I am a PhD student passionately in love with the history of Portuguese Empire and the Latin America (especially Brazil).
For the last couple of years I used to travel a lot and live abroad (mainly in Brazil and Portugal). But I do love my Poland and I am so proud of being Polish and even if I am not always here I always feel the Portuguese "saudade" (longing) towards my homeland. So if you can catch me in Poland it would be my pleasure to show you the magnificence of Warsaw.

Welcome to my website: http://terrabrasilis.org.pl/

PHILOSOPHY:

Nunca pienses ni el futuro ni el pasado, solo en las experiencias que son las unicas que te hacen vivir

Let's be realists! Lets demand the impossible! Seamos realistas! Hagamos lo imposible!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's what I believe in:
"Become friends with people who aren't your age. Hang out with people whose first language isn't the same as yours. Get to know someone who doesn't come from your social class. This is how you see the world, this is how you grow".

Interests

early modern history, political and social sciences, Portuguese Empire, Latin America (especially Brazil), traveling,

• singing
• dancing
• wine
• partying
• clubbing
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• karaoke
• fishing
• camping
• snowboarding
• soccer
• swimming
• world cup
• emergency services
• history
• social science
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
*Latin Rythmes: Bossa Nova, Samba, Bachata, Musica Popular Brasileira
* World Music: eg. African music from Portuguese speaking countries, especially from Cape Verde

Books:
Jorge Amado (Brazilian writer)
Pepetela (Angolan writer)
Cortazar (Argentinean writer)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* JUNGLE! Living in jungle in ECUADOR! Jungle in ARGENTINA and BRAZIL! Trying the WILD LIFE in Latin America

* living, working and later traveling from the west to the east coast in the USA (Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, NYC, Washington DC, Florida) (june - september 2009)

*living, working, studying and traveling in BRAZIL (june 2010 - february 2013)

*talking to my four African spirits

*fishing piranhas in Amazon (MANAUS), touching the Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, dancing forro in Recife, eating Moqueca in Salvador, visitng favela Dona Marta in Rio de Janeiro

* taking part in Afrobrasilian religious ritual CANDOMBLE. Sharing the glass of wine with African ghost and having a nice conversation with him, Brazil

* being a CAPIRA half woman half man dancing around bonfire in funny dress, big hut and mustache on my face during SAO JOAO in Brazil (june 2010)

* singing Summer Night (karaoke) in one of the casinos in Las Vegas

* visiting volcano on Tenerifa

* touching Bob Marley Mausoleum in Jamaica

* keeping in my hand a small crocodile, USA

* traveling in jeep through the National Park in Grand Caymans

* praying in the Buddhist temple in Thailand

* I survived during the celebrations of French Revolution (every year 14/07) in Paris, France (FIRE!)

* dancing country in the real TEXAN club (Texas, USA)

* crying with everybody on the streets when GERMANY lost the final game in FIFA 2006 (Freiburg, Germany 2006)

* had a ride on 'Stratosphere' in Las Vegas at 2 am

* taking a trip around Switzerland (2007)

* looking how the Cuban woman are making 'cigarros' (Cuba)

* being in the most austral place in the world and taking the train till the end of the world (Ushuaia, Argentina!)

* looking at the sunset on the beach in San Diego CALIFORNIA

*meeting the hippies in California

* trying the slots machine in Las Vegas and lost everything

* dinner in the beautiful restaurant in Las Vegas

* escape from the Spanish police when my friends were playing the guitar too loud in the middle of the night in BARCELONA, Spain

* being REALLY under the waterfalls FOZ DE IGUACU Brazil/Argentina and feeling like in TITANIC

* ride through the mountains in Ecuador

* being on THE MONT BLANC!

* being on the top of Italian Mountains with my SNOWBOARD

* meeting the Santa Claus in Buenos Aires, Argentina

* was born in 1989 when the cold war was finished

* ride in the old Cuban car through La Habana

* seing a cometa above my home in 90´

* meeting recently met people more than twice in different parts of the world

* taking a subway to HARLEM and BRONX in NYC, going in the high-heels through the most dangerous district and ruuuuuuuuuuuuuun back to the subway

* taking SALSA classes on the beach in the Republica Dominicana

* seeing the most amazing show in Vegas: THE BEATLES LOVE, Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas

* spent couple hours in the Turkish hospital

* visiting (as a guest!) the prison in Germany and getting the feeling that it's better the German prison than being homeless;-)

* watching the football match between Spain and Poland on Camp Nou in Barcelona and making the Mexican wave, Spain (we lost;/)

* takin sun on the SPANISH STEPS with Marti in Rome, Italy

* looking at the beautiful colorful fountains which moved in rythm to the music from titanic in the night at the Plaza de Catalunya, Spain

* a crazy ride on a FERRIS WHEEL on the highest peak of Barcelona, Spain

* eating a FROG (France) and LAMA (Peru)

* take a ride on a CAMEL (Turkey)

* party in the foam (Calella, Spain)

* taking a HELICOPTER trip over the GRAN CANYON, Arizona, USA

*ILLEGAL party in NYC, WITHOUT police intervention

*swimming with dolphins, Cuba

*visiting favela Dona Marta in Rio de Janeiro, and spent some night in favela in Salvador , Brazil

*seing the most amazing BOLLYWOOD SHOW in New Delhi, India

* touching elephant in Jaipur, India

* trying to survive on Indian roads :)

* being in the buddsiht temple on the top of the mountain somewhere in Brazil and to believe that dreams can come true

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Poland, Portugal, United States

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