This was me ten years ago when I first opened couch surfing, (I did the account back then and never opened it until now):

I am an engineering student at the university of León Spain, i first arrive there when i was sixteen to play basketball in the city team, with the idea of being the best basketball player i could ever be, but I had a serious injury and things didnt went along. Anyway I stayed there because of college and the fact that I love spain and my friends there¡¡ and now that I wont my expend my full holidays practicing day and night I am looking forward to travel around europe and south america specially in this years to come, get to know new people and just learn more about life and have great fun experiences¡

Current comment:
At the end that young guy almost did not travel at all, got obsessed with physics, spent the last 7 years progressively getting more consumed by work. Now I am finishing my PhD, and finally got to understand again that work and research is not everything in life. I got into diving, and rediscovered that I love travelling. I am looking forward to experience as much of the world as I can, and share meaningful experiences and good stories with other travelers.

Throughout, I will keep the descriptions that the young version of me wrote because I don't want to lose them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Again, my younging version:

My brother just introduce me this great page,
and i am really excited about it¡ i am looking forward to travel a lot this years to come, and of course i´ll be more than happy to host people that are good persons, eager to have new experiences, and enjoy life¡¡

Current comment:
So, yes, not a lot has changed from that.

Interests

Younging version:

I love outside activities , sports in general ( basketball more than any other of course), snowboarding( although i am not as good as i would like to lol) , trekking, and whatever is new to me i am up for it.
I also like to read a lot, play games, go out , learn anything thats new for me ,
and well, i do enjoy studying maths and science in general too, specially about technologies that can generate clean renowable energy, which is why i want to be an engineering for life .

Current comment:
I do love outside activities, hiking, diving, climbing, I still suck at snowboarding. I do quantum information science for a living, so yes, math and science are my cup of tea. Always down for a beer or two as well. Still happy to learn about anything new to me.

• traveling
• snowboarding
• sports
• basketball
• engineering
• mathematics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Young version (so damn long bro chill):

My favorite bands are the Red hot chili peppers, Pink Floyd , Los prisioneros, Guns n roses, The pretty reckless, Rammstein, some songs of Soda Stereo, Calamaro , Jarabe de palo , Fito y fitipaldis, Nirvana, and well I also like Eminem, and the typical party music like reggaeton and stuff, "ella y yo" is a great song if you know spanish¡¡
My favorite movies are Life is beautiful , The lord of the rings ( huge fan of Aragon) , Matrix ( the first) , Shindlers list, which is absolutely amazing just like the pianist, V from Vendetta , and well i can see any movie with Natalie Portman on it being honest lol , Pulp fiction, Reservoir dogs and Goodfellas are absolutely amazing too¡ and how to forget classics from my childhood like Lion King , bugs, or tarzan. In general i do enjoy a lot watching a good movie, or even popcorn movies like iron man, guardians of the galaxy , etc, oh and i also love how to train your dragon, toothless is my dream pet lol .
When it comes to books i have a few favorites, like White fang and Call of the wild ( Jack london both), or a brave new world ( Huxley) and 1974 ( Orwell), i also like a lot Farenheit 451 , Harry Potter books where my childhood and teenage favorites, and other book that i really like is Crónica de una muerte anunciada ( Marquez), and surely some others that i cant remember right now lol.

Current comment:
Honestly, I am both sad and happy to say it did not change drastically hahaha. I will just say that for books, I can add Dostoyevski Netotchka nezvanova to the list, and for movies Ikiru, but not much else that really marked me unless quantum mechanics books count.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Younging comment:

Well, one amazing thing i think i´ve done was leaving my home behind at age 16 and go to Spain by myself to follow my dream of being the best chilean basketball player ever . Thing didnt well along, and right now i just play basketball for fun and my scholarship , but i think it was a pretty brave thing to do and i am proud of it.

Current comment:
Answers the question already, it is kinda nice, nothing to add.

Teach, Learn, Share

I do know a thing or two about quantum physics, so if you ever wanted to know what that is about I might be of help.

I like to learn about anything others know well, it is a joy to ask questions and actually have good answers.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good stories and hopefully a good time.

I can help with the house chores. As an adult if I am to receive someone would appreciate them doing something to make the house a nicer place, so do some cleaning or helping with some heavy chore that was due are things I would definitely do. Of course, within reason.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Chile, Spain