CURRENT MISSION

I finally found peace and happiness and they say that the latter ought to be shared to be real.

ABOUT ME

Born in Brazil but lived in Europe for 20 years. Studies a BA of Economics at UAM in Madrid and the MA Brazil in a global perspective at King's College London. I worked in hospitality and finance but only now I found my place as an English teacher in Rio de Janeiro.

PHILOSOPHY

After a long time thinking I did not have any passions. Once I found the first, I found them all. Now I believe that "Le véritable voyage n'est pas d'aller vers d'autres paysages mais d'avoir d'autres yeux" as Marcel Proust wrote.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in a small flat in Santa Teresa, few metres from Lapa. I would like to share my sofa-bed with someone really interesting who could be as a source of inspiration.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not yet hosted anyone.

Interests

Walking, Listening to music, Having a drink, Going to the beach, Cooking, Painting, Reading, and resting.

• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• boating
• reading
• painting
• music
• swimming
• economics
• teaching
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: "Under the skin" by Jonathan Glazer, "To the Wonder" by Terrence Malick, "Holy Motors" by Leos Carax", Into the wild, by Sean Penn". "Caótica Ana" by Julio Mendem. "La mala educación" by Pedro Almodovar.

Book: "Á la recherché du temps perdu" of Marcel Proust, "House of Spirits" by Isabel Allende. "Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios" by Torcuato Luca de Tena.

Music: "Otis Redding" "Roy Orbison" "Edit Piaf" "Jaques Brel" "Paco de Lucia" "Tom Jobim" "Antony and the Johnsons"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming 1 kilometre from an island to the shore, in Brazil. A boat left us on the island and we had to race back to the coast. It was the most intense hour of my life. Until then I had always swam in swimming pools, never in the sea. The physical tireness and my imagination tricked me badly. The sea's corrent did not allow me to swim straight. I was the last to reach land but during the time I swam I realized, for the first time in my life, my tiny little role among nature.

Teach, Learn, Share

Agaist the pesimism of Inteligence, the optimism of good will. "Antonio Gramsci".

"We should not fear daylight, only because it iluminates a miserable world" Maitre René Magitte