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Overview

  • 111 references 63 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; learning French, German, Polish, Russian
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Bar philosopher and Life Searcher
  • Still learning everyday!...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Don't worry, be happy

ABOUT ME

I'm just a regular everyday normal guy. There's nothing special 'bout me maddafakkas! --Read my references for more info! ;)

PHILOSOPHY

"Smile, and the world will smile with you. cry, and you will cry alone."

"7 billion friends, trillions of great stories and just few years is to experience it all!"

"Your life is way too precious to waste your time doing things you don't really love. Love life, love yourself. Trust life, trust yourself. You are a great person. It all will be OK..."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If around i'm
always able to go for a drink, be tour guide, have a laugh and give a hand as far as I can! Used to organise some meetings in BCN, and hosted a lot of beautiful people from all over the world... Also surfed couches all over Europe, South America and Australia!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met awesome people, learned new languages and skills, made long lasting friendships...
CS has changed forever my way of living and traveling!

Interests

Books, travels (hitchhiking and cycling!), people and cultures, oriental philosophy and religions, psychology, dreamingdreamingdreaming...
meet the whole world! Be a better person every single day, open my eyes, learn everyday more about everything and simply feel good...

  • drinking
  • traveling
  • music
  • psychology
  • language exchange
  • nature
  • adventure
  • learning languages
  • intentional communities
  • reggae
  • sharing
  • bicycle touring
  • meeting new people
  • smoking
  • hitch-hiking
  • autostop

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite books and writers: Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn (H. Miller), Moods of Future Joys /Thunder and Sunshine (A. Humphreys), On the Road/Dharma Bums (J. Kerouac), The Man in Search of Meaning (V. Frankl), Siddharta/Steppenwolf (H. Hesse), The Prophet (K. Gibran), Brave New World/The Island (A.T.Huxley), The Open Veins of Latin America/The Book of Hugs (Eduardo Galeano), etc.

Favorite bands and songwriters: Bob Marley, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake, The Doors, Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Muse, Gogol Bordello, Cat Empire, The Velvet Underground, The Cure, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Andres Calamaro, Manu Chao...

Movies: Matrix, Fight Club, Into the Wild, Forrest Gump, Black Cat White Cat, Shawshank Redemption, Nueve Reinas, Motorcycle Diaries, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Finishing an intense Vipassana meditation retreat

Hitchhiking 30 000 kms. around the world

Wild walking almost 5 000kms. coasting Brazil

Cycling 3500 kms. from Lithuania to Spain

Coming back from a badass bike accident, happier than ever before and knowing how great life is!

--wear helmet kids! ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to open a bottle.
I can learn from you opening a second bottle.
We can share a third bottle.

Do never mix sleeping pills with laxatives...

Apprentice of everything and professor of nothing...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like cooking -and leaving the kitchen clean!

Specialties are pizza, pasta, stew, pie, salads and Argentinian BBQ (asado)

Also can prepair some dessert (strawberry cream?) and drinks (caipirinha, mojito?) for special occasions! ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Spain

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