Literature teacher and researcher. Old-style Karate practitioner and assistant instructor. Bookworm. Pizza baker. Shower singer in three languages.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I just traveled abroad. Best experience ever. Now I can't imagine life without it.

Interests

• dogs
• books
• languages
• food
• karate
• progressive rock

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh boy, where to begin.
Music: Zepp, Tull, Purple, Crimson, Rainbow, Beatles, Yes, Camel, Hendrix, Zappa, almost everything that starts with "The" and started before the '90s, OSTs from videogames (Nobuo Uematsu and Yuzo Kojiro above all), instrumental music, wagaku, eisa...
Movies: Lots. But my favourite is Léon (Luc Besson, 1994), that probably says it all.
Books: Too many to mention. My top five modern authors: H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Eduardo Galeano. My top five classic authors: Homer, William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, E.A. Poe and Victor Hugo,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Formed part -still do- of the research team in charge of cataloguing the world's fourth Biblioteca Cervantina (an award given by the Unesco to libraries that have many and rare editions of Cervantes' writings, particularly the Quixote).
Recently went to Japan. Trained old-style karate for two weeks. Tested for first kyu and became the first south-american natural to ever pass an exam in my style.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everything has already been said; but since people seldom listens, we are to begin anew.

If the grape is made of wine, maybe we are the words that tell who we are.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Spanish, english or japanese lessons, if you want any.
Karate training and conditioning.
All the pizza and empanadas you can eat.
Stories about literature and general history.
No-charge pet stroking.
If you need to lift something heavy, I'm your guy

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Uruguay