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  • 59 references 44 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Galician, German, Spanish; learning Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Russian
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2008
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Say Meow!

ABOUT ME

Stupid. Strange. Happy.

I have several quirks you might prefer to know about before meeting me:
-I usually try to tie the shoelaces without bending my knees
-Have conversations with myself!It is nice to see how much one can get to know about himself while doing that
-After finishing a meal I specially enjoyed, I celebrate it as Rocky after beating one of his opponents! Raising my arms as a sign of victory.
-I don't eat animals, I pet them. I eat animal products, because I'm a motherf***** hypocrite who can't be consistent enough with what he prays.
-My knees might hurt when storms approach.
-I gave up gluten and milk in 2015 after almost having one of my fingers amputated... That's a nice story... :P
-I gave up giving up gluten. I don't buy milk though. (2017)

We are writing our own MANIFESTO COUCHSURFING!
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MANIFESTO COUCHSURFING:

-Every surfer aquires immediately the same rights and duties as any other static tenant in the building.
-During his stay, surfers MUST visualize and internalize the holy dance of the fork.
-Words such as "Thank you" and its variants are completely forbidden.
-Surfers of december MUST worship the tipical galician holiday of "Trispeiro".
-Los couchsurfers deberán traer una foto tamaño carnet de sus caras para asi poder ser colgadas de nuestro mapa humano de Santiago de Compostela.
-Given that where are and feel ecologists we plead for the concept of "retroalimentación"

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and surfing whenever I can or I feel like it!
From time to time I organize curious and experimental activities for the CS community. Even though I think to meet for a beer is fine, sometimes the human being is entitled to go beyond that and search for new ways of entertainment.
2012 Hitchhikers Gathering in a remote place of the Turkish mountains.
2013 Stinky Chinese Restaurant night in Pontevedra
2013 Supermarket Tour with a special guided visit to Simply Supermarket in Zaragoza.
2016 Haunted house tour in Hangzhou

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Very interesting people from all over the world give me my daily ingest of reality.
Met several Cs on the road which made one of the greatest personal experiences in my late 20s.

Interests

Bombing airplanes, putting anti-personnel landmines in the cities, baking pancakes, selling and consuming hard drugs in the Amazonas, showering...

Not really...
I devote myself to DIY projects. A wooden chair, several musical instruments, shirts, notebooks, shelves and many other projects which have never been finished, but will be one day...
I also enjoy playing music, even though I suck at it, I've been learning to play guitar and ukulele for 2 years... Now my dad is also learning it, which is great.
I also like to learn handwriting and drawing.
Cooking and studying languages also take some of my free time... I guess I might like that too...

I like taking pictures with my phone because I'm too lazy to carry a real camera. You can check my pictures on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mrcapulett

  • animals
  • pets
  • writing
  • photography
  • diy
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • beer
  • baking
  • vegetarian
  • vegan
  • drawing
  • music
  • guitar
  • violin
  • surfing
  • languages
  • mountains
  • street photography
  • playing violin

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
"I hired a contract killer" is the movie!
"Die Schweizermacher"

Music
Noir Desire
Louise Attaque
Gnarls Barkley
Lee Fields
The Cake
The Roots
Compay Segundo
Daft Punk
Sixto Rodriguez
Jovanotti
J-Ax
Violadores del Verso

Books
"The Art and Magic of Cooking"
"Practical ethics" by Peter Singer
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain
"Lik" by Nabokov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ate 23 yoghurt in a row at a school trip
Washed my hair with garlic shampoo, and my brushed my teeth with garlic itself
Lost a pen in my beard
Hitchhiked a panzer in Turkey
Lived in Georgia for 3 weeks
I was a rapper in another life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXaJQ44IZI8&feature=youtu.be
I met a alcohol smuggler in Iran who had a huge machete against Kurds
Once I saw a musician adding flour to my tomato sauce who survived the experience
Worked as a cook in Swiss mountains.
I was attacked by a polish crow who tried to kill me by throwing walnuts at me.
Prevented a Chinese guy from killing himself by jumping off a bridge.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn more about gluten-free bakery
I just started learning Russian and Chinese, so it would be great to host anybody willing to teach me something!!
I can teach you to cook many vegetarian dishes.
I can teach you to sell hugs or even smiles, they can be a very valuable commodity nowadays. Don´t forget it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Do you know Jon Gnarr?

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

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