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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Dutch, Polish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Learning & Training Specialist
  • Tourism Management
  • From Brazil
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About Me

I'm born and raised in Brazil, and also naturalized Italian since my mid-20s. I moved from Brazil to India when I was 18 years old for a 1 year exchange program, and ended up moving along 8 countries on the following years. After years of incredible experiences, it's now 10 years I'm happily settled in Amsterdam, a city I never stop exploring and admiring.

I mostly host when I also have free time, as I enjoy hanging out, showing the city or simply taking time to give information.

I enjoy going out at night (not much into clubs, though) as much as I enjoy a lazy day chilling in a park or at home. It's the Dutch weather that pretty much dictates what's best!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people to host and/or hang out with.

Interests

I'm pretty obsessed with learning languages, and I like geography and pretty much every cuisine - but not really the Dutch one (sorry not sorry 🤷‍♂️😂). I specially like Iranian, Indian, Italian, Vietnamese, Polish and Brazilian food.

I like (almost) all kinds of music with preference for rock and also fusion between traditional/modern sounds. I'm specially interested in cinema and can spend hours watching documentaries about movies; my favourite directors are David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick. I also enjoy checking architecture and consider myself an "urbex" (I just learned this word, check it, maybe you are too ;)

I sporadically paint as a hobby (= 3 paintings in 5 yrs 😁) and I'm not an art expert but can talk hours about Van Gogh and Edward Hopper.

  • arts
  • tattoos
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • history
  • languages
  • tourism
  • food

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock, biographies and David Lynch movies, and more..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Roadtrip in Iceland, eating spiders in Cambodia, learning Hindi

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy to have the opportunity (and time) to share nice talks and experiences with people from different walks of life. Sharing a meal, music, random trivia, memes and funny youtube videos are very welcome too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

On days off work, you can stay in the guest room which is normally used as home office. Otherwise you can just sleep on the couch/mattress in the living room during your stay.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, United States, Viet Nam

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