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Overview

  • 17 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in French, Portuguese; learning English, Norwegian, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Professor
  • PhD in Linguistics
  • From Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live to grow up!

ABOUT ME

I am a person who cares about the others, very quiet and polite. I am a little shy, but open-minded and curious.
I enjoy hearing stories about different places in the world, about different cultures, food and people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have little experience in CS, but I'm very excited to offer CS members a place to stay and a good company.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

visited 18 states (8%) Create your own visited map of The World

Interests

Linguistics, literature, theater...

  • literature
  • theater
  • dining
  • tennis
  • volleyball
  • squash
  • cinema
  • linguistics
  • curling
  • line dancing

Music, Movies, and Books

I like drama movies, intelligent comedies, and good thrillers.
I love TV series... my favorites are "Six Feet Under", "Party of Five" and "In Treatment".
I really like literature. I love the magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, the theater of the absurd of Alfred Jarry e Samuel Beckett, the family conflicts of Milton Hatoum, and the writer I admire the most is José Saramago.
I love old music, especially from the 80's. I like music from many corners of the world, like Kings of Convenience (Norway), Destroyer (Canada), Sade (Great Britain/Nigeria) and the new MPB, with Toco and Mariana Aydar.
But music for me is movement, what body movement every sound allows! So I love trip hop, especially the band Thievery Corporation.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

All places where I have been are amazing... every place and company charmed me in a different way. But in particular, I will always remember my stay in Quebec City, where, at the same time, I surfed with three other CouchSurfing members. And, definitely, seeing the northern lights (aurora borealis) almost every week while I lived in Tromsø.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Portuguese...

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Canada, Norway

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