ABOUT ME

We are sisters, we are 28 (so) and 26 (ro) years old. We were born in Tandil (Argentina), at the age of 18 we moved to Buenos Aires to study. We lived together 7 years and we really enjoy it!
We are professionals, we have obtained ours university degrees in Biotechnology (ro) and Business Management (so).
Sofia has worked as a process analyst and a quality manager for the last four years. She is interested in social business and microfinances.
For the past two years Rocio has worked in a laboratory of animal reproduction and genetic improvement.
Now we are living in Australia for one year to improve our english , enjoy it's lovely places and to interchange experiences and knowledge with local people. We had already lived in New Zealand for one year, and it was a wanderful exprecience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We opened our profile when we started to travel together. We really enjoy to share time and experiences with local people, and we are exciting of receiving people when we return home!

Interests

We love travelling! We enjoy going out with friends. We like rock music and enjoy going to concerts. Also we like reading and sharing time with our family. We admire art, I (so) like to paint pictures and Rocio likes to going around and taking pics.
We did many times voluntary work in differents NGOs: helping homeless people and with social business and microfinances projets.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• rock music
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

We love rock music! We really enjoy going to concerts. We listen to many argentinian rock groups (los redondos, la renga, los piojos, Bersuit Vergarabat, sumo, divididos, las pelotas, vetamadre, la condena de cain, etc, etc, etc) and internationals groups (led zepplin, queen, deep purple. Pearl jam, the Beatles, the rollings stones, guns and roses, etc, etc, etc).
Our favorite movies are: Dead poets society, Big Fish, The sea inside, Good will hunting, Pay it foward, I am Sam, Patch Adams.
Our favorite books are: Las venas abiertas de América Latina y el Libro de los Abrazos (Galeno), 100 años de soledad y el Amor en los tiempos del cólera (García Márquez ), América (Kafka), El lobo estepario (Hesse), La montaña mágica (Mann), La conjura de los necios (Toole), Sobre héroes y tumbas (Sabato), Informe sobre la ceguera (Saramago), Un mundo feliz (Huxley) and a lot of more, we love reading!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The last New Year we decided to do something different. We didn't pass it with our family in Tandil as usual, we spend the night with homeless people in Buenos Aires. We share food and talk with them during many hours.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can share Latin America's culture: music, customes, tipical dishes, give advice of the best places to visit. We liked cooking very much, so we can prepare you our favorite meals!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Peru, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand