Hi all! I am Mario, a Spanish guy passionate about different cultures and ways of thinking. I spent my first 22 years in Madrid, since then I have been living in different cities within Norway, Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. I am currently in Bologna for the next few months.

Welcome to my profile !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To visit places is just a portion of what a trip is about. For me, the most important thing is always meeting new people, different from you, with different habits and ideas. That’s what I like about Couchsurfing, it brings you the opportunity to meet locals, share experiences and get new ones along with them. It’s huge the difference between visiting a place as a regular tourist and doing it with a person from there!

Interests

As you can imagine, travelling constitutes my main interest: the places you visit, the experiences you share, the memories you get… how one couldn’t like it? Moreover, I love cooking (and of course eating): I always try to add new things from different countries I lived in to my way of cooking, so it may be an interesting mix of traditions. I am also very interested in history (everything began when I was 6 years old, playing Age of Empires II…), and I enjoy very much a nice conversation about different topics.

Last, but not least, is my passion about photography. You can check my gallery in Instagram, my user is smx.world : https://www.instagram.com/smx.world/?hl=es

• photography
• traveling
• music
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Kings of Leon, Blur, Coldplay, The Strokes, The Kooks, Foster The People, MGMT, Empire of the Sun, Linkin Park, Manu Chao, Phoenix, Rise Against, Vetusta Morla...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The only remarkable thing that I have done is to gather memories! For example:

-I completed the Way of St. James, from Seville to Santiago de Compostela by bike, with my father, when I was 15.

- The North brought me the opportunity to see Aurora Borealis (Canada), and a sunset followed by a sunrise (Norway). Thanks to the South, I have seen hundreds of baby turtles being born on the beach (Mexico).

- I lived 3 weeks in my camper van while trying to find a room in Amsterdam. And I finally got it!

- 11 months of traveling around East and Southeast Asia together with my girlfriend.

- [Space to fill with future memories].

What I Can Share with Hosts

As already mentioned, I enjoy as a cook. If you like Spanish food, or would like to try it, you would choose the correct guest :)

Also, whatever you need that requieres a camera!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain