hitchhiked from Málaga (ESP) to Paris (FRA) when I was 15 y.o. 1,800 km
• Harvested grapes in Bordeaux (FRA)
• Took a river ferry in Jamaica across marshes and mangroves
• Moved to Istanbul (TUR) by myself when I was 23, with no acquaintances there, no accommodation arranged and not a single word of Turkish. I ended up living there for 3 years
• Swam across the River Tigris and shared their tea and my raisins with a nomad clan on the riverside
• Saw a traditional Kurdish wedding with machine gun shooting in the air
• 2-month journey all over Ireland (ROI + NI) on a 1970 food truck making crêpes
• Road trip in Iceland. 4,000 km
• Lived for a year in Camden Town, London (GBR)
• Visited a nazi concentration camp (it wasn't amazing at all, but it was a heartaking and unique experience, not to be repeated though)
• Urbex: Sneaked into the ruins of an unfinished Soviet-made 14-floor hotel
• Slept in a Bedouin camp in the desert
• Rode the 500km-length and 1,200m-slope Bergensbanen (Oslo-Bergen Railway), Norway
• Explored the Chernobyl NPP Zone of Alienation
• Visited the unrecognised breakaway state of Приднестровье, a k.a. Transnistria ☭
• Drove along the Transfăgărășan in Romania
• Given blood more than 30 times
• Served more than 2,000 flight hours as a Cabin Crew in operations of Civil Aviation, including repatriation and rescue flights during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Travelled, moved, rode, driven... on foot, donkey, mule, horse, camel, bike, motorcycle, car, truck (hitchhiking), bus, zip-line, cable car, tram, both passenger and cargo trains, boat, ship, helicopter, airplane,...
• Hang gliding, paragliding, skydiving, jet skiing, sailing, kayaking, mountain biking, trekking, skiing, snowboarding, abseiling, caving,...
• Discovered the amazing world of SCUBA diving, PADI AOWD+EANx Certified 🤿
• Seen the Acropolis, Ancient Rome, Petra, the Alhambra, the Berlin Wall... Mount Ararat, the Alps, the Andes, the Quebrada de Humahuaca, the Rock of Gibraltar, the Sahara Desert, the Iguazu Falls, the Rivers Danube, Tigris and Euphrates, Parana and it's rainforest,... geisers, volcanoes and lava fields, the midnight sun, whales, sharks, sea lions, condors, toucans, quetzals, bears, alligators, vicuñas,...
• Visited some of the Global Cities in the World 🌐 like London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, Istanbul,...
• Being an active Couchsurfing Host

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🟦 🟩 ⬜ 🟨 🟧 🟥 🟪
🟪 🟦 🟩 ⬜ 🟨 🟧 🟥
🟥 🟪 🟦 🟩 ⬜ 🟨 🟧
🟧 🟥 🟪 🟦 🟩 ⬜ 🟨
🟨 🟧 🟥 🟪 🟦 🟩 ⬜

Dreaming is free, so here's a list of
SOME AMAZING THINGS
I HAVEN'T SEEN OR DONE YET
(helpers and advicers are most welcome):

• Attend a Rainbow Gathering
• Camino de Santiago
• InterRail in Central Europe
• Balkan Journey from one music festival to another :-))
• Trans Siberian Railway
• Aurora Borealis, a.k.a. the Northern Lights
• Journey across South America
• Machu Picchu (PER)
• The Amazon rainforest
• Road trip along any of the classical routes in the USA (routes 61, 66,...)
• Cross the Sahara Desert, or at least, a good part of it
• Sailing the Ocean, any, fully
• The Great Wall of China
• Buddhist monastery retreat
• Get a tattoo in the traditional Maori method
• Still, visit many other Global Cities 🌐 like New York City, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong, Sydney, Beijing, Osaka, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Mecca,...
• Horse riding, hot-air ballooning, bungee jumping, river/whitewater rafting, mountaineering,...

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Teach, Learn, Share

• I can TEACH you any language I speak, some basics on wine tasting and pairing, maybe some recipes, how to build a fire, how to play poker and tavla/narde (Middle Eastern/Caucasian board game), how to iron a shirt 😂, First Aid and Firefighting,... Also, ask me anything you're curious about the world of Aviation, I might have some answers for you ✈

• I'd love to LEARN something about your culture, wherever it is that you come from, your worldview, your adventures... on the other hand I'd also like to learn how to prepare sushi, ride a horse, change a tire, make useful knots, sew, dance tango, improve my chess, make cocktails, and many many more things 😁

• We could SHARE from just the space under one roof to some nice drinks, coffee, walks, experiences, anecdotes, adventures, _______,... Feel free to fill the blank 😊

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* But I want to SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU NOW, some verses by Mevlânâ that I find so inspirational that I can't keep them for myself:

come come whoever you are
wanderer worshipper lover of leaving
it doesn't matter
ours is not a caravan of despair
come even if you have broken your vows
a hundred times
come yet again come come

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* I've pledged to give at least 5% of my income to organizations effectively helping people in extreme poverty.

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🤲🏼 Get a Free copy of #TheLifeYouCanSave and learn how we can Help End World Poverty‼

http://thelifeyoucansave.org/the-book

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NOTE: This is neither commercial content nor spam. This book is intended solely for personal non-commercial use and can be distributed just for non-commercial purposes. I support The Life You Can Save. The Life You Can Save does not endorse any commercial brand or product. It's a free present I want to SHARE with anybody interested in the way I understand Philanthropy and Altruism.
🙂

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What I Can Share with Hosts

First of all, my Respect and endless Gratitude 🌻🙏🏼

Kindness, flexibility, help with the houseworks.

If time and space permit, you can count on a bottle of wine, endless conversations, cultural exchange,...

🇬🇧 You can practice your English with me (L2-C1)
🇪🇦 Puedes practicar tu español conmigo (L1)
🇮🇹 Puoi praticare il tuo italiano con me (L2-C1)
🇹🇷 Benimle Türkçe pratiği yapabilirsin (L2-B2)

You'll also have my Friendship if you accept it :-)

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Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Wales, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom