ABOUT ME

I'm a young nuclear engineer from Rio, 30 years old. During 2014, I was an exchange student at PennState and I lived near Pittsburgh for the Summer. I love to learn new languages, meet new people and specially new cultures. I believe it's really aggrandizing to get in touch with new cultures, it opens your mind.

In 2021, I moved to Sweden and I live here since.

I'm not a very religious person, but I think you should always do what makes you feel better.

I love getting in touch with nature. Hiking, biking, scuba diving, snorkeling,...

In 2019 I made a trip to India and it changed my life. It was a three week yoga course followed by a couple of weeks traveling around the country. Since then, I became a vegetarian and it’s now been over 5 years.

One of my biggest hobbies is gardening. I liked plants before but it became a real hobby during covid period. I was living in Brazil at the time and started a plant instagram and YouTube channel (@malucosasplantas, if interested). I’ve kept the hobby after moving to Sweden but I haven’t devoted much time to the social networks lately. I have a big collection of Anthuriums and Philodendrons. The tropical plants make me feel like home.

I love music too. It's like: I don't go anywhere without my headphones.

Part of my mother's family is from Germany, so I kind of have a crush with this country. However, I haven't learned german yet.

Feel free to contact me. If I'm able I will host you, if not we can just hang out and I can show you a bit of the city.

If you want more info or just chat with me, add me on instagram or Facebook. No problems. Just mention that you found me on Couchsurfing. ;)

https://www.facebook.com/andrerebellojr

Instagram: @juniorrebello

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We've hosted many people in Rio de Janeiro and I couchsurfed once in the USA. It was always great experiences.

The best trip I've made was a road trip along California coast line in 2014. I've posted here about it and was able to meet two people there and we shared part of the trip.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Meeting people and travelling together.

Interests

Travelling, meeting new people and having a good conversation, dancing, reading...

• cats
• dogs
• books
• dancing
• lgbt rights
• cooking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• history
• languages
• gayfriendly
• rupaul's drag race

Music, Movies, and Books

Reality Shows: Real Housewives franchise (specially Beverly Hills, Atlanta and Dubai), RuPauls Drag Race, Love is Blind, Selling Sunset, House of Villains.

TV Series: Golden Girls, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Revenge, Nikita, Vampire Diaries, American Horror Story, Visitors, Two and a Half Men, Originals, The 100.

Music: Pabllo Vittar, Anitta, Jaloo, Florence + The Machine, Patti Smith, Björk, Natalia Kills, Of Monsters and Men, Alanis, Ionnalee, Luedji Luna, Nathy Peluso.

Books: Any from Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling, Harlan Coben, Anne Rice, André Vianco, Michael Crichton, Hermann Hesse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ok, as you can see above I am a Bjork fan. One of the greatest things I've done (surely one of the craziest things), was to go to the premiere of her movie in NYC, ask her a question, give her a signed Patti Smith book as a gift and end up hugging her. It was Amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

Learning: Swedish

Wanna learn: Dutch, Icelandic and German.

Can teach: science stuff, English; Portuguese;

What I Can Share with Hosts

I’m not the best cook, but I do my best haha. I love to share stories from my trips and the plans for the next ones.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Gibraltar, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Sweden, United States