CURRENT MISSION

Waves and PhD

ABOUT ME

surfer, traveler, wannabe intellectual/struggling PhD student, aspiring sheepherder, failed standup comedian.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed a couple of couches on this network and dozens in life. I met interesting, fun, down-to-earth people, and learned how they see their city. I look forward to surfing and sharing my couch in the future.

Interessi

Healthy eating, fresh juice, languages, yoga, running, biking, swimming. Surfing when I can get to waves.

Dance parties, feeble efforts at comedy, spontaneous surf/writing trips.

• writing
• dancing
• capoeira
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• partying
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• soccer
• agriculture
• languages

Musica, film e libri

Foreign films: La Haine!!, Cidade de Deus, Central do Brasil, Maria full of Grace, Amores Perros, Kolya, Carandiru, Onibus 174.
Music: mostly French, Spanish, and Portuguese but also Hebrew and Arabic. Jazz, bossa nova.
Books: Lots of Africa-related research. Fiction: Chaim Potok, Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri.

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Solo drove all over rural Mozambique

Insegna, impara, condividi

I'm really into languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole) and learning other ones (Italian) or others. I also have select cooking and drink-making skills. I can also give surf lessons.

Paesi che ho visitato

Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Brazil, India, Mozambique, South Africa

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