CURRENT MISSION

Keep travelling around the world, discovering new cultures and show everyone how beautiful Madrid is!

ABOUT ME

Born in Spain and a globetrotter since a very early age...so, after finishing Uni I've decided to move to London looking for a life experience and in order to improve my English and ended up living there for more than 7 years! Not happy with that, I looked outside Europe for a new life challenge and moved to Australia where I live for more than a year and travelled around Down under and South East Asia.
Now I'm back home in Madrid where I'm working as a tour guide: my dream job!

However, as a good backpacker, I'm always thinking on my new adventure :)

I also have an ongoing curiosity for trying new hobbies and activities:
Swimming, Yoga, cycling, hiking
Dancing (all kind of music! Including Salsa and electronic music!
Learning new languages such Italian, french or Portuguese languages;
Exploring the city, history and art , wine lover, tapas bars...
Cinema, musicals, theatre, cooking, etc.
Yes, I keep on experimenting! My new challenge is to try sky diving!

PHILOSOPHY

'Haz con los demas lo que te gustarian que te hicieran a ti' or in english, 'Treat everyone like you would like to be treated' and 'live and let people live!'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As a surfer around South America, Australia & New Zealand and as a host back in Madrid. However I believe the CS spirit is always on you, this is the reason and a local tour guide now in Madrid and love giving hints and advise to all travellers to discover Madrid through a local point of view.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great! Met some really good guys in South america! Jose, Mauro, Phil and Angie! I really appreciate your hospitality!
I met nice turkish people when I travelled to Istanbul to hang out with, so I never felt alone!
I was also welcoming and cathcing up with couchsurfers visiting London to show them around and introduce them to my friends. I had a couple of them staying at my house like my adored German girl Anne.
However the best experience was in Australia, as thanks to the CS meet ups in Brisbane I met great people who became real good friends and approached the CS community :)

Interests

Travelling, meeting new people and cultures, swimming, cycling, hiking, dancing, yoga, history, architecture, cinema, music, cooking, photography, wine lover

• culture
• architecture
• photography
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• zumba
• clubbing
• movies
• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• swimming
• history
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Schindler's list, Amelie, Braveheart, Gladiator,

Books: La casa de los Espiritus (Isabel Allende); La Sombra del Viento, El Ultimo Caton

Music: Electro and techno for dancing, Jazz and classic music to chill at home, Flamenco, Cuban and Latin Music, Classics from the 60s and 70s, Spanish pop /rock from the 80s/90s, Celtic and folk music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Snorkelling with sea lions in Patagonia! Amazing experience! and For the last 2 years Scuba diving! I did the Open water diving course in Colombia and had also been diving in Cambodia and the Great Barrier Reef!

-I've seen thousands of penguins in Argentina!

-Wake up at 4am, leave my cozy sleeping bag to do over an hour of hard trekking to contemplate the sunrise in Torres del Paine (Chile) and another time in the Fitz Roy (Argentina). It was worth it!

-Hot Air Balloon flight over the Cappadocia stunning landscape in Turkey!

-Scenic flight over Kakadu National Park in NT in Australia! It blown me away!

- Swing canoying in Queenstown-

- Visiting Galapagos islands: snorkelling with sealions, sharks and seeing the Giant Tortoise!

- Volunteering in Tanzania in a Masai village.

- Travelling to India

Teach, Learn, Share

What I could teach you? Spanish language? Where to eat the best tapas in Madrid? Everything about what to do, visit and Madrid art and history!
I can also indicate you where to go, what to visit, not only monuments and attractions but bars or clubs from the cities I've travelled around all Spain and Portugal
I love to share travel tips from all the countries I visited around the world, and of course learn from everyone's experiences!

I'd love to learn myself about what locals do wherever I'm travelling, traditions, culture, etc... We say in Spanish: "A donde vayas , haz lo que vieres" (Wherever you travel, do what you see people do)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Spain, United Kingdom