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Overview

  • 12 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss German; learning Italian
  • 44, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • travel...
  • quite well... did it until a M.A. in sociology - besides ...
  • From Zürich
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

get to know all the other places of this beautiful earth I haven't been so far.

ABOUT ME

I'm dancing too much - and enjoying it too much too!
In the morning some ballet, in the afternoon some jazz dance, in the evening some tango, at night some salsa and like really late goes kizomba...!
If I'm not at home I always need to go looking for places to dance, am quite always successful.
If there's absolutely none, I'll have to watch out for friends. In most places on earth there is already, otherwise I have to make new ones - quite easy with helps like couchsurfing...

PHILOSOPHY

Sad things may happen once in a while, but that's no reason to stick onto them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to share the few things I got and I LOVE to pass on my knowledge about places or whatever

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

met too nice people all over the world, people you really don't like to leave again...

But what I HATE (in special when people contact me): is how English is taken just for granted. Can not stand it to receive a message in English from i.e. a native Spanish speaker. So:

DON'T EXPECT ME TO ANSWER YOUR LETTER IF IT'S IN ENGLISH AND YOUR OWN LANGUAGE WOULD NORMALLY BE ONE OF THOSE I ALSO SPEAK!

Interests

LIKE getting to know new places, new languages, new habits, new everything.
I like reading, I like, ach, put anything, I'll like it.

  • dancing
  • tango
  • ballet dancing
  • reading
  • jazz
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

books that take a while to read. Cause they demand some thinking, can't just read through.
Same with films: Hollywood is great and a nice laugh from time to times, but I definitely am more into european off-mainstream ones.
I listen to music that normally nobody around me knows...: Nilton Ramalho, Calo Pascoal, Elizio, II Wayz, Neuza, Rakim & Ken-Y, La Factoria, Arjona, Soda Stereo, La Oreja De Van Gogh, Wisin & Yandel, Don Omar, Lee Hom, Andy Hui, Amr Diab, Nelson Freitas, Daddy Yankee, Mshasha, Beto Dias, Bombay Rockers, Calle Ciega, The Dogg, H2O, Chelsy Chantel, Comando Tiburon, David Bisbal, De La Ghetto, Don Kikas, Dulce Pontes, Eddy Lover, El Rookie, Johnny Ramos, Frank Reyes, Gazza, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Grupo 5, Hamada Halal, Haris Alexiou, Hector Acosta, Hector El Father, Rei Helder, Priscillia, Irmaos Verdades, Jamice, Jay Sean, Kaysha, Gama, Les Deesses, Los Adolescentes, Luny Tunes, Macano, Madredeus, Mana, Manau, Mariza, Matias Damasio, Monchy & Alexandra, Nakashima Mika, Nigga, Ojos De Brujo, Orishas, Oscar De Leon, Philippe Monteiro, Quangdung, Zion, Sibongile Khumalo, Suzanna Lubrano, Tango Crash, To Semedo, My Linh, Xtreme...

to sum it up: almost everything except those with english lyrics. (!) A lot of Raggaeton, Kizomba, Zouk, Bachata, Latin Pop, but also Chinese Pop, Indian, you name it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Monaco, Switzerland

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