INSTAGRAM PROFILE
https://instagram.com/ohectorlopez_

CURRENT MISSION
Traveling across Europe with my wife for 35 days :)

ABOUT ME
I live in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I was born in France but I live in Brazil since I was 2. I unfortunately don't speak French, though.

I (and also some friends) judge myself easygoing, open-minded, friendly, outgoing, careful, trustworthy, curious, polite and short (roughly 1,63m hahaha).

I am married to Josi. We just graduated - me in Medicine and her in Nutrition -, and our way to celebrate will be traveling across Europe from January to February. I've already solo backpacked there in 2017 with CouchSurfing and it was wonderful, because I met lots of different people from all ages and kinds, and I had so much fun with every one of them. Now I'm looking forward to show Josi the CS world, and I know that she will love it just as me.

PHYLOSOPHY
"I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."
- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Take nothing for granted"
- Demi Lovato. Just kidding... I don't know who said that, but I really think that we shouldn't assume people must do X or Y for us, and thus we should be grateful about little generosities that are usually taken as an obligation.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

I love to meet open-minded people of any age, country, ethnicity or sexual orientation. For me, it's a pleasure to hear the stories of the people - whether they are big travellers or not - as well as sharing mine. I like to be in contact with different cultures because I think it opens my mind to new ways of living life.

I occasionally wonder if this "oh, I want to stay with you because we have lots of interests in common" really fits into CouchSurfing spirit, because sometimes the bigger the differences the better the cultural exchange. I do recognize, though, that sometimes being with someone who has similar interests is more comfortable.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2017

Hosted Tommy and Elena from January 23th to January 24th;
Surfed Milda's bed from February 1st to February 3rd;
Surfed Pita's couch from February 22th to February 23th;
Hosted Piotr from March 16th to March 18th;
Hosted Denis from April 8th to April 11th;
Surfed George's couch from May 21th to May 24;
Surfed Tine's double room (and its beautiful view to the cannal) from May 24th to May 26th;
Surfed Dominique's sofa bed from May 26th to May 28th;
Surfed Rory's couch from May 30th to June 1st;
Surfed Harry's spare room from June 1st to June 2nd;
Surfed Simon's sofa bed from June 5th to June 6th;
Surfed Wojciech's double mattress from June 6th to June 7th;
Surfed Sarah and Osama's couch from June 8th to June 9th;
Surfed Paul's single mattress from June 10th to June 13th;
Surfed Simona's single room from June 13th to June 14th;
Surfed Karolina's double room from June 15th to June 18th;
Hosted Rodrigo Sanchueza from September 4th to September 6th;
Hosted Nelson and Maike from October 14th to October 15th;
Hosted Zsombor and Moldován from November 25th to November 26th;
Hosted Merel from December 21th to December 22th.

2018

Hosted Alexander from January 4th to January 5th.

2024
Surfed Paulo’s single bed from January 23rd to 24th;
Surfed Abner’s own double bed from January 24th to 25th;
Surfed Karina and Rommel’s sofa-bed from January 26th to 27th;
Surfed Josh’s double bed from January 28th to 29th;
Surfed Erron and Leslie’s huggy double bed from January 29th to February 3rd.

Intereses

• dogs
• partying
• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• soccer
• medicine

Música, películas y libros

MUSIC
Many genres of electronic music, but mainly techno and its subgenres.
Vintage Culture, Massano, Nina Kraviz, Mind Against, Boris Brejcha...

MOVIES AND TV SERIES
The Blacklist
Breaking Bad

BOOKS
Can't say I've read many books since I entered med school... :')

Algo increíble que he hecho

Threw a snowball at a random girl when I was in Amsterdam;
Hiked 52km in the Marche de la Bièvre of 2017;
Swam with a dolphin;
Solo backpacked in Europe for a month staying only in CSers places;
Tried nudism in a nudist's house in London.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Mainly good company, nice talks, some laughs. I can also share a bit of medicine/science knowledge and, of course, brazilian culture (food, way of life, music...).

Países que he visitado

Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Panama, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Países en los que he vivido

Brazil, France, United Kingdom