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Overview

  • 9 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning English, Italian, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Trying to do it all
  • More or less
  • From South East UK
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Getting to know myself - getting to know others

ABOUT ME

I'm a 29 year old Medical student and English teacher, currently living in Granada, Spain. I'm a friendly, open-minded guy, not very good at self-descriptions, interested in practically everything that I can understand (I think sometimes to my own detriment...).

I'm a big people person - that's why I decided to sign up to CouchSurfing - There's so many different people in the world who can bring something new to the table (and my way of thinking): New cultures, opinions on life, cool hobbies, political thinking and just people to have fun with!

PHILOSOPHY

Uff, tengo muchas

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've participated in several CS meetups, language exchanges and the like, and have had the pleasure of hosting a few people in my house when the situation has allowed it.

Interests

Travelling, languages (currently learning Italian), sustainable living, people, conversations (both deep and shallow - I think that you can learn a lot from both), food (healthy eating, ethnic eating, especially Indian), buganvilleas, jasmines, geraniums and dipladenias, keeping fit (physically and mentally)!

Not an exhaustive list by any means jaja!

  • dining
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • teaching
  • languages
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Last movie watched: Almanya: Welcome to Germany
Next movie to watch: Blade Runner

Music: I've a very ecclectic taste, but it depends totally on the mood. Some artists I've started listening to a lot this year: Juan Luis Guerra, Hector Lavoe, Ruben Blades, Antonio Santos, Marc Anthony, Grupo Niche (ok so it's obvious I've been learning latin dances...)
Want to start listening to: Maná, Leonard Cohen, more swing.

I like reading (prose) a lot, but since I spend most of my life immersed in a book (didactic/technical) or computer screen, I tend to prefer to do something a bit more physcial/outerdoorsy in my spare time to get a bit of balance in my life.
However,
Last book read: Cien años de soledad
Next book to read: I think I'm going to try some of the 'cuentos' of Jorge Luis Borges. Being cuentos, I might actually take less than a year to finish one.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was born

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Greece, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom

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