Let’s see… Marta is an interesting person who thinks outside the box. She has a PhD in the Classics and wrote her dissertation on Aurigas’ horses names…. as far as I understood… (???) She’s a sculptor working in metal, as well as a visual artist (painting, installations, video-art). She’s also active on the poetry / performance scene, where she’s involved in poetry, visual poetry (of a lettrisme bent), video poetry and performance. She’s interested in the hybridization of textual & visual art. Also, she was working at one of Catalonia’s premiere publishing houses (Edicions 62) as a copy editor until recently.

She’s an independent, single mother, about 47 (?) years old, who lives in a cute (somewhat posh??) neighborhood of Barcelona called Sarrià with her 10-year-old son Mauro. Her son is soooo incredibly nice, well-behaved, sweet AND they get along so well, they almost seem like friends instead of a mother-son team. She loves playing soccer and some other sports, Mauro is into scooters and biking (and soccer too, I think… or rugby???).

They want to go to the States for the experience, and to immerse themselves in the English language – which they need to work on (and what better way than immersion??!)

Random information: She and Mauro just went to see the latest movie on Mary Poppins (Saving Mr. Banks, I believe it’s called) – awe, how cute! 🙂

She and Mauro would be interested in staying with you (or someone you might recommend) in April, May or June, for the duration of a month or any part thereof, in exchange for you coming to stay with them at a time you’d find convenient. While at your place they would contribute to basic expenses such as water & electricity bills & gas & whatnot, and obviously buy their own food or contribute to a common food fund & help with the chores.

Anyway, I hope this works out! Let her (or me) know what you think.

Take care,