** We are currently living in Berlin, Germany to take our masters and unfortunately we can't host couchsurfers on our student residence... We will be back as soon as we have our own couch again. So far, if you are interested on tips about the city/country, just let us know!**

Hello! We are Carol and Marcelo and we currently live in Rio. We have already lived in many cities in Brazil and abroad and now we are used to be always moving around to see family and friends or just to know other places! We love travelling, specially on the "backpackers mode", which allows us to know more then tourist points.

Carol is economist and works with financial structuring for renewable energy projects. She likes to talk but also enjoys some quiet moments on a company of a good book! Marcelo is an engineer focused on infrasctructure projects.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Officially, we hosted two foreign couples at home and we were also hosted by nice people. They were really great experiences! We also do a lot of couchsurfing for family and friends and we are always showing the city for someone.

Interests

Carol has a particular interest on social business and sustainability, specially from the economic and financial point of view and she is always trying to harmonize it with her profession. Marcelo likes soccer, airplanes and would love to travel on motorhome.

We love sports and outside acitivities, travelling, exploring cities and its corners, reading, volunteering, meeting new people!!!

• culture
• books
• causes
• reading
• traveling
• backpacking
• sports
• soccer
• olympics
• business
• economics
• engineering
• history
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Brazilian Music in general.
Movies inspired on real histories.
I just love reading, so I could list a lot of books, but my preferred ones are Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Blindness - José Saramago), Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez) and Banking to the Poor (Muhammad Yunus).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

AFS year in Belgium, backpacker trips around South America and Asia, volunteering for many different causes!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: brazilian culture, history, portuguese.

Learn: open to learn what my guests and host may suggest!

Share: apartment, time and hapiness!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Myanmar, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Spain