Hi! Hola! Kaixo! My name is Iker and I am a Spanish history student from the Basque Country. I'm currently doing a masters in Leiden, looking forward to live new experiences, learn about different cultures and meet awesome people :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I wanna travel and learn different cultures while meeting people. I am tired of old fashioned tourism in expensive hotels and already prepared tours. I really want to meet local people to learn all the aspects of the culture I am visiting.

Interests

• wildlife
• arts
• culture
• cooking
• partying
• reading
• hiking
• history
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I love classic rock bands from the Beatles, Scorpions, ACDC and Metallica to more actual Avenged Sevenfold or Dropkick Murpheys. I also enjoy listening to house, electronic music, movie BSO and folk music (Specially if it is played by local people). I am a fan of the Spanish group Mago de Oz.
Movies: I really loved historically based movies such as Gladiator, fantasy such as the Lord of the Rings and Sci-Fi such as Star Wars (The old ones, of course). I specially like stuff from Stanley Kubrick.
Books: Any kind of novels and philosofical essays. A crazy fan of manga (Gantz and One Piece are the best!)
Games: One of my passions is playings videogames. From triple AAA such as Assassin's Creed or Overwatch to indepependent titles such as Undertale. Currenlty addicted to the Nintendo Switch

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Rent a motorbike and rode the most impressive jungles in Vietnam with it😎
-Explored El Nido (Philippines) with a local fisherman and his boat

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to show you why I think my small nation, the Basque Country, has an awesome past and culture behind that usually you can barely read in the books or news. At the same time I want to speak about the past of your nation and know what knowledge you received.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Speaking about different topics related to history and introduce you the awesome culture of the Basque Country as well as cooking an incredible Spanish Omelet for you. I am really interested on debating about the curremt social and political status of your country and would like to hear from your personal point of view.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, Spain