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Overview

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  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, French, Spanish; learning German, Italian
  • 51, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Architect & Teacher
  • Architecture (in Barcelona and Berlin)
  • From Barcelona
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About Me

I'm from Barcelona, where I live, but I lived in Berlin and Paris as well.
I'm an architect, I'm teaching in an architecture school and I'm also organizing all kinds of activities to approach the architecture and the city to people (guided visits, city tours, workshops, exhibitions,...).
I love to travel and to explore different places and countries, and I also enjoy art and culture in general.
When I visit a new city, I'm interested not only in the most important or unique places, but, mostly, in knowing the local people and their most popular neighborhoods.
I can speak fluent English and French, and also some Italian and German.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've always found great to stay by local people as a way to know much better not only the city/country but also the culture.
I've done it a lot with friends (or friends of friends), that have hosted me or that have come to my house.

Interests

Arquitecture & Cities
Art (any kind: visual arts, performing arts,...)
Sports (mainly practicing, not so much watching)

  • arts
  • culture
  • performing arts
  • architecture
  • cooking
  • politics
  • traveling
  • sports
  • languages
  • visual arts
  • tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: pop-rock (indie, alternative, folk-rock,...) + jazz + world music
Movies: experimental, nouvelle vague, documentaries,...
Books: poetry + comics + essays

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've always tried to work on what I like the most (work to live not live to work), which led me to create, with other people, a collective called El globus vermell. We organise all kind of activities about (and around) architecture.
We love it even though we hardly earn our lives and sometimes it'd seem that we "live to work"... even though working on this is a big pleasure.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've always been open to share, teach and learn about anything.
That's also the spirit of couchsurfing, isn't it?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversations about many subjects (art, cities, cultures, politics,...) in diferents languages.
Cooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Spain

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