I've been working in book publishing as a translator and I was a Portuguese teacher for some years (both to kids and adults), so language is one of my main interests.
I'm also a musician and over the last years I've been doing photography (mostly 35mm film).

I love literature, cinema, music, photography, nature, food, language, architecture, politics, and I'm very interested in technology and programming as well, so I guess I'm just curious about everything.

As I said, I like to talk about many things on different levels, and of course there's a time for everything, but I notice that I tend to be more engaged when it's time for more honest, thoughtful and personal conversations.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think the richest part of travelling is the interesting people you meet; that's what stays longer in memory at least.
I feel like many times people just end up rushing to touristic spots like they're making some sort of collection or checking a list of chores, trying to fulfill an expectation, and forget that what makes a place is its people, how they relate with each other and with their surroundings.
Obviously, (some) locations are touristic for a reason, I just try to find the balance between visiting them and spend some time wandering around the streets with no rushes or expectations.
This is definitely the right community to truly be able to know a place through people.

Interests

Music, Cinema, Literature, Photography, Guitar, Travel, Food, Video and Board Games.

One of my favourite things is riding a bicycle, I believe it's the perfect rhythm for moving around, specially if I'm surrounded by nature. I really like trains as well.

• arts
• books
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• movies
• music
• philosophy
• films
• cinema
• film photography

Music, Movies, and Books

Films - "Il deserto rosso", "Yurika", "Nostalghia", "There will be Blood", "The Holy Mountain", "Idi i Smotri", "Yi Yi", Bergman, Antonioni, Kurosawa, Paul Thomas Anderson. I also really like animation.

Music - Nick Drake, Air, Radiohead, MONO, Fleet Foxes, Chico Buarque, Tom Jobim, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, David Bowie, Metz, Amenra, Carlos Paredes, Ichiko Aoba, Jon Hopkins, Ulrich Schnauss, Björk, Shostakovich, Erik Satie, Billie Holiday, George Harrison, Blonde Redhead, etc.

Books - Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Dostoevsky, Tosltoy, Fiama Hasse Brandão, Manoel de Barros, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Conrad, José Saramago, I also like South American literature in particular, Fantasy and Sci-fi literature as well.

Some of the painters I like are Rothko, Turner, Kadinsky, Schiele, Nadir Afonso.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Playing in the biggest music festival in Portugal.
Traveling the whole road around Iceland.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Portuguese, which is a very interesting and complex language. I can also share some of my knowledge of guitar and photography.

We all learn through conversation as well, sharing our life experiences and views.

Portuguese cuisine is also very rich, I can share some family recipes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal