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Overview

  • 6 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in German, Spanish; learning English, Italian, Japanese
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • I live for music and feelings, that's the most important ...
  • Opera Singer
  • From Quito - Ecuador
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION:
To make people happy and to be happy. To be HUMAN!

ABOUT ME:
I'm an opera singer who loves to try also other genres. I'm hungry for new experiences and knowledge. I let small things and nature surprise and fascinate me everyday, I never get tired of it, it's always as magical as the first time. I'm a really happy, deep and intense person, completely in love with life, arts and languages. I love to talk about philosophy and life experiences. I am a good listener as well.

I'm vegetarian, never tried alcohol, cigarettes or any other drugs!

I love Japanese culture, Indian food, Russian language, Greek mythology... I think everyone should be like a panda: he's black, he's white, he's asian, he's huggable, he's vegetarian! xD

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING:
I have one room with one bed, so I don't host people I don't know personally, but if you are in Salzburg I can hang out and show you around ;)

I'm very thankful to all the people who have hosted me or would do it and to everyone who wants to share their culture and knowledge with me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE:
I was in Spain in September 2013 for around 2 weeks. My Host, Johann Rojas is an amazing guy and a really nice host. I'm really thankful!

I was in Japan between August and September 2014 for 3 weeks and 2 days. I visited many cities, had more than 5 hosts, met people from all over the world in Mochan's Wish Club (if you go to Japan definitely check that out!) and had an amazing time on the top of Mount Fuji, in an onsen, very close to Kyoto with my amazing host Taka, in Disneyland Tokyo and giving a concert with my amazing and lovely host Sayaka for her birthday.

Interests

Life and taking the best out of it
All possible arts, especially ***Music***
Learning new languages
Humanity
Nature, especially the ***Sky*** and the ***Moon***
Mythological creatures
Food!!!
Urban tribes
...

  • arts
  • culture
  • writing
  • literature
  • poetry
  • singing
  • theater
  • photography
  • tattoos
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • dining
  • vegetarian
  • running
  • clothing
  • movies
  • reading
  • drawing
  • music
  • opera
  • history
  • languages
  • visual arts
  • nature
  • digital art
  • improvisation
  • children
  • fantasy
  • neurology
  • psychoanalysis
  • sky
  • creative work

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Almost everything... opera, classical, jazz, blues, soul, RnB, ballads, pop, rock, metal, dark cabaret, electronic, dubstep, house, visual-kei, j-pop, k-pop, salsa, tango, samba, merengue, cha cha cha, mambo, swing, industrial, EBM, darwave, funk, new age, urban, indie, world, enka, atonal, experimental, fado, country, hardcore, gospel, reggae, hip-hop, etc, etc, etc...
I'm a complete music freak!

Movies: almost everything also, just nonsense comedies are not for me. I LOVE horror, romantic , thriller and fantasy movies!

I love reading ANYTHING BUT THE NEWSPAPER. Epic, lyric, drama and theater, tragedy... biographies, essays, reports... I love novels, science fiction, tales, fables, poetry, (elegy, satire, sonnets, haiku, eclogue...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saved money for 9 years to come to Europe and study music. I moved to Salzburg on my mom's birthday in 2011 without knowing anyone or anything here. My baggage got lost so I had almost nothing: no family, no friends, no phone, no clothes, no money... I decided to walk and see where my feet would lead me to. On my way it started to rain and I met 3 old ladies who were my angels, they gave me a place to stay, food and everything I needed for 1 week. That same night I started singing opera on the streets. Doing that I paid my studies, food and rent for 3 years, I got concerts even now, 8 years later and met my first actual adoptive family.

I went out on a rainy day in winter with a free hugs sign and had to run away from people who wanted to call the police, but I made the days for other people and I loved it. 6 years later I still have the sign at home.

While I was helping my sister organising her wedding, I flew to Cuenca for a few days to work with a photographer on pictures for my first CD. I visited the music school founded by a friend of mine and a group of authistic children came for a lesson but they didn't have a teacher, so I inprovised and worked with them for one fantastic hour.

I went to a singing competition in Chile. The organizers paid everything. I got sick and I couldn't sing properly. I got kicked out in the first round, but they organized pedagogic concerts for me in 3 different schools in front of hundreds of children and I stayed a few days longer doing the same thing in other cities.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Colombia, Ecuador, Greece

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