Since I was little I wanted to see the world. Now, it's finally the time!

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I am a PhD student and I was granted an exchange scholarship to Chicago. Because the selection process took a considerable amount of time, it's been hard finding acommodation. Thus, I thought Couchsurfing could help with that and, also, facilitate the process of getting to know new people and the city!

兴趣

Likes: Walking in the sun on a cold day; waking up early on weekends and having breakfast at the kitchen's table; Coffee;Drawing (actually, I can't draw but I really try); Travelling and listening to music at the same time, walking and listening to music at the same time, sitting and listening to music at the same time; My mom and her cats; My dad and his uncontrollable urge to fix everything; This limited freedom; Old stuff; friends; BOOKS; Movies, cinema; Characters that don't exist.

• movies
• art
• gastronomy
• getting to know new people

音乐、电影和书籍

I'm really into blues, jazz, brazilian popular music (MPB) and rock. One of my main passions is movies and books. There are so many, but the last ones that I watched and read that stuck with me were: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and "So Many Olympic Exertions" by Anelise Chen.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I've always wanted to travel and see the world, but I never had the money to do it, so for 12 years I have been exchanging postcards with people worldwide. I have two aacounts on postcrossing.com and more than 600 physical postcards (https://www.postcrossing.com/user/aboutpolly ; https://www.postcrossing.com/user/pollybelo)

教，学，和分享

I can teach Portuguese and about race and gender relations in Brazil (that's what my academic work is about!)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Friendship, long conversations, cultural experiences and if there's any brazilian market around, I can cook some brazilian food!