CURRENT MISSION

learning for myself and for another cultures

ABOUT ME

Hi! My name is Marina, im a mexican student and now i am in a study exchange here in Valencia, Spain. For this reason i wanto to take my time to know and visit some places. My interest are varied: the local music, arts, movies, the design, the places of nature, sports like cycling, swim and activities of the dialy life in another cultures.
I know! My english is very bad but also my goal in the travels is the practice for this lenguage, my real lenguage is latin spanish. Well, a lot of good vibrations, i hope to see you soon! :)

PHILOSOPHY

i dont know if i have a formal philisophy but i think that i transforming myself and knowing me every day, i like to enjoy my life with love and making things with nice people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In this moment i paticipate like a guest, after a year, when i return to my country (MéxicoDF) i want to participate like a host too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Im a beginner, i watched couchsurfing in this blog, she inspired me to sign in : http://viajandoporahi.com/todo-lo-que-querias-saber-acerca-de-couchsurfing Its the firt time to try out. :)

Interests

cycling, design, art films, animation films, local music, local food, trditions, family, books an good stories, my favorite kind of literature is the magic realism, i like draw somethings that i see, the animals since ants to elephants, i love the nature and the green architecture :)
Nowadays im working in my final proyect about Gender througth industrial design.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• architecture
• design
• dining
• movies
• blogging
• drawing
• magic
• music
• cycling
• sports
• swimming
• animation

Music, Movies, and Books

uhm.. well, the music are varied: Perfume and Daito Manabe, experimental music with tecnology, classical trova like Serrat and Silvio Rodriguez, i love the flamenco sounds, i like the colombian cumbia, too! the music. i think that the music that i hear depends of my mood and the place that inspires me...about the movies, i love the Woody Allen's films, he is funny hahaha, also i like the french animation, one of my favorite movies is name " The tripletes of Belleville", " Kiriku y la bruja"... i like the films by Wes Anderson, he is a good good director for me and well, i like too the asian movies like "im a cyborg" or " the vengeance", the trilogy by Park Chan-Wook. And about the books: In this moment i am reading a novel for Isabel Allende called " La casa de los espìritus", is magic realism and im really anxious to see what else happens in the story...I like read Southamerican writers.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

maybe when i worked with textiles in the Campeche's julgle with the mayan people, in Mèxico, it was a grate expereance and a big learning

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: my culture, the food and the traditions like "dìa de muertos" and the mexican style jaja
Learn: i wat to learn the popular and sectret corners in the citys, the peole, the dialy life..
Share: good moments, food! movies, sports...

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Italy, Morocco, South Korea, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Spain