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Overview

  • 10 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Chinese (Simplified), French, Russian
  • 29, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Project Manager
  • MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Trying to live all the adventures I possibly can while enjoying the ride and befriending the people I meet along the way

ABOUT ME

Fun relaxed guy, I think that sums me up pretty well

PHILOSOPHY

I am always in the pursuit of happiness, trying to make people around me feel great and I always try to get the best out of everything

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to couchsurf every time I go abroad, my latest CS experience was in Milan and I had a great time surfing, met really nice people.
I am more than eager to receive surfers here in Porto, just PM me!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted 10 times, although 3 of those times they didn't reach me from couchsurfing.com. Shared some really cool and fun moments with everyone who came by!
Surfed in 1 time in Milan

Interests

Travelling - Life is all you see and experience, so if you want to live more just travel and meet new people
Music - I play the piano, sing and a little bit of guitar (I have a band called 'latenightcalls', you can check it out in all platforms!) If you are a music person feel free to come and jam with me
Ultimate Frisbee - Not very famous here in Portugal but I definitely enjoy throwing discs around, I always carry one in my backpack!
Food - Well, who doesn't love good food?
Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects - I'm into videography and photography!

  • dining
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano
  • hiking
  • backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Hiatus Kaiyote
Puma Blue
Mac DeMarco
Nujabes
Tom Misch
Radiohead
The War on Drugs
Vinyl Williams
Yellow Days

(This is what I've listened to lately, music depends on your mood quite honestly)

MOVIES:
In Bruges
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Spirited Away
Back to the Future
Interstellar
Call Me by Your Name
Fight Club
Memento
The Matrix
Shutter Island
Inglorious Basterds

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have you ever visited the Gerês National Park? If you haven't you definitely should. I already had the pleasure to do so in the summer of 2015 with my brother and 3 friends, it was an awesome week. There is a lot to see there (just google it, you won't be disappointed!) but one thing that was really amazing was climbing a huge crack between 2 rocks known as "Fenda da Calcedónia". Not recommended for claustrophobic people, it's really dark and tight at times and demands a great deal of effort from your body, if you ever think about going there take some friends with you, don't go alone!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play the piano, some Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects and also how to play frisbee!
I can learn whatever you have and want to teach me, everyone is better than me at something, I'm 100% sure of that (I would be a fool if I thought otherwise eheh)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good sense of humour, a hand full of stories and an amazing Porto wine

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Romania

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