FIRST: The house is shared by 3 persons! Me, my boyfriend Hugo (no profile on CS) and my friend Romário (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/romariodesousa)!

CURRENT MISSION

Traveling the world, learning languages, overflowing knowledge!

ABOUT ME

Hey, folks!

I’m Duda (is my nickname). I'm 23 years old and I was born in Brazil, but now I live in Portugal. I keep on me all the energy of the Brazilian people, a cheerful, playful and positive energy, full of good vibrations.

I graduated in Performing Arts and now I start the master's degree in Strategic Communication. My research is linked to marketing and beer (yes, beer!), and these are also two areas for which I am passionate about.

I’m very tolerant and open-minded person. And this is not just a CS phrase for me. I really am constantly working to make myself a better person and make the world a more tolerant place and free from all forms of prejudice. I'm not just talking about big events and activism, but of that essential process of self-knowledge. I believe that traveling and meeting new people and new cultures greatly assist this process. For everybody! Everything is breathtaking for me, especially when I'm traveling. I love to enjoy the beauty that exists in all and I love to lose myself in the cities, knowing those places that almost no one sees.

I LOVE BEER!That has to be clear! Love taste different types of beer, specially craft beers. But it is a hobby, not intended to be drunk (only sometimes).

AND I LOVE TO EAT. A LOT.

So... that's it!

PHILOSOPHY

THE ANSWER TO LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IS 42. So... DON'T PANIC.

HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED.

'Into the Wild' taught me that and life made me agree.
So I prefer to travel with friends and I value the opportunities to meet people. I value even more people with good energy and joy of living.

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

On june/july/august of 2014, I traveled around Europe with my friend Yamila (argentina's girl). Yamila and I visited Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Italy. There were 41 days of travel by hosting only with couchsurfing! A great adventure! We were welcomed by wonderful people that made our trip much, much more special. They are:

Daniel Herrera (Colômbia) - Frankfurt
Nikolas - Köln
Johan Brisaert and Dominique - Brussels
Jørgen - Amsterdam (Hilversum)
Gerrit and his lovely and hospitable family - Berlin
Liane and Erhard - Schwerin (Germany)
Adriano and Margarita - Napoli
Adelaide - Catania
Vicenzo - Agrigento
Carmelo and Dumbo - Palermo
Ciro and Alex - Palermo
Renato Marconi - Milán

On March/2015, I travelled aroud Ireland and North Ireland for 1 month! I meet amazing people on this travel, one of then is my flatmate now! They are:

Romário, Lucas, Murilo and Pedro - Dublin
Eoin - Greystones/Wicklow Mountains
Radu/Lucie - Ennis
Darren - Belfast
Graeme (Gee) - Belfast

Some of the people I met on this travels visist me in Lisbon and stay on my home, but now me as a host! Gee, Eoin, Pedro and Renato stay on my home!

Thank you, thank you so much for all you, my hosts!

I would be very happy to share my experiences, laughter and good energy who can receive me and stay on my home!

兴趣

Travel - especially in small town/villages and natural places.

Art - theater, cinema, performing arts, street art, circus and music (MPB, samba, bossa nova, classic music [Bach, Dvorak, Schubert, Liszt, Mozart] and folk music).

Culture - culture and traditions, popular songs, myths, history, arts... everything local!

Food - I'm a person who love eat good food and traditional dishes.

Beer - I like to experience the best/most traditional drinks in each place, but the beer has a special place in my heart. I am a big fan of craft beer, and love IPA's, stouts and porters.

Books - I'm an addicted reader. ALWAYS carry with me a good book. I like read everything, from classical to fantasy literature. Tolkien, Calvino, Garcia Marquez, Beckett, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Bernard Cornwell, George R. R. Martin, Dostoiévski, Neruda, Rimbaud, all are side by side on my shelf.

Movies and series: it's one of the things that occupy my free time. As with books, also watch everything (except horror films).

People - I love my family above all. My friends are my support for life. My boyfriend, who lives with me and our friend Romário, is my best friend and love of my life!

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• street art
• beauty
• cooking
• chocolate
• beer
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• folk music
• dialects
• history
• languages
• food

音乐、电影和书籍

Music - MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), samba and bossa nova, classic rock, classic music, a bit of almost everything.

Movies - a lot! But I'm particularly fan of Cinema Paradiso, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Across the Universe, Dancer in the Dark, Irréversible, Away from Her, The Color Purple, La Tête en Friche, 500 Days of Summer, Moulin Rouge, Lavoura Arcaica, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, La Délicatesse, À La Folie... Pas Du Tout, Girl, Interrupted, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Forrest Gump, Into the Wild, The Piano, Mulholland Drive, V for Vendetta, Fight Club, Edward Scissorhands, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, The Lord of the Rings, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast (yes, the Disney animation), Wall-e, Up... and many others!

Series - "Breaking Bad" is the best series ever! Stranger Things is awesome, the sitcom "Friends" is my favorite comedy. I also like "The Big Bang Theory", "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", "House of Cards", "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", among others.

Books - Uuuuhh, there are so many!! All of Tolkien, A Song of Ice and Fire, the books of Bernard Cornwell, Neil Gaiman, Ítalo Calvino, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Douglas Adams, Leonel Caldela, Milan Kundera, Franz Kafka, Fiódor Dostoiévski... The plays of Beckett, Garcia Lorca, Shakespeare, Pirandello, Ibsen, Ionesco, Tennesse Williams, Arthur Miller, Fernando Arrabal...

I also read some comics and manga. And I love animes!

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

The best experience of my life was my trip to Prague. Prague is a amazing city and has the best beer of the world (and more cheap). The city is beautiful and perfect for you to forget the time and just walk through the old streets. Besides this, the czech people is beautiful! And the food... The Prague's ham accompanied by potatoes, bacon and cabbage... Woooow! For dessert (or anytime), you can eat a Trdlo, the sweet bread of Slava!

Three beautiful things I've seen in my life:

The church "Sagrada Família", of Gaudí, in Barcelona.
The sunset on the sea, in Cádiz (Spain).
The Jewish district in Prague, and the exhibition of children's drawings who lived in Therése orphanage in the II World War.

教，学，和分享

Woooow.

I can teach how to make a good brazilian food (feijoada and brigadeiro - salt and sweet) and I make a very very good chocolate cake (in Brazil, the name is Nega Maluca). I can also teach portuguese and brazilian expressions... and imitating accents from Brazil.

I would like to learn all. Seriously. Anything interests me. I would love to learn other languages and dialects and expressions. And I need improve my english!

I'm always willing to share experiences, cultures and laughs. And I love cook, so maybe I can cook for you. ;)

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay

我居住过的国家

Brazil, Portugal