Hola!
I'm Maria from Catalonia! 🤗
Currently I'm living in Campins with my family and we take care of a hundred-year-old church.
Also I'm a reggae lover. Now i'm a selectress (reggae Dj), promoter and owner of sound system here in Catalonia. I feel honored every time I can spread the love and unity to everybody.
I wish I could take with me my vinyl records and my record player everywhere, but it's too heavy! 😂
Well, I hope we can meet soon!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love everything that surrounds culture: Arts, music, architecture, traditions, languages, food... And that passion drives me to meet new people and know their countries. And then I realize that the truly essence of the cities, the towns and the valleys are the people and what we can share together.
And I really enjoy a good conversation sharing some good food together!

Interests

• arts
• writing
• meditation
• painting
• reggae music
• hiking
• travel
• films
• nature
• theatre
• vinyl
• audiovisuals
• pois
• sound system
• rollerskates

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a deeply reggae lover, specially roots of 70s and 80s. Wailing Souls, Bob Marley, Judy Mowat, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Linval Thompson, High Note Productions, Twinkle Brothers, Ariwa, Jah Shacka, Alton Ellis, Althea and Donna... And I could keep going more...
More actual, I enjoy the music of Alice Phoebe Lou, Tash Sultana and Sticky Fingers.
And the old good tunes, funky, disco, rock...

About movies: indispensable Tarantino films, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, Almodóvar, Guillermo del Toro, sci-fi and fantasy.
Documentary for ex. Agnès Varda.

I love comic: Alan Moor or Saga.
Fiction: Ursula K Le Guin, Gorge Orwell, Calos Ruiz Zafon...
And now starting more spiritual readings: Kae Tempest "Connect" and now I'm reading "The woman who runs with wolves". After this I wanna read "The power of now" and "The mastery of love".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Camino de Santiago, a spiritual and powerful experience! Fully 2 months just living with my backpack.

I love paint the walls (with permission) while i'm traveling. I did a mural in a hostel in Perú and one year later in a house of some friends during the Camino.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some tricks with the pois, I always take them with me! (you don't know what pois are? Go check my photos!)

I need practice more english! And CS is a grate opportunity to do it!
Learn new music from other cultures, new food and how to cook it.
I wanna learn more about yoga, spiritualism and philosophy.

We can share some time writing or painting.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Really good sweets from Catalonia, my family have a really nice pastry shop!

I can collaborate with the necessary tasks at home.

New funny words in Catalan and Spanish.

I offer paint you a mural at your home, or a little one!

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain