Hello everyone! My name is Alex, and my fiancé in the profile photo with me is Rafaela. Nice to meet you! I am from Birmingham in the UK, Rafaela is from Lisbon in Portugal.

We are into travel, hiking, books, movies, good conversation and relaxing with a martini in a beach hammock.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For the last 5 years we were working hard in London, but now we have decided to take some time out and travel around The Iberian Peninsula by car for around 6 weeks.

Throughout this travel we will be looking to connect with local people to get a good idea of the culture of Portugal and Spain, and also to collect stories, recommendations and hopefully new friends.

Therefore I am updating this profile in the hope that we will be able to stay with a few local people on our journey :)

I (Alex) have used Couchsurfing twice, around 6 years ago. Since then the two positive references I collected have gone as the people I stayed with have deleted their accounts.

Interests

• books
• cooking
• hiking
• travel
• food
• beach
• sport
• film
• sea

Music, Movies, and Books

ALEX:

Books
- Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday
- George Orwell - Down & Out in Paris and London
- Noah Harare - Sapiens
- Nassim Taleb - Antifragile

Films
- Blade Runner
- Inception
- Seven
- Parasite
- The Matrix

Musicians
- Miles Davies
- KT Tunstall
- Haim
- Sixto Rodriguez
- Jay Z
- Elvis

RAFALEA:

Books
- Carlo Rovelli - Reality is Not What it Seems
- George Orwell - 1984
- Aldous Huxley - Island

Movies
- Ex-Machina
- Arrival
- Gone Girl

Musicians
- Ana Moura
- Beyonce
- Bob Dylan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I (Alex) studied a masters degree in Maastricht, Netherlands, following this I went to travel and live in Turkey on my own. After this experience my life was never the same - what beautiful countries and culture. One day perhaps I see myself repeating these travels.

Rafaela spent her placement year in the Portuguese Air Force.

Teach, Learn, Share

I (Alex) am qualified to teach English with a TEFL.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We would love to cook you some of our favourite recipes!

We are also never short of a book or two, so we would love trade interesting books with you!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom