CURRENT MISSION

Accept what life brings you with joy, making every experience become a positive opportunity for growth and happiness. Right now, life has brought us our first child, so we're adjusting to parenthood and will be hosting less and preferably people who are ok with children, and the changes children bring to a household.

ABOUT ME

Mai­ra: I love languages, I love meeting new people and lifestyles different from my own. I love nature, hiking, biking, animals and photography. Food wise, I enjoy vegetarian, oriental, mediterranian, vietnamese and indian foods. I love all types of artistic expression, from prehistoric art to grafiti and performance, since I've moved a lot in my life, and I know the feeling of getting to places without knowing anyone,I love to help new commers make friends and feel welcome and supported, showing my city around. I love music,from rock to samba, from progressive to traditional forro, from electronica to dub and blues. Eloy:
What do I like to do when I
travel? I like going
to €œregular placeswhere locals often go. I like
visiting historical sites as well, but I like to take my time when visiting a place (I get kind of frustrates when people don't let me visit a place because they're in a hurry). I love to walk and
I love sports (mainly soccer). (to be continued)

PHILOSOPHY

Accept what life brings you with joy, making every experience become a positive opportunity for growth and happiness

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in the events from the Brasília CS group:

*We give tips to travellers even if we can't host and arrange for a meal together or a night out.
* we organize weekly language exchange meetings
* Foot surfing-weekly meetings to play soccer @ the park
* Cook surfing meetings
* Monthly Karokê outing - So much fun!!
* Christmas volunteer all-day activity at an orfanage with Brasilia CS group.
* Going out for a drink with CSers who arrive in Brasilia!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Our experiences with CS have been much fun! We've met new people from all over Brasil and the world in the CS group from Brasilia. I stayed in couches through hospitality club in Rome, Prague and Paris and all experiences were much fun! The people who hosted us were great, friendly and available to show us around after work. One of them introduced us to his lovely family, others took us to dinner parties at friends houses and showed us beautiful parts of their city.

Interests

Maíra: Visual and performing Arts,sports, especially bikingand outdoor sports, human relations, photography, sociology, psychology,nature, animals, strange movies,books,languages.Eloy: History, politics, philosophy, poetry, music, especially jazz and Bossa Nova (as well as classical and chorinho), soccer, non-comercial movies, learning languages.

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• books
• singing
• photography
• cooking
• vegetarian
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• blues
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• camping
• sports
• languages
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• language exchange
• historic sites
• children
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Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Soul Kitchen, Run Lola, run!,Goodbye Lenin, Motorcycle Diaries,Charlie Chaplin,Amores Perros,Babel, Seven, Fight Club,Amelie Poulain, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Books: Damien- Herman Hesse, A Hora da Estrela- Clarice Lispector, a Handmaids Tale- Margaret Atwood, Quincas Borbas - Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cuba - Machado de Assis, Carlos Drummond de Andrade in general, El Giocondo - Francisco Umbral.Music-(Maíra):Rock, mpb, MPB, Blues, 80's music (for dancing)some types of electronica, World music,salsa,rumba, merengue(to dance) Some singers/composers:most musci from Puntumayo Label, Lhasa de Sela,Yann Tiersen, Jorge Drexler, Jon Coltrane, Keith Jarreth, Bjork,Morcheeba,Sade,Suzanne Vega,Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Jolly Boys, (Eloy)Bill Evans, Path Metheny, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Maíra: I travelled across Canada hitchhiking with a friend and spent one month on a biking and camping in Quebec.Eloy: I lived for a year in a trailer with my family at a camping site in Brasilia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Eloy: I play the guitar and the harmonica and I could teach you some if you'd like. I'd like to learn about your experiences, your culture, your country's history, politics,etc.Maíra:I know a few languages I could teach,I've travelled a lot since I'm a kid. I'm a very curious person so there are many different things I'd like to learn, it could be how to cook something, how to snowboard, me gustaría perfeccionar mi español and I'd love to learn anything about chinese medicine, acupuncture, do-in, massotherapy or anything related to healing!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share stories, tips about Brazil, Brasilia, and other countries I've lived in.

We can share our lifestyle, our activities, take you to places we like going for example, waterfalls!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, United States

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