My name is Santiago, I'm 22 years old and I'm 5th-year med student living and studying in Uruguay. 🇺🇾

At the early age of 17, I had to move away from my hometown in order to pursue my career in the capital city of Uruguay, Montevideo, which forced me to acquire independence at a very young age. 👶🏽

I'm a young enthusiast looking for new experiences and local knowledge. I'm used to live and work with many people, but I also get along very well with individual work. I love traveling, this way I can get to know different cultures. ✈️

PHILOSOPHY
Tempus fugit, fugit inreparabile tempus / Time flies, it escapes, irretrievable time. ⏳

I love Couchsurfing, I believe it is a a great community of travelers willing to share their realities, and an excellent way to meet nice people all around the globe, which has nothing to do with a free-of-charge version of a hostel! If you do want to stay with me, I’ll be thrilled, but please, do not send me copy and paste requests! I expect people to be genuine and fun! 😀

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to visit new places and meet locals, learning about their culture. As I consider myself a citizen of the world, I'm very open-minded and always willing to meet new people who enjoy intercultural exchanges and traveling. 🎒

I believe Couchsurfing it is a great way to meet new people that share the same interests, learning about the place from a local and not from some city-tour which always doesn't show you the real stuff about the place. 🛋

Interests

• traveling
• camping
• sailing
• languages
• hitchhiking
• local food
• cultural exchange
• local music
• local places

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen almost any kind of music, I really like the music from my country but I consider myself a little bit international when talking about music interests. 🎧

I'm not a huge horror-films-fan, I'm more a commedy-films kind of person, but I'm open to any film category if the movie is worth it. 🎥

I like reading thrillers or detective books, but my favorites are those related with biology or physiology. 👨🏽‍🔬

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hitchhiked in several countries around Europe with a friend I met thru Couchsurfing the night before, when I've never done something like that before in my life, and it was a truly amazing experience. Since then, I'm a newbie hitchhiker and really like it! ✌🏼

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn and share culture and language, experiences about traveling... Anything that may enrich me culturally, and of course teach/tell whatever I can! 🤟🏽

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a huge languages lover, I speak 5 languages fluently, and I'm an innate teacher, so whoever who wants to learn any of them, I'd be very gladly to. 👨🏽‍🏫

I don't consider myself a cook, but I can defend myself in the kitchen, and I'm very creative when cooking. 👨🏽‍🍳

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Uruguay