I am a very friendly and open-minded guy that loves travelling (so like 99.9999999 % of the users here). Something that characterises me is that I can adapt to many different situations and groups of people, I always do my best to respect their opinions as long as they are constructive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really enjoy meeting people of different countries in the world, and I think the people here and me share a lot of thoughts in common. In fact, there is no better way of getting to know an area but through the knowledge and wisedom of local people :)

Before signing in this webpage, I did it with a couple of people and it worked perfectly, so I can't wait for more.

Interests

Obviously travelling. I can't leave long if I don't go to the mountains. I'm not the best hiker, but I do love walking around nature. I also love reading, and I'm always open to suggestions about what to read. Of course, I couldn't do without music either, I play the piano and sing a little bit, and I love listening to nice tunes (especially world music), it always cheers me up.

• writing
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• piano
• hiking
• geography
• geology
• beaches
• rivers
• mountains
• sharing stories
• sharing ideas
• writing music
• volcanoes
• sharing experiences
• glaciers

Music, Movies, and Books

Any kind of music: Queen, Pink Floyd, Sígur Ros, Gentleman, Berri Txarrak, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Crystal Fighters, Esne Beltza, Amaral, The Beatles, Sonata Arctica, Manu Chao...

I don't watch films that often, but there are some I really enjoyed: Into the Wild, Mind hunters, Reservoir Dogs, Braveheart, Humano, Memento, Kiki...

There are so many books that changed my life in one way or another:

- George Orwell: 1984.
- JK Rowling: Harry Potter (especially 1-5)
- Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
- Haruki Murakami: Tokio Blues / Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage.
- Harkaitz Cano: Twist / Piano gainean gosaltzen / Bizkarrean tatuaturiko mapak / Beti oporretan
- Mark Haddon: The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
- Jared Diamond: Collapse
- Enrique Páez: Abdel
- Jules Verne: Voyage au Centre de la Terre / Paris au XXIème siècle.
- William Golding: The Lord of the flies
- Joaquín Gutiérrez: Cocorí
- Henry Gilbert: Robin Hood
- Mario Livio: The Golden Ratio
- Robert Graves: I, Claudius
- Agatha Christie: And then there were none / They came to Baghdad / The unexpected guest
- One Thousand and One Nights
- Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
- Juan Rulfo: Pedro Páramo
- José Saramago: Que farei com este livro?
- Fernando Pessoa: O banqueiro anarquista e outros contos
- Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy
- Camilo Castelo Branco: O que fazem mulheres
- Eduardo Mendoza: El último trayecto de Horacio Dos
- Kazuo Ishiguro: The remains of the day
- Éric Vuillard: L'orde du jour
- James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy / The Tenth Insight: Holding the vision
- Pío Baroja: El árbol de la ciencia
- Pako Aristi: Auto-stopeko ipuinak
- Mijaíl Bulgákov: The master and Margarita
- Marlo Morgan: Mutant message down under
- Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
- Arthur Conan Doyle: The hound of the Baskervilles
- Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac
- Multatuli: Max Havelaar

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sleeping (be back) on an Icelandic beach (Westfjords) in a summer night while watching some Northern lights.

Teach, Learn, Share

I basically enjoy teaching and learning from other people. Every person that we meet in this world has something to teach us.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am very grateful for any help. I will compensate it with cooking and helping at home (and if I'm coming straight from the Basque Country, I'll probably bring some food along ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Iceland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain