CURRENT MISSION

I want to make all of the moment of my life, a good history to be told.

ABOUT ME

I´m Fred. I lived in Lisbon for 12 years and right now im living in Tiradentes. Its my new home and Im loving this city. I am a normal human being, open-mind with faults and qualities, but it depends of you also find out more about me. You just have to ask me! I am easygoing and open to just about anything. I am trustworthy and true and I love all the good things in life: a good chat, good friends, a good food, a good drinks, nice places, the blue sky, a good sound, a nice trip, red wine, cheese and Port wine. Beer also. Chat with friend and sharing opinions... well, I like having all my senses working, sitting around a table with friends and it´s the best! I am learning more about other cultures when I meet a new guest always in my hostel, pousada or with CSurfers.

I´ve finished my studies in restoration in a school of arts and crafts in Lisbon two years ago and I´m running a nice B&B in Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil. I am a independent, fighter, determined, a practical person. I like what I do. I've got a good life. You can find me under frederico lopes or https://www.facebook.com/flopes74

PHILOSOPHY

We need to live or life fully and truly. To live with few regrets because everything has a cause and effect. Don´t spend your time looking for happyness, create it!

Interests

I enjoy my freedom. I love travelling, the sea, the mountains, the liberty and most of all meeting new people. I really enjoy spending my spare time with a friends, sharing histories and experiences about any things...i like of some kind of art : architecture, photography, painting, theatre, music. I´m addicted with restoration of decorative plaster ceilings. I have my own plaster ornaments collection and my room is half part dorm and half atellier. I like to restore old chandelliers that I usually buy in the on fleas markets...it´s kind of hobby... I have an inventory about plaster ceilings. I must have some 15,000 photos of hundreds of places in Lisbon. Urban exploration, I loooove it!

• arts
• architecture
• photography
• dining
• wine
• red wine
• cheese
• beer
• running
• drinking
• crafts
• traveling
• restoration
• painting
• drawing
• magic
• music
• history
• mountains
• urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I like poems of Vinicius de Moraes... Pensar e transgredir, from Lia Luft and Mitologia dos Orixas. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Jose Saramago and O Beijo da Morte - Carlos Heitor Cony. I liked the book The Alchemist. Love in a time of Cholera from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, O portugues que nos pariu - Angela Dutra de Menezes. A Lua pode Esperar - Gonçalo Cadilhe. 1808 - Laurentino Gomes

My taste in music is like a soup, has a bit of almost everything: My favourite songs are MPB and Bossa nova (brazilian popular music) like Elis Regina, Tom, Vinicius, Toquinho, Gal, Gil, Elza Soares, Jorge Ben, Milton, Maysa, Marisa Monte, Seu Jorge...and samba: Cartola, Clara Nunes, Ze Keti, Paulinho da Viola, D. Ivone Lara, Nelson Sargento, chorinho and rock, O Rappa,U2,Beatles, 70´s American rock. I like world music, Lyla Downs,Zuco103, french music: Brell and Dalida, Aznavour..., jazz: Nina Simone(I love her, wow!) Frank Sinatra, Duke Elighton, Ella, Stan Getz, Coltrane...soul and reggae. Classical: Mozart,Bethoven or Chopin. I am open to listen new and different sounds and songs!

Movies: Y tu mama tambien(alfonso cuaron), The Normals, The Motorcycle Diaries(Walter Salles)Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulin(Jean-Pierre Jeunet)The Edukators(Hans Weingartner)The Dreamers(Bertolucci)Good Bye, Lenin(Wolfgang Becker)Foreign Land, Behind the sun(Walter Salles)Madame Satan(Karim Ainouz)Auberge espagnole, Les Poupees russes(Cedric Klapisch) Stand by me(Rob Reiner) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella) Broken Flowers(Jim Jarmusch) Downfall (Der untergang) Frida(Julie Taymor) Cidade de Deus (Fernando Meirelles)Swimming Pool (Francois Ozon)Valentin (Alejandro Agresti)Va,vis et deviens(Radu Mihaileanu)Les chansons d'amour and Dans Paris(Christophe Honoré)Joyeux Noël(Christian Carion)The Book of Revelation(Ana Kokkinos)

For music and movies I am pretty eclectic...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The spectacular sunset and the views over Lisbon from Miradouro da Graça and the greats sunset from my balcony in Tiradentes.

I was in the Asian side of Turkey among friends. Then, we decided to go back to the west side, towards to Istanbul. We crossed a bridge - kind of "golden gate" - under a literary brilliant and gorgeous moon night that was able with its perfect light spells to draw in Bosforo the roofs, the palaces and towers of Istanbul. I had never experienced such a magic moment. I will never forget it.

Five year ago I´ve spent with two good friends an amazing moto trip between Lisbon and Rome. It was almost 6000 km in two week. We crossed a lot of villages, beatiful landscapes and met good people during our way. I tasted the real flavour of each place and this kind of things you cant find in travel guides. Is was my best vacation!

Teach, Learn, Share

To discover, to learn, again, again always. Until the end of my life...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Brazil, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Portugal, United States

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