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Overview

  • 21 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Working, just enough to live, and the rest of the time, l...
  • Permanently learning. (At least I try)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be the best father I can be.

ABOUT ME

I think if you read all or some of the stuff I wrote in the other fields, you will get an idea. But just an idea...

PHILOSOPHY

“A vivir, a Disfrutar y a Pasarlo bien.” (Means something like: “To live, to enjoy and being happy”, but it just sounds better in Spanish to my ears, I don’t know why.)(Words are not mine; they are from a friend!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lots of experiences (before knowing CS also), as a host an as a guest, Canada, France, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Spain, ... and Cuba.

The first CS experience was in Cuba... you must know David Munoz. He, Teresita, they're friends and all the family showed us another Cuba! The real one. Enjoy!

A lot of very nice experiences with CS in Brazil. Traveling with CS is realy something different.

We hosted some times. It always have been positive experiences.

Interests

Music, Meeting interesting and True People.
Good food, good wine and good beer (I mean GOOD, not the typical commercial ones ) Although sometime in good company, it may taste like one of the best wine/beer in the world!!!)
Nature. Learning.
Surf. (since 2015) I like it a lot.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • traveling
  • music
  • languages
  • people
  • surf
  • swing dance

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Almost any TRUE music. (But specialy Jazz, Swing Jazz, Blues, Rock, Stoner, Space rock, bur also Afro, Samba, Brazilian ... Few examples you might know: Muddy Waters, JB Lenoir, Kyuss, Brant Bjork, The Black Angels, Hendrix, Clapton, Ali Farka Toure, Fela Kuti, Ella, Etta, Aretha, Duke, … and so much more. I would like to know more about music in general, always interesded to discover new artists… And would like to play a lot of instruments, but unfortunatly, I does'nt have much skills... Everything is to practice, well almost!
Books: Any of Allan Watts or Erich Fromm. Also Wilheim Reich. I mainly read to learn, but also like books like Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse! (An easy but complete one.) Also biographies of interesting people... because this is also learning, sometimes...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everyday I see my son. Everyday I learn from him.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn, Teach & Share.

Teach: I have studied engineering, I am working in solar photovoltaic energy. I would be pleased to teach anything I know, from languages to technical stuff.

Learn: Music, any instrument. Dance. Surf!

Cooking! I would appreciate to learn how to cook good meal, from all around the World. I love to eat, but I cook very bad! It’s a shame!

There is a world of things to discover…

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cuba, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Spain

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