CURRENT MISSION
I moved to Zurich in February 2019 to start my PhD. Profile sloghtly outdated, from the times I was an active host and surfer.

I moved to Amsterdam in August 2016 to study a Master in Physicas and to try to find my way here.
Twitter: @jose__op
LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/joseluisopujol
ABOUT ME

Optimistic and enthusiastic about life.
Kind of musician and runner, also mad (and sometimes obsesive) about many kinds of knowlage. I've worked both as an lifeguard (so I can save your life) and as a free time child leader (so I don't mind kids on coaches). I love cooking and long discussions about everything we both find interesting (from wether Sartre inspired many suicides or not to jokes about stupid tourists as myself). I am a little bit naive, I don't dislike people until they have REALLY shown they are assholes (therefore, I am almost never angry-but some times indiferent- with any one to who I have contact).

PHILOSOPHY

Life hasn't got a finality or a cause, we are only one tiny point in the history. However, that is not an excuse to nuhilism: precisely because life hasn't got a sense by itself, we should try to find it and, in my case, it is to be and make people happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing (when someones feels like hosting me), hosting (when someone convinces me) , meeting interesting people (ALWAYS)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had many different experiences in CS: from being hosted in a hotel to sleep with 4 other people in a piece if floor, from partying all night long with 9 people (4 friends of mine from barcelona and our 5 hosts) to being hosted by a family. I only had good experiences!

Interests

Mad about music, sport, literature, science, meeting people and, obviously... travelling
Scientific divulgation idealist, with clear political and philosophical ideas about which I like to discuss (ideology should never be sectarian).
I love cooking and good conversations. I am also into nature-contact sports.

• literature
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• camping
• surfing
• sports
• history
• science
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I love so many styles of music! Rock, rumba, punk, indie, metal, pop, folk, jazz, dream-pop, dubstep... From Stratovarious to Paco de Lucia and from Amiina to Social Distorsion
There are some writers which I think are above the others, like Garcia Marquez, Paul Auster or Terry Prattchet, but I actually like most books. Lately I am reading a lot of biographies and learning.books (mad about everything related with Richard Feynman).
I must admit that I am not really into films. I can enjoy TV-shows and documentaries, but I feel hard to follow a movie but myself (I prefer to do that in company and with a couple of beers ;) ).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camping in Patagonia, beach volunteering, working in science, having caused several childs smiles...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my points of view about the world, teach you any of my language or (limited) musical skills or how to cook some delitious plates from different places!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My energy and my crazy reflexions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland