*Currently working and living in Switzerland! Not accepting guests in Porto.*

An enthusiast for all kinds of knowledge mainly related to technology applied to arts and computer sciences.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet interesting people and live/travel better.

Interests

Nature, Travel, Art, Science, Programming, Physical Computing, History, Architecture, Multimedia

• arts
• walking
• art history
• computer science
• programming
• hicking
• interactive art

Music, Movies, and Books

// Music
Alt-J, Aphex Twin, Beck, Bloodhound Gang, Blur, Bonobo, Eagle Eye Cherry, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Gotan Project, Guano Apes, Groove Armada, Hozier, Incubus, Isao Tomita, Jamiroquai, Lamb, Massive Attack, M.I.A, Moloko, Morcheeba, Nirvana, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Portishead, Radiohead, Sia, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, The Black Keys, The Cinematic Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, Tracy Chapman, Tricky, Zero 7

// Books
- Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- J. D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye
- Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything
- José Saramago - Caim
- Gonçalo M. Tavares - Jerusalém
- José Luís Peixoto - Uma Casa na Escuridão

// Movies
A Clockwork Orange, A Tale of Two Sisters, American History X, American Psycho, Deathproof, Django Unchained, Eraserhead, Eyes Wide Shut, Ichi The Killer, Inglorious Basterds, Interstellar, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Machete, Magnolia, Planet Terror, Pulp Ficton, Rejected, Reservoir Dogs, Shinning, Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather, The Hateful Eight, The Lobster, The Pianist

// Series
Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Mr. Robot, Rick and Morty, That 70's Show, The Walking Dead, True Detective

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One-year-long trip from Portugal to Australia accomplishing the following:

- Walked ~2000km from Porto to Marseille in 69 days through the ways of St. James;
- Trekked the Tour du Mont Blanc which consists of a 10-day, ~180km mountain hike circuit crossing 3 different countries around the Mont Blanc mountain;
- One week car roadtrip with my parents crossing Italy from Chamonix, France to Piran, Slovenia, passing through Aosta, Iseo, Venice and Ljubljana;
- 11-day camping in Soča Valley including a 3-day hike around Triglav National Park with a climb to Triglav Mountain - the highest summit in Slovenia;
- Bicycled ~2000km from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Athens, Greece in 42 days along the Adriatic coast;
- One month volunteering experience at City Plaza, a solidarity squat for refugees in central Athens, Greece;
- Spent three weeks hitchhiking and travelling by bus in a loop through Western Turkey passing through Ayvalik, Izmir, .
- Flied to Dubai and visited a desert for the first time;
- Spent one month in India bonding with self and others, travelling by land from North to South (New Delhi to Cochin).

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching is Sharing knowledge so it's redundant to teach and share. Learning is a relative, mutating and never-ending process so it's just silly to quantify. So my answer would have to be 'everything and nothing at all' at the same time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A friend

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland