CURRENT MISSION

BE A BETTER MAN

ABOUT ME

Just a man who wants to be happy and make people happy all around. I'm a journalist since 1980, long time working in newspapers and a lot a travels, either professional or just in vacations.

PHILOSOPHY

«Best things in life are free!!!!»... does anyone doubt about that????...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to travel and someone told me that CS could be a good way to do it more often. CS is like the new airplane companies, named «low cost»... ahah... and you get free extra bonus having the possibility to meet nice diferent people.

Interests

Comunnication, news, cinema, TV, books, magazines; art, painting; travels; music, jazz concerts; fashion, shoes; night life; cars; art; beach and sun; cuisine; champagne and wine; watches; antiques... and a good conversation with nice people. I have so many interests....

• arts
• books
• fashion
• concerts
• wine
• news
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• cars
• painting
• music
• jazz
• journalism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

So many movies... almost all De Niro and Pacino... Julia Roberts its quite good... Sharon Stone... and of course «cinema paradiso»!!!
I love mostly jazz and brasilian music, a bit of chill out too, with balance, superb the sound of the organ Hammond, gently guitar, Pat Metheny is OK, Miles Davis always present, Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Liz McComb, Keith Jarret, the nordic ECM record company releases, Paco de Lucia, John Scofield, Chic Corea, Michel Petrucciani (infortuntly dead), Marcus Miller, Stan Getz, António Carlos Jobim, Dee Dee Bridgewater, John Mayall, Herbie Hancock, Tito Puente, Chuncho Valdés, BB King, Dave Holland, George Duke, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, James Brown, Elis Regina, Maria Rita, Cassia Eller, Ella Fitzgerald, Curtis Mayfield, Gotan Project, Air, Cat Power,Joni Michell, Lee Ritenour, Jan Garbarek, Serge Gainsbourg.... and so on... and Jim Morrison and The Doors, Bob Dylan, Santana, Rolling Stones... smells like grass?... I could look for more in my DVD collection... but I'm shure you get an idea... and don't forget all the Café del Mar Ibiza CD's, just great...
Some musics? «So what» - Miles Davis, «Riders on the storm» - The Doors; «Hurricane» - Bob Dylan, «Garota de Ipanema» - A. C. Jobim...
«Cem anos de solidão» - G. Garcia Marquez
«Cinema Paradiso» - G. Tornatore

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My life has been so amazing that I can't describe one episode. But I promise I will tell you all when you met...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm nobody to pretend to teach! I only learn from other people and of course I may share if others let me do it...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Angola, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal