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Overview

  • 11 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Catalan, Valencian, Portuguese
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • English Teacher
  • Umm, I think so. Yup, I am educated. It doesn't really me...
  • From Port St. Lucie, Florida.
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy and help others Enjoy!

ABOUT ME

So, I'm a laid back and open minded guy that likes to enjoy life, just like everyone else on here! I graduated from university in 2009 and have been working in Spain since then. Living abroad and traveling to new places are easily the best experiences I have had! I really love them! Learning as much as I can about other cultures is one of the most important objectives I have in life. I enjoy meeting new people and conversing about everything! I love going out, but I like having a good conversation over a meal even more!

PHILOSOPHY

If you're not enjoying life, you're doing something wrong!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sharing my life with others and vice versa!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I really enjoy CouchSurfing because it's a great learning experience and it bridges the gaps between different peoples. It's a cultural exchange, which I have always valued in my life and always will!

Interests

Hiking
Nature
Orchids
Swamps
Languages- Spanish, Portuguese
Spain
Brazil
Turkey
Photography
Wine
Traveling
Politics
Food
Cooking
Mediterranean diet
Education
Pop Music
Foreign Policy
Brazilian Music
Different Cultures (The more different the better!) Family
storms
Friends
Linguistics
Beaches- Day and night!
The sky
Spanish Civil War
Teaching
Sunsets
Working with kids
walking
I absolutely love Brazil and hope to live there sometime in the future!

  • photography
  • education
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • dieting
  • walking
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • teaching
  • languages
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Hello Goodbye
Alejandro Sanz
Hot Hot Heat
Juanes
Mana
Thom Yorke
Juan Luis Guerra
Passion Pit
Scissor Sisters
Snow Patrol
Passion Pit
Robin Thick
Jack Johnson
Jackson 5 and Micheal Jackson
David Guetta
Lady Gaga
The fray Coldplay

I really enjoy Bossa Nova and Samba as well as other music from South America and the Caribbean. I also like Indie music and listening to pop and hip hop. I pretty much enjoy listening to a little bit of everything! I'm not picky!

Movies

Million Dollar Baby
The Last King of Scotland
Memoirs of a Geisha
Ponyo on the cliff by the sea
MILK
Spirited Away
Into the Wild
Up
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Forest Gump
Princess Mononoke
Movies with a strong basis in historical and cultural characteristics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I stepped on an alligator in a swamp in the Everglades once! Talk about being frightened! Luckily the alligator was just afraid of me as I was of it! It took off in the water!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love cooking so I might be able to teach you how to cook a thing or two. I'm still a novice, but surely I can teach you something! Also, I love learning how to cook typical dishes from other cultures so, if you can teach me how to cook something from your region, that would be awesome! Since I'm an English teacher, I can also help you with English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Portugal, Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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