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Overview

  • 5 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 46, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • employee at Embratur (Brazilian Tourism Board)
  • Master´s degree (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
  • From Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Traveling the world, meeting different people, opening my mind.

ABOUT ME

I am a very open minded person and the thing I love the most is traveling and meeting people from different cultures.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short. Travel, take risks, share.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I´m new here, but i´ve always welcomed foreigners in my country (people i met around the world and friends of friends who were visiting Brazil). I enjoy showing places, having a good time and sharing experiences. It´s also a good way to learn about different cultures and to practice languages.

Interests

Films, music, traveling, stencil, design, visual arts, dancing, reading, learning languages, spanish culture, Spain, Madrid, t-shirts, queer studies, Foucault, Nietzsche...

Pelis, música, viajar, design, artes visuales, danza, literatura, aprender idiomas, cultura española, España, Madrid, camisetas, estudios queer, Foucault, Nietzsche...

  • arts
  • culture
  • design
  • dancing
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • cycling
  • languages
  • visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Women on the verge of a nervous Breakdown, All about my mother, Mulholland Drive, Lucia y el Sexo, Three Colors: Blue, Fucking Amal, Beautiful Thing, Do The Right Thing, Hedwig and the angry inch, Blue Velvet, La Cienaga, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amores Perros, Mary and Max, The Rocky Horror Picture Show...

Music: David Bowie, Miles Davis, Radiohead, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Concha Buika, Portishead, Feist, Phoenix, Morrissey, Pixies, Letrux, Moloko, Daft Punk, Beth Orton, Stevie Wonder, Chet Baker, Chambao, Fito & Fitipaldis, Fangoria, Alberto Iglesias...

Books: Franny and Zooey, The Catcher in the Rye, History of Sexuality (Foucault), The Birth of Tragedy (Nietzsche)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of them was definitely traveling to the island of Formentera, Spain and riding a bike along the road that lead me to "El faro de Cap de Barbaria". I had the dream of going there since I watched the film "Lucía y el Sexo" by Julio Medem and it was much more that what I would have expected. Can´t wait to go there again.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help people who want to learn the languages I speak (portuguese, spanish and english). I can also share/ teach some art techniques, like stencil. And I could definitely share experiences about the places I have lived in/ traveled to.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Spain

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