CURRENT MISSION

Checking Items Off My "To Do List" :)

ABOUT ME

I would describe myself as fun-loving, outgoing, adventurous, ambitious, good-hearted, caring and honest.

PHILOSOPHY

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new at CS, but I hosted quite a lot of people in my life, so I know how to be a good host and an even greater guest! ;)

Interests

Music, football (soccer), stand-up comedy, reading, helping and volunteering, traveling, exploring, laughing, having fun, meeting new people, sharing stories and life experiences! ...and many more!

• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• music
• camping
• soccer
• swimming
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Everything related to Bossa Nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Arcade Fire, Adele, Ben Howard, Bon Iver, Coldplay, Damien Rice, Gotan Project, Llhasa de Sela, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Nirvana, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, The Tallest Man on Earth, Pink Floyd, and many many more!

MOVIES: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Rain Man, A Beautiful Mind, Scent of a Woman, City of God, Forrest Gump, Good Will Hunting, Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas, Godfather part II, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Crash, Pursuit of Happyness, etc.

BOOKS: Dostoievski's Crime and Punishment, Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Zola's L'Assommoir, Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Balzac, Victor Hugo, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-I got to swim in the Dead Sea, and float in its salty and mineral rich water, in 2005.
-I climbed an active volcano, Mount Etna, in Catania, Sicily, in 2009.
-I surfed and swam with great white sharks on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, in 2011.
-I attended a mass given by the Pope Francesco I himself in St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City, in July 2013.
-I saw an epic Champions League game between AC Milan and FC Barcelona, and the Clasico against Real Madrid at the Camp Nou, in 2013.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Mexico, Russian Federation, Spain