CURRENT MISSION

travel on vacation with my boyfriend, open up my mind to new people, different lifestyles, meet interesting people with motivations similar to mine...

ABOUT ME

Music, movies, tea, magazines, books, a fireplace, cold weather, trips to the beach in the wintertime, knitting, watching sunsets, kissing, dark colors mixed with bright colors, music, waterfalls, green grass of tunnel, italy, india, driving in places I've never been to, good literature, the kind that makes you go away with the words, wine, spending hours at supermarkets in other countries, friends, internet, massage, miranda july, films that touch you, dolls from around the world, dictionaries, books, city guides, poems in the bathroom or in bed, teas and the culture around them, learning new languages.

PHILOSOPHY

living a life as simply as I can but that is not so simple as it seems. I love some of Gandhi's quotes and try to remember them in times of need. Specially the one that says "be the change you want to see in the world" and "happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to host but I travel a lot so it's usually a bit complicated. I always try to contact people from places I visit. I did that in some occasions and it's been always great!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had wonderful experiences in Turkey and India. India was never the same to me after my couchsurfing experience. I still hope someday I will be able to go to a traditional Indian wedding.

Interests

movies, music, design, web culture, handcrafts, and my real passion: languages - i wish I could speak them all. every new place is an opportunity to learn the very basics, and everywhere I visit I buy a conversational guide hoping that will keep me connected to the place, the culture and the people I have just met.

• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• design
• festivals
• dancing
• wine
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• hiking
• languages
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

All times favorites: amelie poulain, el labirinto del fauno, my life without me, historias minimas, los amantes del circulo polar, das leben den anderen, lost in translation, 2001.. (more recently My Blueberry Nights and Into the Wild...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visiting Kapadokia - watching The Arcade Fire in Rio de Janeiro - being on the beach in Bahia with more than 20 friends at a time - visiting Goa during monsoon time. Visiting Iceland with friends. Being in Peru in the middle of nowhere, at the foot of the Andes. Being in Reykjavik during the Iceland Airwave Festival. Being in Amsterdam during the Dance Event. Visiting Tokyo with incredible friends. Being in Piracanga, Bahia, Brazil, with my little daughter and family. Dancing until the sun rises in Trancoso, Bahia. Walking the streets of Buenos Aires. Hiking in the China Walls and seeing no live soul for 4 hours. Living with an Indian family in Mumbai for a week. Going to SXSW twice. Meeting wonderful people in Berlin. And the list goes on and on...

Teach, Learn, Share

Useful Brazilian words:
_obrigada! (how women should say 'thanks) (or: obrigado! same thing, for men)

My latest find is livemocha.com, where I have been trying to learn French.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil

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