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Overview

  • 27 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese; learning French, Spanish
  • 56, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Systems Engineer (Transport Automation)
  • Degree in Computer Science
  • From Lived in Lisbon all my life, except for two great years in Rome
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Find my way to Neverland(or else, age gracefully)

ABOUT ME

Not all who wander are lost

Do what you like, like what you do

Life is good

(this sums it up pretty well)

PHILOSOPHY

Serendipity
The state of discovery, by accident and sagacity, of things not sought.

Zen Saying
If you understand, things are just as they are...
If you do not understand, things are just as they are....

Old indian saying
Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those
that capture your heart.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Enjoy showing all the nice things in Lisbon and whereabouts and hope someone will do the same in their home town/country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been around Lisbon and Sintra with some CSs and friends

Meetings and parties in Lisbon ;)

Road trip to the Baltics in June '09. Surfed couches in Budapest and Krakow; met with CSers in Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Interests

  • partying
  • traveling
  • study abroad
  • road trips
  • parks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Road trips :D

Drove alone from Lisbon to Padova (Italy) and back, just to meet friends in an Erasmus reunion. Also met other friends in Valencia (Spain), Nice (France) and other places in Italy. (1999, 12 days, ~6000km)

Spent almost a month in the USA. Stayed a week in Miami with friends, bought a ticket to Vegas and travelled for two weeks by myself, along the California coast (from San Diego to San Francisco) and visited 5 National Parks (Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Zion and Bryce Canyon). Returned to Miami for some extra days and then back home. (2006, 14 days, ~6400km)

Trip to the Baltics, with a CS friend. Long time desire to travel east. The idea was to get a little taste of the countries we went through and a little more of the Baltics, with CS experiences as the icing on the cake. Definitely will return. (2009, 22 days, ~9500km)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Portugal

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