I'm aware that this is a cliché, but I like to meet different people and to visit new places. It's a compelling way of learning. I believe progress is born from the continuous dialogue between people with different backgrounds and points of view.
Born and raised in Porto, Portugal. Currently living in Nicosia, Cyprus.

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Cs is amazing, it provided me great stories and friendships. It really is a great platform for those who want to meet new places and different people.

Interests

Travelling, reading, writing, chilling, political science, philosophy, history, music, community media

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Tchaikovsky, Pink Floyd, Mayra Andrade, Laibach, Franz Ferdinand, Gogol Bordello, Manu Chao, Jacques Brel, Zeca Afonso, Goran Bregovic, MF DOOM, Mos Def, Leonard Cohen, Linda Martini, Acid Arab... pretty much anything

Movies: "Cinema Paradiso"; "2001 Space Odyssey"; "Le consegüenze dell'amore"; "La grande belleza"; "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"; "Dans les forêts de Siberie"; "Tom a la ferme"; "Princess Mononoke"; "Casablanca", "The Wolf of Wall Street", Indiana Jones (yes, even the last one), "The Godfather"," Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "The Silence of the Lambs", "The Great Dictator", "Reservoir Dogs", "Brian's Life"...

Literature: Huxley, Kafka, Orwell, Dostoievsky, Tolstoy, Gogol, Pepetela, Saramago, Camus...

"Brave New World" (Aldous Huxley); "The Myth of Sisyphus" (Albert Camus); "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" (Tolstoy); "The Idiot" (Dostoievsky); "Homage to Catalonia" (George Orwell); "Contact" (Carl Sagan); "The Autograph Man" (Zadie Smith)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lost my glasses in the depths of a lake and found them 3 months later in perfect conditions (except for a few aquatic weeds).
Walked 245 kms from Porto to Santiago de Compostela, doing the "Camiños de Santiago".
Visited Transnistria.
Got trapped inside a fortress after closing (Tsarevets, Bulgaria)
Lost my ID card in Warsaw 2 hours before a flight.

Teach, Learn, Share

history, portuguese, community media, stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

life and friendship
stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, Portugal