I am a student. I refer not only to the fact that I attend currently to the university, but also that I consider myself as a person that is always learning and hopes never to stop. I like to walk, to talk, to perceive, to eat new things. But I do not think that we only learn new things far away from home, but also one can find many interesting things in the next corner. I like to reflect on everything around me, but sometimes it is overwhelming for me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think that the best way to learn about a country and culture, especially when one cannot stay a bunch of time there, is across the local people, across their histories, their places, their fears and hopes, their food and their daily routines. Al the least, that is what I learned from my experience with my host family and friends in Germany. In the other hand, I think that the value of solidarity is very beautiful, and it could facilitate to others to travel around the globe.

Interests

• theater
• social action
• walking
• politics
• reading
• piano
• history
• science
• social science
• social work
• sociology
• food
• markets
• biking
• activism
• museums
• local culture
• hikking
• gypsy music
• hiking mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
- Yann Tiersen
- Latin America music (rock, tangos, folk, salsa, gypsy, etc)
- Classical music (Beethoven is maybe my favorite)
- Agnes Obel
- Indie Rock
- Much more

Series:
- Black Mirror (A precious gift for sociologists).
- Downtown Abbey
- Dark
- "El tiempo entre costuras"
- Dear White People
- The way the see us

Books:
- George Orwell (Animal Farm)
- Saramago ( Baltasar and Blimunda (Memorial de un convento) - Seeing (Ensayo de la lucidez) - The cave (La caverna) - The double (El hombre duplicado)-
- Various Latin American authors.
- Harry Potter
- Tolkien
- Chinua Achebe (Things fall apart - Arrow of good)
- Years ago I loved the novels about the Roman republic and empire
- Murakami
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Much more that I do not remember

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once in Germany (2015) I was a whole week with my host family in the Alpen. We hiked all the 7 days. The travel went across the natural park of "Steinernes Meer", the views are fantastic. I will never forget it. There I discovered or reaffirmed my to love to the mountains (There is a photo in the "Photos" section).

One year ago I traveled alone (with CouchSurfing) to Istambul, Turkey. It was the most wonderful experience in the world, I would travel back, I loved so much that city and her history.

Teach, Learn, Share

I consider myself a very curious person, my career is the sociology (so I love to learn and reflect about everything on the social world across the geography and history), but I do love the anatomy (I have an anatomy book to colour), the nature, the geography, the agriculture, the robotics (I have a little Arduino), the music (I play occasionally the piano), the natural sciences. But I look forward to speaking, listen and learn about everything. If you have questions about my country, I can try to answer them.

This year in a course about "human geography", I learned that I do not know anything about many interesting places in the world, and I have started to read literature from Sub-Saharan and China. But my dream is to read literature from each region of the world (one day).

I also like the music, literature, and theater, but I consider myself an ignorant

I would learn about your culture, histories and food.

What I Can Share with Hosts

-I can share at the least some Colombian typical food with the host, I can teach you to cook it, do it together, and I will carry the necessary ingredients!
-I like to share information about Colombia and Latinamerica
-We can share interesting conversations and many laughs
- I would be very happy if we can hike, bike or walk in the city our around it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Germany, Mexico