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Overview

  • 24 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, Spanish; learning French, German, Greek (modern)
  • 52, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • at Univ. Information Centre
  • Degree in Geography & Environmental Sciences
  • From Valencia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to enjoy and learn about life...!

ABOUT ME

reliable, honest, active, possitive and relaxed...

PHILOSOPHY

be yourself... act consequently with your ideas and feelings..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It'll be fun to make friends all over the world...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

before registering I hosted two american girls... it was great and we became good friends...

Interests

I've always loved travelling, specially to get to know other people's culture and tradition, their landscapes and nature... I also colaborate with an NGO (ISF) in several development projects in poor countries.
I fancy so much hiking on the mountains, climbing, cycling, swimming, riding a horse, jogging.. almost any sport!

  • culture
  • folklore
  • performing arts
  • dining
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

- Different movies from: Spike Lee, Isabel Coixet, Jim Jarmush, Berlanga, Fassbinder, Kaurismaki, Felini, Angelopaulos, Ken Loach, Aristarain, P. Greenaway, Kusturika, Buñuel, Fatih Akin, kurosawa, Bigas Luna, Saura and many others...
- Books: Galeano, Cortázar, Saramago, Kapuscinski, Kundera, Chéjov, Gerald Durrell, Roald Dahl, etc..
- Music: different kind of music like: from reagee to pop, punk, rock, flamenco, funky-rap, delta blues, dub, arabic-boliwood music, mixed fussion... etc... I love Dusminguet, Amparanoia, Lenny Kravitz, Manu Chao, Café Tacuba, Mala Rodríguez, Ben Harper, Orishas, Ramones, Pixies, Violent Femmes, Ojos de Brujo, Ben Harper, Chambao, Obrint pas, El Cigala, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Radiohead, Vicente Amigó, L'Ham de Foc, Silvio Rodríguez, Catupecu Machu, Bebe, Marlango, sex pistols, Xaris Alexiou, Mártires del Compás, The Clash, Sergeant García, Molotov, Lila Down, Charly García, Bersuit Vergarabat, etc... whenever I travel, I always dip into some local traditional music, and also new groups... it's a must to bring home some new discoveries...!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

amazing thing I've seen: Kilimanjaro and the great Rift.
what I've done: perform a play on the streets & at schools in India, with many people around...

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: about plants, rocks, nature in general...
share: music, different kinds of food...
learn: EVERYTHING...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Germany, Ireland

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