Hi everyone! I'm Joana and I hate standing still. I am currently in my 5th Year of Med School and everytime I have a little break from school I do what I love the most - I travel and on the way I love meeting new, interesting people!

Wanderlust is the most frustrating feeling ever!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Like I said, I love meeting new people with interesting stories to tell! Everyone has a story to tell, and I love listening to them! I also like showing my beautiful city -Lisbon (at the moment) - to everyone who's interested!

Interests

Well, I love to read. Specially novels about travelling and such. I love music - specially indie/alternative stuff like Alt-J, Vampire Weekend, HAIM, St. Vincent, Tune-Yards and stuff like that. There's nothig better than meeting someone with the same taste in music as you (only, don't fall in love with them at first sight - I learned that the hard way - haha). I love studying Medicine but sometimes I just like to go out and go crazy (within reason).

• partying
• traveling
• music
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Vampire Weekend, HAIM, Chet Faker, Glass Animals, Alt-J, the strumbellas, Hey! Rosetta, and every folky-indie-alternative thing.

(I also like singing to random stuff on the radio - but that's off record. Taylor Swift? NEVER).

I love all movies from the 50s and 60s - my favourite movie is Casablanca - not because of the romance but the historic setting. I also appreciate movies with Audrey Hepburn and Barbra Streisand. But Emma Thompson is my spirit animal. Her or Noel Fielding.

I love reading, I read them all: Kafka, Kerouac, Tolstoi but the author I love the most is Shakespeare because acting is one of my passions.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed Diamond Hill in Ireland and I dived off a cliff in Old Head, also in Ireland.

Teach, Learn, Share

1. Live your life to the fullest.
2. Meet new people and make new friends.
3. Keep contact with your friends.
4. Don't forget you are the most important variable in your life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Yummy portuguese treats and a tone of funny jokes - I am kinda the life of the party, so they say! haha

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, United Kingdom