Hi, my name is Edra and I'm traveling with my husbund Gabriel. We used to host CS in our apartment in Mexico and also in our hometown in Brazil.

This year marks 10 years together and, to celebrate, we decided to take a long term trip around the world. After started our journey in France (hitchhiking and doing volunteers), we traveled by land from Budapest to Istambul, crossing almost all the Balkans by hitchhiking. And now, after nearly three months traveling across the Caucasus, where we hiked the Mestia to Ushguli trail, worked on a flower farm along the Black Sea coast, and hitchhiked our way through Armenia, we're heading to Greece to meet up with a couple we met through CouchSurfing in France!! Following our time in Greece, we’re incredibly excited to be in Cyprus—an island that sparked our travel dreams since ever!—before heading to some countries in the Middle East.

We love meeting and talking to people from different cultures and want, whenever possible, to escape big cities. CS is the best way to have local experiences, understand the real culture and life in the places while we are traveling.

Over the past 3 years, before start the trip, we had the chance to reside in Mexico, where we absorbed valuable experiences and gained a deep appreciation for rural living and connection with nature. I love hiking and prefer peaceful, natural places, but I also can appreciate the concentration of culture that big cities offer. I'm learning about sailing and hope I can be sailing around the world in the next future! Always looking for great conversation, new topics and discoveries... everyone has something to offer and share !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is a good way to share experiences, to know different cultures and meet with different people around the world!

Interests

• culture
• hiking
• sailing
• nature
• local food

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain is my number one, but I love movies...
The Motorcycle Diaries; Gabriel e a Montanha; O auto da Compadecida; Cidade de Deus; Meu nome não é Johnny; Ocean's Eleven; Inception; Room; A star is born; Silver Linings Playbook; Definitely, Maybe; Introuchables; Lord of the Rings...

I love romances about travel and adventures, and sometimes about mindset too.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed Nevado de Toluca (the fourth highest mountain in Mexico)

I climbed Acatenango volcan in Antigua Guatemala

I traveled by car from Cape Town (South Africa) to Etosha (Namibia) and back to CT (more than 6,000 km)

I spent 4 days sailing around the Kuna Yala Islands in Panama

I travelled by France hitchhiking for 50 days

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy meeting people from all over the world and sharing travel stories. Also I want to know more about you and your culture, food and places that local people usually go.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook some brazilian or mexican dishes and I'm also a super handy person. I can teach some portuguese/spanish words and expressions, brazilian music, history and culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, Cuba, France, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Panama, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Mexico