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Mexico City, Mexico
@_David_Israel_
Member since 2006
CURRENT MISSION ABOUT ME I grew up in Mexico city. I have a strange love- hate relation with this city, it's kind of monster-city, a modern and sometimes surrealistic greek "polis". I'm a constant traveler, writer and language student, always interested in people and culture. Traveling in Europe for one year has been one of the richest experiences of my life. My world was affected and I understood in its true context the meaning of words like Freedom and Life. Now I reflect the consequences of this great experience. For me Couch Surfing represents a nice opportunity to create a very long chain of goodness. KEEP ON GOING!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj1IAudegwc PHILOSOPHY I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, to discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and to be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. Walden or Life in the Woods H.D.T. (1817 - 1862) Make love, not war.
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning French
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Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Teaching Spanish language. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE A good friend of mine hosted me in Lima, Peru, his help was crucial for me to stay in Peru and do research for a book I am writing now.
Music, Movies, and Books
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde), Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie), Stephan Wolf (Hesse), L'Etranger(Camus), La guerra del fin del mundo (Mario Vargas Llosa), Morirás Lejos (José Emilio Pacheco). Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí (Milan kundera). Darkness Visible (William Styron). El laberinto de la soledad (Octavio Paz).
Teach, Learn, Share
I would love to teach Spanish language. J'aimerais enseigner la langue espagnole. Amaria ensinar a língua espanhola. Amerei insegnare la lingua spagnola. Ich werde es lieben, die spanische Sprache zu unterrichten.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Internet, breakfast, interesting conversations. Spanish lesson???
My Interests
Poetry, books, Movies, Languages, People, History, Politics. Museums, concerts... etc. CRYSTAL SHIP Before you slip into unconsciousness Id like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss The days are bright and filled with pain Enclose me in your gentle rain The time you ran was too insane Well meet again, well meet again Oh tell me where your freedom lies The streets are fields that never die Deliver me from reasons why Youd rather cry, Id rather fly The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, Ill drop a line. J.M.