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  • 54 references 38 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • tourism, jack-of-all-trades
  • B.A. French with a minor in Brit&Am Lit
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About Me

I am a really chill friendly guy.. really open-minded, curious, love to laugh and meet new people. But I pass for a shy person a lot of the time. I met tons of amazing people through CS...sometimes they even ended up staying in my house a long time and becoming close friends. Right now I haven't traveled in years, so it's cool to hear about you're travels and adventures.

I like going to the gym, riding my bike, listening to music, yoga, meeting new people, and especially chilling at my house with someone cool and sharing some good herb, exchanging favorite music and movies....I love nature and animals, and I am always trying to figure out how we can make a better world. I am very hippy in some ways : )

I am also deeply interested in talking about sacred plants and mysticism, psychedelics, meditation, yoga shamanism, and ayahuasca, and spirituality in general ..If you know Terrence McKenna, Alan Watts, Ram Dass, etc....I'm always interested in discussing and watching videos and documentaries.

I love hosting people, if I don't have Airbnb I have a lot of free space. I am happy to share my room, there is a loft and it is very spacious, i can offer an extra small bed on the ground. Or you can find a place that suits you, it can be the couch if we don't have Airbnb ........ I like CS cuz cool to have exchange not based on money, food and such is always welcome, good vibes, music, good company. No ''free hotel'' people. I try to respond to all, but I get many requests. I could use some help keeping the place clean, if you don't mind lending a hand. Last minute requests maybe respond, maybe not. ....You don't need to write a super long letter, but if you make some attempt to connect and show you took time to read me, then I will place you at the top of the list. If the person obviously didn't read and doesn't care, probably I will ignore.......as long as there is a sincere interest in sharing and getting to know each other, you can share food, or share music, good conversation, etc. I can play the guitar a little bit and sing....I listen to all kinds of music, I love hearing new stuff so please share with me. I really like jamming with people when i can.. . So extra cool if you like music and play something. Now i have a macbook so we can make recordings.

*** Stays can be 2 nights in principle, 3 maybe if things are nice, and there is no official limit really, but after 4 nights you probably need to be a really good cook / cleaner ;-)

Usually i can host only one person, sometimes two but depends on occupancy. I have a spacious floor and maybe a couch, depending of if the other people care about having a couchsurfer in the salon.

I can show you some really magical places in this beautiful, historic city. Plus lots of cool stuff and nice people

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

love meeting new people, sharing stories and musing about the meaning of life, the universe, and everything...

nice to have guests & share music, laughs, a nice walk or picknick, and share interests with people from all over the world

Interests

music, nature, spirituality, writing, learning new languages, movies, parties, eco-friendly initiatives, alternative living, traveling, meeting cool people, being happy....

  • writing
  • singing
  • festivals
  • flamenco
  • dining
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • sauna
  • partying
  • drinking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • rock climbing
  • languages
  • law
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

60s...psychedelic music, psytranse, reggae, soul, blues, jazz, classical, hip-hop, indie, folk, 60's etc etc etc....I am ALWAYS interested in discovering new music!!!! PLEASE share your favorites with me.....some of my old faves.....bob dylan, the velvet underground, the beastie boys, pink floyd, simon & garfunkle, the beatles, neil young, leonard cohen, nick drake, bob marley, the rolling stones, mississippi john hurt, robert johnson, charles mingus, miles davis, billie holiday, wu-tang clan, biggie smalls, mf doom, radiohead, tom waits, nick drake, godspeed, explosions in the sky, the animals, the shins, slowdive, devendra banhart, john lee hooker, cursive, animal collective, fugazi, hood, the pixies, t.w. walsh, captain beefhart, tom waites, the unicorns, elliott smith, boards of canada, buena vista social club....so many others\

books: I don't read like I did before when I was a student....but some of my favorites are Jacques le Fataliste par Diderot, Les Fleurs du Mal de Baudelaire.,Le Petit Prince, The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, Trainspotting, the Diary of Anais Nin in French, the sound and the fury, italo calvino's if on a winter night a traveler, e.e. cummings, sartre, camus, gide, faulkner, catcher in the rye, a confederacy of dunces, p.g. wodehouse (jeeves and wooster!!!), kerouac, on the road, satori in paris, walt whitman's Leaves of Grass, the tao te ching, the teachings of the buddha, dostoyevski, raymond carver, vonnegut, lolita, portnoy's complaint, a clockwork orange, brilliant graphic novels such as: Box Office Poison, Blankets, Maus I and II, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Barefoot Gen, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Fuzz and Pluck, japanese lit: haruki murakami, kensaburo oe, junichiro tanizaki, shusaku endo, mishima, abe, kawabata. ..

movies: les films de jean-pierre jeunet, buffalo '66, the big lebowski, annie hall, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, toto the hero, play it again sam, me you and everyone we know, french movies such as breathless and other films by jean-luc godard, des nouvelles du bon dieu, claire's knee and others by eric rohmer, p.t. anderson, wes anderson, woody allen, miyazaki, harold&maude.....I love watching movies, too, but I like to have someone to watch them with

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hmmm....i lived on the beach in a hammock for a few months in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica and saw the most gorgeous sunsets every single night..just paradise :-)

Teach, Learn, Share

i can help you with english, french or spanish

we can speak in Spanish, too! (yo hablo bastante bien pero quiero mejorar mi espanol!..).

I used to practice yoga a lot, and some meditation...I'm a very curious person and love to learn new things

What I Can Share with Hosts

space, time, food, drinks, sacred herb, music, nice places in Sevilla, hugs, laughs, etc etc etc

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, France, United States

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