I'm a journalism student from Chile in an erasmus program in Salamanca with some friends, searching for new experiences and hoping to learn from different cultures abroad.
Is there anything better than getting to know a city through its own people?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm in Couchsurfing because I think it's a great and more humane way to get to know new places and people, their costumes and different ways of living. I've got friends who have had wonderful experiencies and I hope I can get to meet new friends along the road with this social network!

Interests

• graphic design
• postmodern art
• photography
• film making
• film festivals
• cooking
• vegetarian
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cultural studies
• journalism
• sociology
• cinema
• feminism
• indie music
• learning
• veganism
• long walks
• screenwriting
• indie films
• creative writing
• audiovisual
• aesthetics
• postmodernism
• beatniks

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll have you know from a start that my favorite band ever is The Smiths. You'll find that my music player has british music all over it, but I also enjoy listening to jazz, classic rock, blues and good old funk - anything with a great bassline, basically. Currently obsessed with: Cigarettes After Sex, Halfnoise, Grimes, Mac DeMarco, Tame Impala and The Stone Roses.
I'm a thorough music fan though and I adore the thrill of discovering a new artist whose music I can enjoy. I even used to play guitar in my teens, but it was not for me I guess. I can still dust off the strings to play some chill bossanova every now and then, but don't expect a Jimmy Hendrix Experience out of it.

I love reading, though I fault myself in rarely indulging in doing so. Yet, I can say Oscar Wilde can make me forget duties every once in a while. Academic readings though? I love reading sociology papers and I follow some publications and socially critical pages on Facebook, I'll soon be a journalist, so I gotta keep up with the current happenings in the world we live in.

I also am very much invested in everything audiovisual, taking pictures, watching films and tv series is my weak point, if it catches my eye I'm doomed (I've recently watched all seven seasons of GoT in less than a month, shame on me and my exams). I can be in front of the screen for hours (even more so having an active Netflix account in my hands), as well as talking about them until I bore people to death; framing, lightening, screenwriting, hidden meanings, you name it. Though to name a few directors: Ingmar Bergman, Kubrick, Hitchcock, Goddard, Sofia Coppola, and anything classic and beautifully unknown, sadly I usually watch these on my own 'cause my friends are sick of gritty old films, their loss!

Also, I have developed this newfound hope to study cinema in the near future and work on that field if I'm lucky enough. And If I'm lucky enough, what wouldn't I give to catch a mere glimpse of Wes Anderson's wonderful directing in action? One can only dream.

Did I mention I love Kandinsky? I would love to have my house filled with his art. Though Pollock and Dalí and also strike a sensitive fiber, no one beats my russian friend.

Also, fuck anthropocentrism.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Man, I don't know. Maybe this is the signal that I'm a terribly boring person? Sorry in advance for that.
I did go to a Robert Plant gig out of the blue when I was 16 years old, but that's not that great of a story.
Also, I'm a vegetarian since I was fifteen (going on vegan soon, I hope), which seems to be a very incredible thing for a large amount of people out there.

Teach, Learn, Share

Have you ever heard about intersubjetivity? I can tell you a bit about that.
Here's a hint: objetivity does not exist in any aspect of the word.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I hope to offer a good conversation and exchange of experiences and knowledge, I would love to learn new things to cherish from any kind person to host us. Forever grateful!

Countries I’ve Visited

Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Spain