Only recently (Jan/2020) we engaged in CS.

Married to Giovanna, we have two daugthers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 (Helena, 2014, and Elisa, 2019) and a son 👨‍👦 (Leonardo, 2002).

She is a lawyer and I'm a public prosecuter. We live in an apartment, are oppened mind and love. 💕 being close to people. 😀😀😀

For leasure, we use go to the club 🏊, to some restaurant 🍴 and receive friends and relatives. Being at home🏠 in family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 is great and refreshing. We're not for the night.

I use to run 🏃🏃 for health.

We love traveling ✈️✈️,but It is not so frequently as we wish 🙁 because of our young kids. In Brazil 🇧🇷 we had been in most interesting places, so we have mamy information that helps.

Nowadays we have no travel plans.

My hobby is woodworking🔨 (begining).

Another hobby is sportfishing 🚣🚣🚣🐟🐟🐟 (catch and release) in amazon region (far from here). Being in that huge water/forest 🏞️world is amazing.

I also deal with a australian cedar tree plantation🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 for producing log/wood in the future.

Our honeymoon was in India. The best choice. We both love living the cultural contrast. 👳👩‍🚒👱👵👴👩

Also a transiberian travel was a dream that became true when I was single.

I've been Rotarian for 16 years and some of them as the local Club Officer of International Youth Exchange.

We have been also in India in a Rotarian Friendship Exchange and then our indian friends came to Brazil AND stayed with us. This close contact is better than any tradicional travel.

What we really wish is friendship, not just travel or receive travellers.

Uff, that's me..... What about you?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A great part of our believes depends on where or when we grow. Although we can learn about the past, we're not able to live it or the future. So, imersing with open mind in another cultures is a great oportunity of shaking our inside references. What remains untoucheble may be close to our human nature or to ourselves. Anyway, we grow.

Interests

We are interested in making real friends abroad. We hope to begin sharing our experiences in internet and later visting/being visited.

We can also suport who may come to Brazil with any information I can bring and, maybe, with a home far from home.

As our kids grow, we intend to return traveling around the world, allways close to the people, sharing experiences and our view of everything.

• fish
• farm animals
• culture
• traveling
• socializing
• woodworking
• fishing
• agriculture
• forestry
• law
• religion
• cultural immersion
• agritourism
• travel
• travelling
• cultures
• farming
• family
• religions
• antropology
• cultural exchange
• family and friends
• culture exchange
• cultural tourism
• beekeeping
• agronomy
• rotary
• lawyer
• culture and history
• criminal justice
• culture sharing
• rotaract
• law enforcement

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS:

Me before you. ****
The boy in striped pyjama. *****
The pursuit of happyness.***

BOOKS:

Books that open our mind to humankind (history, health, various religions) like:

Sapiens: a brief history of humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
The Case Against Sugar (Gary Taubes)
Jesus Lived in India (Holger Kersten)
Sex and Religion (Dag Oistein Endsjo)
The Palestine-Israel Conflict: (Dan Cohn-Sherbok & Dawoud Al-Alami)

MUSICS:

Anyone: 🎶. 🎤 🎵 🎺. 🎶. 🎷,

except funk: 😝😝😝

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A great family.

Friensdisip exchange in India, and then returning for my friend's son great marriage.

Sportfishing in amazon region.

Transiberian travel.

Teach, Learn, Share

Life is learning everyday. Let's share our experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Any information about Brazil: just ask!

A home far from home: good place to rest. And our frienship.

Our town is about 130.000 inhabitans and it 90 km from Belo Horizonte (where I was born and grew), the capital of our state, Minas Gerais. It is also near to some historical touristic towns (Congonhas, 20 km; and Ouro Preto, 80 km).

We can support tou in some interesting visits near, like traditional farms, alambiques (where cachaça/destiled from sugar cane is produced), crafted beer production, religious/cultural events in specific ocasions... mountains and waterfalls.

Accepting you as our guests we hope your major interest is not a place to stay ($), but our friendship. So, we'll do our best, even changing our routine.

Depending on our previous contact (interests, empathy...) and our time planning, we'll provide much more suport, like you were a member of our family.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Paraguay, Portugal, Russian Federation, Thailand, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil