CURRENT MISSION

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." Robert Louis Stevenson

ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Vinicius and I live with Carla, my girl friend, in Porto Alegre – the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, the Southernmost Bazilian state.

I'm graduated in Advertising but I'm not working on it anymore. In 2013 I made a huge switch in my career: I quit my job in an advertising company and focused in a passion: brewing beer.

Since then, I turned myself into a professional Brewer,as well as a beer judge and a beer sommelier.

I love travelling- it doesn't matter if it's a long trip, to another country, continent, or even if it's just a weekend trip to a city close to me, in the same state where I live. I believe that just the act of moving, visiting new places, meeting new people, is already a great journey.

I also love riding my motorcycle (the same one whichI use to do my trips inside my state), hanging out with friends and walking around in new neighborhoods, on the weekends with my girlfriend.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have only had two opportunities to surf through CS. Bothof them happened in 2012 when Carla and I went to Europe on vacation. There we met really nice guys!
Carla and I recently moved to our own apartment, and we are open to host friends from CS (depending on our work schedule).

Interests

Listen to good music, drink good beer, to be acquainted with new cultures.

• beer
• walking
• drinking
• traveling
• homebrewing
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Queen, Beck, Gorillaz, Kraftwerk.

Brazilian Music:
Arnaldo Antunes, Tom Jobim, Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing experience I had was to travel around Europe, by train, during 35 days in 2008, accompanied by my girlfriend.
In this experience I had the opportunity to know a lot of different places, people and cultures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Ireland, United States