CURRENT MISSION

Las time I was in Europe, I didn't take enough advantage of the time given to me to travel, so my current goal is to see more than I did last time!

ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Bryan. I graduated from college in May of 2010 and am in the process of finding out what I want to do with my life. I spent the last year saving money so I could apply to a program to be a language assistant in Spain. Right now I am a language assistant at IES Alba Longa in Armilla, a small town near Granada, Spain.

Saludos! Me llamo Bryan y me gradué de la universidad en mayo de 2010. Ahora estoy intentando decidir que es lo que quiero hacer con mi vida. Pasaba el año pasado ahorrando dinero para que pudiera solicitar un programa que emplea nativo hablantes de ingles como auxiliares de conversación en España. Ahora soy auxiliar de conversación en IES Alba Longa en Armilla, un pueblo cerca de Granada, España.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd be more than happy to show some people around Granada, exchange language, hang out. I haven't yet asked my roommates about having people stay over, but I will for sure.

Me encanataría ser guia, eseñando un poquito de Granada, intercambio de idioma, quedarnos para tomar un cafe o una cerveza. Todavia no he hablado con mis compañeros sobre la posibilidad de tener gente aqui en casa pero lo haré.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met a few couch surfers while staying with a friend of mine and they were some of the coolest people I've had the opportunity to encounter. I hope to meet more!

He conocido a algunos couch surfers en casa de una amiga y eran gente muy amable. Tengo ganas de conocer más gente asi!

Interests

Baseball, Racquetball, Playing guitar, Speaking Spanish, trying to learn other languages, hiking,fishing, hitting the bars or going to parties now and then, traveling, meeting and talking with folks from other countries.

Beisbol, raquetbol (parecido al squash), tocando la guitarra, hablando español, aprender otros idiomas, senderismo/trekking, pescar, salir por la noche o asistir a fiestas, viajar, conocer y hablar con gente de otros paises.

• partying
• traveling
• guitar
• fishing
• hiking
• baseball
• racquetball
• teaching
• languages
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Classic rock, folk, grunge, Spanish language music: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Yes, King Crimson, The Eagles, Johnny Cash, CCR, Gypsy Kings, Santana, Donovan, Led Zeppelin, Nacho Vegas, Ivan Ferreiro, Los Planetas.

Books: To Kill A Mockingbird, Flowers For Algernon, The Sun Also Rises, The Hobbit, The Last Wish, Misery, The Shining, Pet Semetary, Salem's Lot, All Quiet On The Western Front, to name a few.

Movies: LA Confidential, Chinatown, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Original Star Wars films, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., K-Pax, Usual Suspects, El Labarinto Del Fauno, Hot Fuzz, Shawn of the Dead, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Kingpin, Royal Tennenbaums, Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers, Woody Allen films are some of my favorites: Sleeper, Bananas, Love and Death, Annie Hall.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I've done with my life is the semester I studies abroad in Spain. I met some really amazing people and learned to speak Spanish really well.

La cosa que me afectado lo más profundamente tiene que ser el semestre que hice en el extranjero, estudiando en la Universidad de Granada. Ahí conocía a un monton de gente increible. También aprendí hablar bien el español.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well...This is a tough one. I can show someone how to throw a baseball! However, outside that, I can teach a couple of cool things on the guitar, English is my native tongue so I can definitely help someone with theirs, I'm not anywhere near qualified to be a Spanish professor but I can teach someone to get by in Spanish.

Esto es dificil. Puedo enseñarles beisbol! Algunas cosas o canciones con la guitarra. Soy nativo hablante del ingles y sería un placer ayudarle a alguien con su pronunciación o lo que sea. No soy cualificado de ser profesor del español pero lo hablo bastante bien y puedo ayudarle a alguien con dudas que tiene.