MY PATH
I've not lived in Italy since I was 9, which gave me a certain ease and flexibility for moving around from country to country, and that is what I have been doing up until two years ago... But now aiming to stabilize for a while in Salvador, which has come to be my Nth home sweet home... And I highly recommend visiting it!

ABOUT ME
A good laugh, a sing along, a boogie or a stroll around a beautiful place are my feel-good pills... Play at least one of those cards and we're likely to get along!

PHILOSOPHY

1) Live, laugh and love
2) NOTHING...and EVERYTHING...is...wait for it...POSSIMPIBLE!
3) Everything happens for a reason, learn from it, but don't dwell on it

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have both hosted and been hosted, with more or less frequency, depending on my housing situation, which has been frequently changing in the past years! I have been a proud member of the wonderful Abuja CS family, with all their energy and love to give!!! In Salvador my CS participation has been limited thus far, I was settling down and getting the hang of things with my studies... But now I finally have somewhere to host, so I'll open up that door soon!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

(Note: when I first joined CS I was travelling with my best friend, so we had a joint account, hence why this account was only created in 2011)
In 2007 I was hosted with a friend in Trujillo Perú, later have been hosted in Italy too, and throughout 2007/2008 had a number of guests staying with us in Brighton, and in 2011/2012 in Barcelona! Also CS has given me the opportunity to meet great people in virtually every place I've lived in, it is an amazing resource for connecting with like-minded folks!

Interests

# Eating lots of food, my dream is actually to be a gastronomic traveller (what am I doing about that dream, you might ask? For now, making a point of trying all the foods from the places I visit, and even try to cook them myself!)
#yoga has carved a more significant space into my life lately, probably to try to make up for all those hours spent in front of the computer reading or writing something for the PhD!
#capoeira has been one of my passions since I was 14, now I live in its cradle and yet have not managed to delve into it, but I know that I'm not done with it and patiently await its return :-)
#in general, any sport or movement! I've become a runner as of two years, and adore the release it gives me.. Also swimming, hiking, volleyball, you name it, I'll wanna play it!
# i like chilling with my friends, chatting over a nice dinner or lunch...
#travelling of course, oh and
# going to the beach (the pool, when you're thousands of miles away from the nearest beach!), summer or winter, the most peaceful place of all...
# and well, going out and dancing till my legs hurt, and singing till I'm out of breath, but who doesn't like that?

Music, Movies, and Books

Kind of a movie and series addict, also have a book with me at all times for waiting moments, large variety of genres...music, well anything that gets you dancing and singing!!.. But mainly reggae :-)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Free camping on deserted Eritrean islands in the Red Sea, one night even got caught in a ferocious storm... Motorbiking around Cambodia for a month... Travelling around South-East Asia alone

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I have learnt a lot from extra first hand experience how to set up a microfinance project!...So any help in that field I can give... And of course pretty specialized in public health by now lol...i want to learn more languages, as many as possible...and I can teach most of the ones I know... I can teach how to make dishes from a few different countries, and ALWAYS love to learn how to cook something new and delicious!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experiences, and enthusiasm! And either an Italian meal, or some other dish I learned to make in one of the countries I've passed through!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Djibouti, Ecuador, Eritrea, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom