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Overview

  • 57 references 34 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Basque, English, Russian, Spanish; learning Croatian, French, Irish
  • 44, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Language teacher
  • University: translation + Music school: flute player
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

It is our responsability to enjoy life. How can I achieve it by sitting my ass in front of TV? It is not possible. My mission it to unveal the mistery of the unknown!!...by travelling.

ABOUT ME

Life is about having a good time. I think that knowing new people can be an exchange of experiences, of ways of enjoying life that makes you rich. I am willing to learn with locals and with fellow travellers.

I am passionate about folklore and languages. If you teach me some sentences in our language, I will be the happiest girl. It is very interesting for me when I just discover some music that I had not heard before.

PHILOSOPHY

If we learn we respect easier. The world is our school, people are the best teachers. Learn to be better

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Maybe I can host you and show you the old town. I can also help you organise your trip. I can share with you stories from places afar. I can also give you a hand with languages.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Sometimes I have felt such a connection with my CS hosts or guests! That's the magic of couchsurfing and travelling. I felt comfortable, I felt I had known them before. We were like besties for a couple of days. Incredible.

Interests

Trips, MUSIC (I play the flute), traditional music instruments, art, walking while listening to music, all languages and minoritarian cultures, legends, mythologies, red wine, live music, history, local markets, folklore dances...people feeling sth to communicate...

  • arts
  • folklore
  • photography
  • red wine
  • walking
  • shopping
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - The conservatory gave me the gift of appreciating almost any kind of music. I am interested in any music that you would like to show me.I usually listen to English language music during winter, ethnical music during spring time or when I cook, always classical music, latin music... everything.

Movies - Good bye Lenin. Cidade de Deus. Diarios de motocicleta. Water-Fire-Earth. Babel. Tsotsi. Palestine now. Dancing in the dark. Amelie. Foreign culture movies

Books about the history of the peoples from Siberia, the sovietization in Central Asia, sociolinguistics, phsychology, philosophy, minorities, local customs... Federico garcia Lorca's poetry. Nicholas Roerich´s paintings and his project.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Russians tought me how nice it can be sharing a cup of warm tea, showing and seeing one's photos and chatting. Four years in the Russian giant and I survived!

In the Sahara desert I played the flute and children sang. They taught me so much!

In Rajastan, India I spend one whole day in a shop. The shopkeeper, an honest seller from Kashmir taught me as much as I could learn about pashmina wool, shawls, life...

I taught some language lessons to children in Africa and my students improvised a dancing party for me outside my bedroom.

The Irish are the kindest strangers ever. Three years living in Ireland account for that.

No, I haven´t slept in a monk monastery in Burma or Laos, not yet.

Teach, Learn, Share

Arts made me be interested in the expression of individuality. These sensations you can have or express and not anyone else. or even these ones unique in you but shared but someone else?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories. Music. The moment.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Peru, Russian Federation, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, Ireland, Russian Federation, Spain

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