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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Open my eyes. Open my heart. Live.
ABOUT ME
Myself in three words: I LOVE LIFE.
My life is a book, filled with many interesting & exciting chapters. I live in a multicultural melting hotpot, in a land filled with opportunities, dreams, sunshine and happiness. I find blessings in every day, seek adventure in every corner, passion & colours in every moment. Viva la vita.
I dream. I dance. I laugh. I smile. I play.
Sono arcobaleno. Je suis arc-en-ciel. Soy un arco iris.
I am searching for my Personal Legend. Join me.
PHILOSOPHY
Life is the dancer. And I am the dance.
Wherever your heart is, there you will your treasure.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams.
You can discover the magic instant. It may be hiding at the moment when we put the key in the door in the morning, in the silence right after dinner, in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us. This moment exists - a moment when all the strength of stars passes through us and let us work miracles.
LA VITA E BELLA.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
This is my first couchsurfing experience.....
Interests
Seeing the world, travelling to new exotic places, partaking in its mix of cultures.
Learning languages: Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Watching Foreign Films (especially Spanish, French, Italian movies). Film festivals.
Books. Books. Books - Doorway to new & exciting imaginary worlds.
Immersed in nature with my headphones and my music. Spending every spare moment at the beach soaking in the sunlight glistening on the water. Surrounded by green lush rainforests, watching the magic of sunrise and sunset bring a new day, watching stars twinkle in the sky...I love being around waterfalls. Most of all I absolutely love watching Rainbows after the rain.
Dancing. Latin dances. Samba. Salsa. Bachata. Zouk.
Arts & Origami. Making stars and cranes.
Fascination with Tigers & Dolphins.
Food festivals. Love trying food from each corner of the world.
Seven Wonders of the World.
All things Brazilian (Brazilian beaches, Ilha Grande, Samba, brazilian passion & spirit, picanha)
- birds
- arts
- books
- festivals
- film festivals
- dancing
- bachata
- dining
- movies
- traveling
- origami
- magic
- music
- paragliding
- languages
- beaches
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies:
Amores Perros. La Mala Educacion (Bad Education). The Motorcycle Diaries. El Crimen Del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro). Avatar. La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful). Blood Diamond. Paris Je T'aime. 2046. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. The House of Flying Daggers. Hero. V for Vendetta. Gladiator. Crash. My Sassy Girl. The Notebook. The Godfather. American Beauty. The Pianist. Once. Spirited Away. My Neighbour Totoro. Once. All James Bond 007 Films.
Books:
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (Paulo Coelho)
The Zahir (Paulo Coelho)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Power of One
A New Earth (Eckhart Tolle)
The Passion Test (Janet Bray and Chris Attwood)
Currently reading:
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Music:
Patrizio Buanne <3
Tiesto (In Search of Sunrise: 1 - 7)
Hotel Costes
Leonard Cohen
Jason Mraz
The Beautiful Girls
Damien Rice
Bob Marley
Spanish & Italian music - Max Pezzali
Latin music - Bachata, Zouk, Samba
Monchy & Alexandra
Aventura
Carlos Santana
Alizee
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I have seen too many amazing things in this life:
- Inca Trail (Cusco) to Machu Picchu (this was one of the best experiences of my life...the journey to the Lost City of the Incas)
- Witnessing the sheer awe and magic of Iguazu Falls...there is not another place like this on earth. I have never seen so many rainbows and colours. Pure, utter total heaven. Wow!!!
- Parque de aves...bird park near Iguazu Falls. I have not seen so many beautiful birds of colours I could not even imagine. Parikeets. Toucans...Butterflies. Hummingbirds.
- Paragliding over Rio De Janeiro. Simply amazing! The view of the entire city and beaches below...
Teach, Learn, Share
Living from the heart.
Following your dreams.
Love. Happiness.
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Peru, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia