Hello! :) My name is Rosa, I'm 26 years old and I'm from Portugal.
I'm originally from Porto, then have moved to Lisbon to study there and I lived too in Barcelona for ten months (Erasmus). Now i live in Porto again.
I also have been in another countries and cities: Hungary (Budapest, Pecs, Kémmes), Bulgaria (Sofia, Plovdiv, Riga's mountain and Monastery), France (Paris), Spain (Catalonia (Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona, Olot, Manresa, Monestir de Montserrat, Sitges); Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, Vigo), Portugal (most of cities except south), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Romania (Bucharest, Brasov and Sinaia), Austria (Vienna), Czech Republic (Prague), Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt am Main) and Poland (Wroclaw).

My hobbies are to travel, to meet different people, cultures and food, to learn new things, to learn and improve languages, camping, hiking and trekking. I like nature, animals, books, lakes, rivers, forests, mountains and taking the sun. I also love reading books and playing games. I like to laugh and to make the people feeling comfortable around me.
I'm always interested in challenges.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, cultures and countries, to try new languages and to improve the languages I already know. I'm looking for new experiences and I'm exciting about listening your own experiences too. So I'm glad to listen whatever is in your soul

Interests

• cooking
• chinese food
• anime
• camping
• history
• adventure travel
• travel
• food
• beach
• trekking
• dance
• theatre
• sushi
• local food
• new cultures
• new experiences
• meeting new people
• meet people
• asia
• local history
• hinking
• ruins
• asian culture
• sing
• local people
• local life
• to read
• mountain trekking
• portuguese food

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Danish Girl, Split, The Crimson Peak, Joker, Suicide Squad, Disney movies.
Books/Book authors: Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, A Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter, The Wheel of Time.
Movies and Books (Both): The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Anime: Monster, Death Parade, Full Metal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Inuyasha, Spirited Away, Mushishi.
Music: Rock (Linkin Park, The Cranberries, Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Imagine Dragons, Coldplay, ... ), Pop (Katy Perry, Hailee Steinfeld, Pink, ...), Rap (Sido, Eminem), Gregorian Masters of Chant.
Paintings: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich; The Blue Grotto in Capri by Carl Friedrich Seiffert; Display Room in Yoshiwara at Night by Katsushika Ōi; Mary-Magdalene by Alfred Stevens.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To teach Portuguese to a Chinese.
To learn how to swim at age 23.
Erasmus in Barcelona, Spain - 10 months
Santiago de Compostela 's Journey by feet - Portuguese route - 5 days walking
Youth European Exchange in Hungary - My first trip, did all alone.
Diving Baptism and Surfing - without knowing how to swim xD
To live alone for 6 years.
To learn how to ride a bike when I was 18 years old.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you some points in the city, to cook Portuguese food for you and to teach you the languages I already know. I will also share friendship, a lot of respect to what you are and enthusiasm to learn new things of your culture or about what you want to share with me! Feel welcome :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Friendship, respect and a lot of stories :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Spain