CURRENT MISSION (Temporarely out) I follow the roules of Couchsurfing, so I don´t give my adress to anyone before first contact. I give a meeting point and it's there I meet first my guests. ABOUT ME I live in Vila Praia de Âncora and I'm always in town. (I don´t live anymore in Barcelos town) I'm just a citizen. Create your own visitor map! PHILOSOPHY Everyone is a single person

I was born in 1984 (nowadays with 38years old) and have three beautiful boys, and a little princess(Afonso Maria 2012, Francisco Maria, 2014, Maria Margarida 2018 anda Gabriel Maria 2). 🤴🤴👸🤴🥰 Being a responsible person, I love to be able to think and to be like a child, where there is room for a thousand and one dreams and where we believe that the world can always be better. I could play adult games, but putting together a simple Lego is so much more fascinating, as is making a child or an elderly person smile. Personally, I love a good dinner or sharing the end of an afternoon with a group of friends over some titbits and some drinks * 🍗🍖🍷🍾🍹🍩 Meeting new people and experiencing new cultures fascinates me. ➡️ For me...A stranger is a Friend I haven’t got to meet yet :) A land where I have not yet set foot is a piece of a different culture that I don’t have yet. Respect for my culture, but above all, respect for that of others is very important. I like travel that mixes the luxurious with the greyer reality of those who sometimes feel hunger; there is where one sees how egotistic the human being is. I like living in a small place where there are no lines of traffic; I like to arrive home early; I like good food and a good wine … Ah, yes, and I love being in love … we always wake up better and believe in our inner strength. I believe we all have a mission to fulfil….. Professionally, my entire professional training is linked to economics and linguistics. Nowadays passionate for digital and ecommerce What I really love to do and study is the whole universe of Branding! For over 10 years I have been working in the men’s (principally) underwear industry. I dream of opening my own business, in which I would perhaps work a lot more, but would feel much more fulfilled. Leaving my footprint behind me is something that moves me onward. On the social level, I like doing volunteer work; I believe there are only 2 ways of making the world better: True love and genuinely give, asking nothing in exchange. I like to interact with the political and social community; at the present time I am a member of the board of the largest national association of young businessmen -ANJE. www.facebook.com/za.figueiredo

I'm always up for city walks, visiting museums, having a beer and chat. I'm interesting in history,art, photography, videography, technology, languages and good music. I studied music (piano and harpsichord), but recently I've been working as a web developer. ⚠️ Please, read my profile and the section My Home before sending a request. 👍

PLEASE READ: can only host 1 person currently in a mattress in the living room. I live in Afife, not Vila Praia de Ancora, Afife is about 4km before Vila Praia de Ancora, but the new system does not have Afife in it anymore 🤷‍♀️. I don't live in Porto either, in fact I'm almost 90km away, if you are looking for hosts in Porto please don't send me a couch request. For me CS is so much more than free accommodation, so I'm not too crazy about receiving mass emails. I'm pretty good at detecting those, so if you don't get a reply you can guess why. I welcome mostly those that are here for the real inter-cultural experience, have a genuine interest in meeting like-minded people, getting a flavour of the local culture in a familiar environment, and are as generous and reciprocating as I am. FREELOADERS: please give my profile a wide berth. I'm originally from Portugal, but also lived in Paris, Belgium, Amsterdam, Thailand and Mozambique. Travelled the world and made lots of CS friends that became just great friends really. What I really love is cultural immersion type of travelling: buying a ticket to some place far away and just wait to see what life throws at you. Wonderfully simple!