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Overview

  • 79 references 65 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Rider
  • Mountains
  • From León, León, Spain
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About Me

ABOUT ME

Bike+Snowboard freak and mountain lover. I've lived in different cities for short periods of time (Leon, Valladolid, Manchester, Budapest, Miami, London, Annecy, Val Thorens...) but have switched to smaller, more calm places a while ago...

PHILOSOPHY

Der Weg ist das Ziel.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I discovered CS in Budapest when some of my friends hosted travellers and threated them as part of the crew for few days. From then on I've became both host and hosted.

- 2013 SPatricks in Dublin I went on my own and it brought me great people to enjoy the green party.
- CS meetings in London were massive and a lot of fun. Picnics in Hyde Park, frisbie and whatnot
- On my bike trips I use it as much as I can. It makes my experience so much better than going to hostels. I go places and meet people that I wouldn't otherwise. I am also in WatmShowers.
- I've hosted quite a lot of "pelegrinos" of the Camino de Santiago in my flatshare in Leon.

Interests

Bike touring.
Snowboard.
Enduro and DH trails.
Track bikes.
Food around the world.
Brewing beer.
Sourdough bread.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • partying
  • socializing
  • survival
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • snowboarding
  • track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Deep House and Electronic. Punk, Rock, Indie...
Movies: Fight Club, Mystic River, Memento, Cars, Up, Seven, Polisse, Dans la Maison, breaking Bad, Euphoria, Gomorra...
Books: Short stories, mobster or fun novels

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Erasmus in Budapest
Miami Heat 2o12 ring
A year in London
El Camino de Santiago
Rode Amsterdam-Budapest on a 1978 Koga Roadspeed.
Rode León-Budapest on a 1985 Torrot Traveller.
Winter Season @ Val Thorens, Tignes, Fernie and Verbier.
Biketour California - Panama in 2017
Biketour Bogotá-Ushuaia 2022

Teach, Learn, Share

- Handyman and builder, having gotten some of my dad's trade. He's a blascksmith...
- Survival trips.
- Can teach you how to maintain/fix your bike.
- Snowboard technique and gear maintenance.
- have brewed 15+ different batches of beer

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can cook Spanish

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

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