Carlos Mendes's Photo

Verified Profile

  • Payment verified
  • Phone verified
  • Government ID not verified
  • Address Verified

Accepting Guests

  • Last login 11 months ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Carlos’s full profile.

Overview

  • 26 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Portuguese; learning English, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Help living people living their lives (means nurse!)
  • Double graduated, nursing and economics
  • From Santarém, Portugal
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To get the most of this few days...

ABOUT ME

I am a honest and sincere guy.
My friends describe me as "very friendly and responsible person". However, this might just be the illusion, don't put much faith on the responsible part...
Personally, I like being with friends having fun, or with my mate in a romantic candle light dinner. I am not always happy and this might be because:
- my work;
- my work;
- my work;
- the weather;
- the world;

PHILOSOPHY

Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame – or one that is conducive to loving-kindness. (not mine, words beautifully written by Pema Chödrön)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to host as I love to surf. Meeting like-minded people enhances my knowledge, humility, happiness and self-confidence.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has been great to receive people from all around the world. I really believe that we can learn a bit from everyone, and that God's not playing with couch surfing, so if you're interested in surfing our couch maybe it's because you have something to teach me! Actually, till now I've always learned something from every surfer we had here.
I really hate those parasites sending just copy-paste requests. Couchsurfing is not a free hotel. If you really want to come, please try to guess my favorite color. You don't have to be right, I just want to be sure that you had read this.
Everyone is welcome to send a couchrequest, but we are specially open for families, people with kids, gays or lesbians...

Interests

Music, books, science, technology, health, economy, the ads supplement of the newspaper...

  • writing
  • books
  • coloring
  • environment
  • technology
  • music
  • surfing
  • science
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
- Big Fish;
- Forrest Gump;
- Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain;
- Clockwork Orange;
- Philadelphia;
- Vertigo;

Music:
> Depeche Mode
> Madonna
> Massive Attack
> FatBoy Slim

Books:
» The Celestine Prophecy;
» Like water for chocolate;
» Love in the time of cholera;
» Less than Zero;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eating f* expensive shitake mushrooms as the only daily meal. I survived.

Visiting Monument Valley and Tian Tan Buddha.

Being being at top of Eiffel Tower with my beloved one.

Volunteering.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Sweden

Old School Badges

  • 10 Vouches
  • Pioneer Badge

Join Couchsurfing to see Carlos’s full profile.

My Groups