I'm 26 years old, born in Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the southern state of Brazil, bachelor in Geography and believe that with good work, study and mainly treatment we can construct a better world to live, to know and to travel; beeing friendly with another people from all over the world and with the environment also.

Furthermore the activities of studies and the work; I'm in love with music and the different instruments, generally I try to learn some of them, I play the guitar and I have an harmonica also, I have really a plan to learn keyboard when I'll be able, organizing my time.

I have played different sports while my whole life, like volley, basket, swimming, work out, running, cycling. Actuality I'm doing the modality of calisthenics training, like a open trainning on parcs with your own wheight and running. I also practise cycling almost every day.

I did the army service of Brazil, at one school of Officials training

But, my passion is travel, and of course keep learning languages

keep moving, knowing new people, places, beaches, landscapes, countries, cultures, animals, love, animals

Here you can see, if you would like, my professional profile: https://br.linkedin.com/in/marcelo-amarante-573a1bb9

and Fb: https://www.facebook.com/marcelo.amarante.3

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To know more people and places, improve my little knowledge, diferent cultures, making more travels and offering it to other persons that want to do this, exchange experiences of life, make some dreams reality, enjoy life through good times, try to make me a better person.

Couchsurfing is an impresionant experience, it's make me simply descover the world, not only because you are in different places, but because you know a little more abour how people live there. You start with a travel or hosting and at the final you can have friends for a long time

Interests

respect of differences and individualities, good treatment, planning, urban systems, management of the time, live the moment while sowing the future, social work

• books
• photography
• environment
• social action
• fitness
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• geography
• study abroad
• harmonica
• cooperation
• sustainable development
• landscapes
• keyboard
• altruism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music for me is like a so vast field and interesting, music is so important that sometimes can give a sense to the moments.

I like clasic music with piano, like Chopin and Debussy, Yann Tiersen, Lizst;
Rock: beatles, oasis, tame impala, post-rock bands, stereophonics, peral jam, nirvana, cris cornell, creed, black keys, Cold play, radiohead
Brazilian songs: Cícero, Rubel, Caetano Veloso, Vinicius de Moraes, Tom Jobim, Raimundos, Legião Urbana,
Jazz, Blues
many others

Movies: Beautiful Mind, Freedom Writers, Mens of Honor; sexo, amor e traião; Tropa de Elite, Dead Poets Society, Lord of the Rings,

Books: Harry Potter, Sophie's World, Nietzsche, Confúcio

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hum, this is nothing like I done on purpose, but I walked through the streets of Geneva at the end of the night with a Chilean friend without a place to sleep

Teach, Learn, Share

Geography, Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Tourism, Boundaries, Histories, Music, Languages, Sports

What I Can Share with Hosts

a flat! :) we can eat, drink, hang out together; moments, time

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Spain, Switzerland