CURRENT MISSION

Experience as much of Brazil and speak as much Portuguese as is humanly possible in the next two months. Vamos!

ABOUT ME

I am thoughtful in the sense that my head is literally full of thoughts. I like to be playful and joke around, although my sense of humor can be rather dry and discreet. My friends usually tell me it took them a while to pick up on it. So if you think I'm being serious, stick around a little longer!

PHILOSOPHY

What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For the time I've been in Brazil, I've been solely surfing. When I'm in Gainesville, it will be difficult to host since I live in a very small studio apartment, but I would love to meet up with other surfers even if I can't host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been staying with some great people along my trip in Brazil. Such a lovely way to see the locals' side of things and also meet cool new amigos.

Interests

Portuguese, armchair linguistics, etymology, playing cards (euchre, anyone?), backpacking, aviation

• dancing
• tango
• flying
• aviation
• survival
• poker
• backpacking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• etymology

Music, Movies, and Books

My most played albums on my ipod are of Jack Johnson, Elton John, Green Day, Matchbox20 and Imogen Heaps. I really like classic rock too.

I can never remember what my favorite book is when people ask me... but I love reading.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once while I was earning hours for my pilots license, I had the opportunity to co-pilot a helicopter (Sikorsky s76) up the coast of California. Not many people get that perspective of the coast... so beautiful!

While in Rio de Janeiro, I got to go hanggliding over Tijuca National Park. The flight was breath taking, but the best part was developing a great friendship with my pilot and his wife. I've visited them several times. It was very special to me when they told me they considered me a friend, rather than just a tourist passing through. I look forward to returning to Rio very soon to see them again, and hopefully I'll learn how to fly with them!

Teach, Learn, Share

Things to share: Portuguese, interesting linguistic/etymological factoids, cribbage & euchre (card games), and french braiding!

Things to learn: surfing, wilderness survival, rock climbing, ultimate frisbee, dance (samba, merengue, tango, salsa, swing...), rubiks cube, poker

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States