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Overview

  • 7 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Galician, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish; learning Arabic, French, Italian, Russian
  • 53, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Language teacher / Translator
  • Degrees in German and English Studies, some theatre training
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Understand

ABOUT ME

Reliable, outgoing, honest and responsible with sense of humour. Love a good chat with a drink, a walk or a bicycle ride in a natural landscape or a good play or movie.

PHILOSOPHY

Human values first!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Been travelling and had great hosts. In the near future I would like to offer my own couch for other travellers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had my first experiences in New Zealand on the North Island. I met wonderful people there. Also some experience in Finland. Hope to offer my couch as soon as I am settled.

Interests

I have lots of interests, including languages, literature, travels, theatre, films, cycling, diving, sailing, etc.
I enjoy good books, novels, drama and also history or civilization.

  • books
  • drinking
  • boating
  • movies
  • traveling
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • teaching
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh! This could be an unending chapter.
There are hundreds of good films. I like Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, Haneke, etc . . European films mainly.
Lots of different music: Mozart, Gilberto Gil, The Rolling Stones, Muse... My present favourite is Spanish rock poet José Ignacio LAPIDO (a genius)

One of my loved authors of all times has always been Kafka. I collect "The Metamorphosis" in different languages. Amazing books are also "Kafka on the shore" by Murakami, "The book of Illusions" by Auster, "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, "The Tin Drum" by Günter Grass and "Pippi Longstocking", which I have translated from Swedish to Galician.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've travelled around the world on a boat as a voluntary teacher.
I had a very funny bath with elefants in Nepal.

visited 58 states (25.7%)Create your own visited map of The World or another interesting project

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help with languages: Spanish, Galician, German, English and some theatre. I would like to learn more Japanese, Arabic, Russian, but also sailing and playing better the guitar !

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, Sweden

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