CURRENT MISSION Travel, and meet many people as i can :) ABOUT ME I love life, i just wish i had more time to meet more people, try more things, and do a lot more stuff. My friends are always saying that i'm always with a good mood, and it's kinda true. Normally i just see the good things that life brings to us, i always look to "the bright side of life", i know there's always a sun shining for all of us. Some friends are always saying that i'm a very lucky guy, even thou i wouldn't call it luck, i believe we can do a lot about our destiny. I don't believe that all things go as we want and that we do our destiny. But, i saw it as combinations/probabilities: i believe that we can get the best chances to our side if we do something for it. For the other hand my father is always telling me that "the world is not going to end tomorow!" because i feel constantly a big urge to do things, to be active and when im really into it, i do it and i give it all. Anyway, mostly i love to travel&meet people, make friendships all around the globe and keep in touch with people after, not just meet and bye forever, gather knowledge, learn learn learn, talk about travelling and adventures, share experiences. And especially people that open my horizons, that show me a diferent and original way of thinking and living, normally..i will get in love by those ones. I have two Blogs if you want to check/add to newsletter @ Traveling blog www.pedropadinha.blogspot.com Traveling in Iran www.bazarpersa.blogspot.com PHILOSOPHY Live your life as if there is only one time for you to enjoy it. (just in case, don't trust reincarnation!)

Heeey! I'm Filipe from Portugal! [You can follow my IG at @jfilipefreire] I was born in Lisbon and I live with my dad in a little village 1h far from there. My dream is to travel all around the world. I've been in 52 countries so far! :D I love traveling, knowing people and places. I was on a psychedelic rock band and on a surf rock one. I play piano and ukulele. I'm also part of a theater group. I've been discovering my passion about photography. I almost finished my masters in computer science and I'm organizing Erasmus+ projects using theatre tools 🦊🌞 Places I CouchSurfed (also keeping track for myself 😝) 01/2016 - London, UK 10/2016 - Vienna, Austria 12/2016 - Zagreb, Croatia 12/2016 - Zadar, Croatia 01/2017 - Sarajevo, Bosnia 01/2017 - Tirana, Albania 08/2018 - Klaipeda, Lithuania 08/2018 - Riga, Latvia 10/2018 - Sibiu, Romania 10/2018 - Deva, Romania 12/2018 - Paphos, Cyprus 12/2018 - Nicosia, Cyprus 12/2018 - Girne (Kyrenia), Cyprus 12/2018 - Bucharest, Romania 01/2019 - San Gwann, Malta 01/2019 - Gozo, Malta 02/2019 - Chisinau, Moldova 02/2019 - Odesa, Ukraine 02/2019 - Amman, Jordan 02/2019 - Petra, Jordan 02/2019 - Wadi Rum, Jordan 02/2019 - Aqaba, Jordan 03/2019 - Jerusalem, Israel 03/2019 - Nablus, Palestine 03/2019 - Tel Aviv, Israel 03/2019 - Novi Sad, Serbia 06/2019 - Rome, Italy 09/2022 - Cluj, Romania 10/2022 - Budapest, Hungary 10/2022 - Vienna, Austria 10/2022 - Bratislava, Slovakia 06/2025 - Singapore 11/2025 - Cologne, Germany

I'm currently out of the country, up to 29 of August, so I won't be able to host. Only after that date. I'm a happy, easy going and idealistic guy :) I live with my partner Lesia and I'm currently finishing a master's in Cognitive Science. I like spend the rest of my time working on different projects, reading, learning, talking withand meeting new people. I especially enjoy meeting people with different perspectives on the world. What else do I like to do? I like to go out and see a good concert. I love to meet old friends and to make new ones. I like to write and and play the guitar. I love to hike and camp and to be surrounded by nature. I love to eat a good meal and to drink some good wine ;) I like sports and physical activity. I do my best to be politically and socially active. I love art and cultural events.

{Most of the info is from my old profile, I have been on CS for over 10 years and curious to see what it’s like now} Being sincere is the strategy I choose for discovering the marvelous world around. Being open helps to do that easier. I care and trust, share and ask. Curious (sometimes excessively, but not about personal stuff) and take 'weird' as a compliment. I travel to overcome stereotypes. After all, you never know before you try. It will be nice to meet you, explore together, enjoy walking and talking (: