Hello CS community my name is Kevin. Half of my heart belongs to México as I was born there and the other half belongs to Spain cuz it has been muy home for the last years.

I would describe myself as a very easy going person, curious, and open minded. Always good listener since "we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak".

The world would be a better place if everyone would be more empathetic and see the world from other perspectives beyond to what they have in front of their noses.

Feminist.

Happiness depends on each one and the way you see the world and deal with the problems, very easy to say, but hard to apply I know. I don't need extraordinary to be happy, as little things can make the difference.

I think work is not everything one has to care about, as our time in this world is limited, let's enjoy and be happy!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

One of the best ways to know other countries, is getting to know their people; what they do, which their values are, how they think about, how they live, what they eat, etc.

I have met several people from CS and I can say that I simply enjoy to be part of this community, wether for what I can offer to others and for what I can learn from them.
Unfortunately during workdays I can not spend too much time to CS.

Interests

I enjoy doing sports, specially swimming, running, calisthenics and going to the gym.

I am very interested in practicing English, German and Portuguese. Unfortunately I am forgetting French but I could try a little bit.

I enjoy going out in the city either for walking along the beach promenade, having a picking at the parks or the beach, and of course drinking some cañas or vinos with friends and going out to party 🥳

I love cats, I owe one in Mexico named Taco 🌮. Besides, I am incredibly fascinated about reptiles, also had owned several snakes🐍, rats🐀, iguanas🦎, tortoises 🐢 and even tought about having a crocodile🐊! For luck, I had overcome my obsession with reptiles.

I'm an excellent eater. There are just few things I don't like to eat. Of course mexican food is my favorite and I'll never turn back to some tacos with picante! 🌶️

• animals
• cats
• recipes
• partying
• hiking
• sports
• volleyball
• swimming
• languages
• food
• travelling
• nature
• bars

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
El Psicoanalista - John Katzenbach
El mal camino/La última noche en Tremore Beach - Mikel Santiago

Movies:
Interestelar
The hateful eight
Green Book
Life is beautiful
Blood In Blood Out
The Truman Show
Shutter Island
Kill Bill
Howl's moving castle

Directors:
Luis Estrada
Quentin Tarantino

Series:
Breaking Bad
Dark
Black Mirror
The Office
South Park

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I studied a semester in Brazil in 2015 🇧🇷 which was btw the best journey of my life. I met students from many parts of the world and we became a family as we spend most of the semester together. People in Brazil were extremely kind and joyful. We traveled to the waterfalls of Iguazú and Rio de Janeiro.

The same year I borrowed money to travel to la Patagonia in Argentina 🇦🇷, I spent all my savings and borrowed money but I could manage to go hiking to the Glacier Perito Moreno and visit Ushuaia 🔥 At the end of the journey I was broke and spend one night sleeping in the airport, I will never regret it.

In 2017 I lived in Austria 🇦🇹 for three months. I did a bicycle trip along the Danube for hours, through charmful little towns, crossed landscapes greener than te green itself and kilometers of vineyards. At the end I was total kaputt but could experience one of the most biggest sensations of what freedom is 🚲

Visiting the desert of Sahara in Morocco in 2023 🇲🇦 during Ramadan. The biggest cultural shock I've ever experienced. I met an Amazigh guy who was taking care of camels and we had a long conversation in the middle of the desert about our lives. A totally mindset-changer experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I appreciate being corrected If I make any mistakes when speaking English, German, Portuguese or French; there is always room for improvement! 🔝

If timing allows us, I can teach you to prepare Spanish Tortilla de Patata 🥚🧅🥔

I could show you my favorite spots from Barcelona and give you some advise for doing tourism, sightseeing and share my top lowcost bars and restaurants as well. Don't expect them to be that cheap, remember that you are on Barcelona 🤪💸

I can give you advice if you want to visit authentic and extraordinary places in Mexico 🇲🇽 and Spain too 🇪🇸

I know basics of programming and have developed some macros in a personal .xls file that I use to register my finances. If you are programmer and could help me out to clean my code you would be great! 💻

I would like to know more about trading, finances and entrepreneurship, can you bring something to the table? 📈

What I Can Share with Hosts

OUR VISION:
We receive lots of requests from people who don't even read my profile, and have no further interest than using other people's kindness.

We are happy to share our time, our space, our food, our attention and our home with you so that you feel comfy like home and have a nice experience during your stay in Barcelona. But you will also have to be disposed to contribute. Our vision of using CS is to create a two-way relationship; we like to give, but we also like to receive. So we expect from surfers not to come with empty hands.

If you have read this and agree with our CS vision, start writing your request with the phrase: I love tacos. Then we will know that you have real interest to stay with us.

If our schedule allows it, we could go together to some iconic places in Barcelona during the weekend, and depending on the weather and your traveling plans, we could organize outside activities like having a picnic at the beach, visiting some park, museum, local event etc. there is always something to do on Barcelona.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Spain