ABOUT ME/CURRENT MISSION

Hello there! I'm a Brazilian dude working in economic policy in DC, married to a wonderful woman who just moved to Boston for a 1-year Master's Degree. The apartment feels kinda empty now, so I thought... perfect opportunity to host some couchsurfers!

I travel a lot, so if interested shoot me a message to see if i'm in town. I work full-time but happy to join you after hours or do a nice walking tour on weekend, show you the best breweries and take you to the best karaoke in town :-)

The apt is in a up and coming (cough, cough - gentrified) 10 min metro ride from downtown/national mall/etc. Close to Union Station and the US Capitol.

(Should go without saying, but please no racists, homophobes, prejudiced folks, trump supporters, or bigots in general)

PHILOSOPHY

"O Urucúia vem dos montões oestes. Mas, hoje, que na beira dele, tudo dá - fazendões de fazendas, almargem de vargens de bom render, as vazantes; culturas que vão de mata em mata, madeiras de grossura, mata ainda virgens dessas lá há. O gerais corre em volta. Esses gerais são sem tamanho. Enfim, cada um o que quer aprova, o senhor sabe: pão ou pães, é questao de opiniães... O sertão está em toda parte."

João Guimarães Rosa

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting people and getting hosted by people! LOVE couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted people in Sweden and San Diego; I've surfed couches in Amsterdam and Toronto. I can say that those experiences definitely changed my mind in many ways! I love couchsurfing, couchsurfers in general and doing whatever I can for the project.

Interests

I love reading, books, languages, stories, and words. I love meeting new places and new people, and I love doing different fun things!

• literature
• poetry
• photography
• ballet dancing
• technology
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I truly love Samba and Jazz. Some classical stuff as well. But I like almost every kind of music, from Brazilian Pagodão to Pakistani Qawwali! In regarding books, I love especially Guimarães Rosa (the best writer in the world!), James Joyce, Borges, etc. Currently on a quest to read more American authors of color such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Natasha Trethewey, etc - and it's been a-ma-zing :-)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• Got detained at Ukraine's borders (do not recommend);
• Skinny-dipped in a midnight sea (and in a mid-day sea, for that matter);
• Sang Gengis Khan's Moskau to an excited audience of Finnish karaokers on a ship en route to Russia (I don't speak German);
• Participated in a real United Nations conference in Copenhagen;
• Lived and worked with refugees at a facility in Hungary for a couple of months;
• Spent my 2011 new year's eve sleeping with the homeless at Deli Palyaudvar after my Budapest host got drunk and vanished from the earth;
• Went orange in Holland's Koninginnedag;
• Flew a small plane a couple times to do development work with a small fishing community in Mexico;
• Translated a poem by Ovid from Latin to Portuguese (first translation since the 17 century!);
• And many other things! My pics can be seen in: www.flickr.com/photos/henriquefb :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I'm always willing to share/teach/learn more about:
• anything about data analysis;
• Stata / R / programming in general;
• languages in general;
• art, literature, music, movies;
• cooking;
• traveling, of course!

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Hungary, Sweden, United States

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