CURRENT MISSION

become a great ARCHITECT and travel the world... slowly...

ABOUT ME

American culture bored me and I fled to Europe soul searching. I had an incredible travel experience, met great people and found what I was looking for. I've settled in Porto and am studying architecture at the all mighty FAUP. After 3 years of Siza brainwashing, I plan to transfer elsewhere in Europe (thinking: Berlin, HOlland, Paris or London) for the last 2 years. I love life and respect people who have passion, take risks, dream and are adventurous.

PHILOSOPHY

"Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places."
— Italo Calvino (Invisible Cities)The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."
-Daniel J. Boorstin
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
-Lao Tzu
What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
-William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
-G.K. Chesterton
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. ~Mason Cooley
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.
-James Michener
I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. ~James Baldwin
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
-Aldous Huxley
The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.
-G.K. Chesterton
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
-Robert Louis Stevenson

Keep an open mind, always be adventurous, seize the moment, learn something from everyone, listen and look at people when they talk to you, take your time, enjoy the weather, be less judgmental, understand, love, and don't hold grudges or regrets.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to host once a week. Couchsurfing gives me a unique opportunity to meet interesting and fun people from different cultures.
When I travel, I like to surf and meet locals.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed about 15 times and hosted about 10. I've never had a bad experience and MANY good ones.

Interests

Architecture.
Staying up late, Meeting new people, laughing,trekking, swimming, scuba diving, camping, sports, mountain climbing, urban walking, laying in the sun, fine arts, film, theater, literature, eating and cooking, and drinking.

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• literature
• theater
• architecture
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• traveling
• camping
• scuba diving
• sports
• rock climbing
• swimming
• economics
• mathematics
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

American Beauty, Shawshank Redemption, City of God, Lost in Translation, Braveheart, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, Memento, Oldboy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Pulp Fiction, Amores Perros, The Departed, Life Aquatic, Royal Tennenbaums, Fight Club, Schindler's List, Lord of the Rings, Gandhi, Kill Bills, Vanilla Sky, Happiness, American History X, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Requiem for a Dream, Amadeus, Fargo, Mystic River, Magnolia, Virgin Suicides, Tropic Thunder, etc
Talking Heads, Interpol, Passion Pit, Tool, The Streets, ANimal Collective, Radiohead, NIN, Modest Mouse, The Smiths, Metronomy, The Police, Hot Chip
Auster, Palahniuk, Camus, Saramago, Eco, Updike, Confederacy of Dunces, Corrections, I read at least one book written by a native author of each country I visit.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The sunrise over snowcapped Mt. Nemrut, followed by a cleansing in Abraham's cave in Sanurfa, and the sunset over the Harrans.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd be happy to cook with you, tackle a mountain, teach English, mathematics, economics, or scuba diving. I can set up your stereo or fix your computer. If you need an ear to listen I can help.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Spain, United States

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