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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning Dutch, German, Japanese
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • English Teacher / Customer Care Center Consultant
  • I'm graduated in Visual Arts since 2006.
  • From State of São Paulo, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Meet new people from all over the world, share experiences and some knowlegde (especially languages!!!)...

ABOUT ME

Easy going and open-minded guy, who loves languages and foreign cultures as well.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe our lives are made-up of experiences, and the more we try, experiment, the more we live...And 4 me, to meet new people and cultures is one of the best ways to achieve it...So, let's surf!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend told me about CS and, since I liked its philosophy, I decided to try it! NO REGRETS so far!!!

Interests

Know people from all over the world and share experiences.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • cars
  • music
  • languages
  • visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: Hamlet, Quo Vadis?, The Old man and the sea, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (read it 5 times already!)MOVIES: Schindler's List, The Cider House's Rules, Before Sunrise, Rasshomon, L'auberge Espagnol, The Last Samurai, Memories of a Geisha... MUSIC: U2, Colplay, REM, Roxette, Bryan Adams, Dulce Pontes, Mariza (fADO), Celtic/Irish, Era, Blof, Chopin, Bach, Vivaldi, Chill-out, Electronic...well, I'm VERY ecletic for music as you can see...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My trip to Europe in 2010...Wow!!! I had a very good time there...I really miss it and all the travellers I met there, and of course my hosts too! I also stayed in the best hostel of the world, the Travellers House in the heart of Lisbon!
Also I could attend to the Saramago's lying in state at Lisbon city hall (ok, not actually a happy occasion but...) during my stay there.

Teach, Learn, Share

Visual Arts, Cars, Architecture, Music, foreign langs and cultures...

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, England

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