Hi,

My name is Nuria and I am an easy-going and open-minded traveller, more interested in getting to know a place, its culture and local people than spending time shopping.

Originally from a remote village in the mountains of Spain, I now live and work in London. I also lived in Barcelona for ten years.

General interests: travel, ecology, diving and sports, reading, photography, cinema, food, music, arts and architecture.

Thanks for reading and hope to see you soon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To get a better idea of the places I travel to, meet people and connect and understand their culture and daily lives.

Interests

A rather eclectic profile, because things are never black or white.

• culture
• architecture
• design
• photography
• film making
• yoga
• politics
• traveling
• music
• live music
• scuba diving
• sports
• art history
• ecology
• history
• languages
• neuroscience
• language exchange
• different cultures
• marketing
• urban planning
• contemporary dance
• web design
• leadership

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: rock, indie, ethnic music
Books: Les identités meurtrières (Amin Maalouf), The catcher in the rye (Salinger), The doctor (Noah Gordon), The hidden connections (Capra), The old man and the sea (Hemingway), 1984 (Orwell), El amor en los tiempos del cólera (García-Márquez), Oliver Twist (Dickens), El Quijote (Cervantes)... Recently I've been mostly reading business/behavioural economics/marketing related books.
Movies: Requiem for a Dream, 12 angry men, Mystic River, La Vita è Bella, Amélie, Good Will Hunting, Cidade de Déus, Into the Wild, Trainspotting, American History X, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dead Man Walking, and any Tarantino film.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Anything underwater but probably the most special is diving with mantas while listening to humpback whales sing nearby in Mozambique.

Other: snowboarding in Iran, ballooning in Cappadocia, seeing Komodo dragons, sunrise in Borobudur, sunset in Malapascua, going by motorbike from London to Croatia and back, spending a night in the driest desert when it rained, kayaking in the Calanques de Cassis and travelling solo in Iran, Mexico, Argentina and Japan.

I also ran 2 half-marathons but I'm not really into it.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages, cooking. I love learning new things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

An open mind. Genuine interest in knowing more about their culture, their society and their lives. Hopefully some nice conversations and a new friendship... And if I find the ingredients, some cooking!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom