Chemical Engineering student at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon. Erasmus at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There is nothing better than traveling and experiencing other cultures. Couchsurfing is an easy, cheap and cool way to do this, especially because of the interaction with the local hosts.

Interests

• books
• movies
• traveling
• music
• science
• food

Music, Movies, and Books

I love music, cinema and books. Some of my favorite bands are The National, Foals, The Cure, Tame Impala, The Smiths, Arcade Fire, Slowdive, Sufjan Stevens, Haim and The xx. I love foreign cinema and animation, everything Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, Andrei Tarkovsky, Wong Kar-wai, Wes Anderson and Asghar Farhadi. I love to read and some of my favorite authors are Virginia Woolf, Fernando Pessoa, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., José Saramago, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, J.D. Salinger, E.E. Cummings and T.S. Eliot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gone swimming at 1am in the cold waters of Brownsea Island.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My company, enthusiasm and curiosity. Also a bottle of Porto wine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Portugal