ABOUT ME

Among many other things I love limestone artistic ceilings, hiking, swimming, photography, traveling, meeting new friends, learn something new, cooking and eating...

PHILOSOPHY

"Who is wise? One who learns from every man" (Ben Zoma)

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host, surf and help

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted in Paris, Lisbon, Malta and Porto / Póvoa de Varzim
Surfed in Paris, Stockholm, Cologne, Bologna, Madrid, Palma, Aveiro, Barcelona, Tarragona, Tortosa

Interests

• literature
• architecture
• photography
• cooking
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• swimming
• cartography
• teaching
• geography
• history
• languages
• study abroad
• volunteering
• massage
• urban planning

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: from Pedro Almodovar, Luis Bunuel, Quentin Tarantino, Manuel d'Oliveira, Roberto Benigni,Jacques Tati, Emir Kusturica, Radu Mihaileanu, Sylvain Chomet, Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, Lars von Trier, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch, Charles Chaplin, Tim Burton; Romy and Michele go to High School Reunion, Le fabuleux destin d Amelie Poulain, Jeux d Enfants, Un long dimanche de Fiancailles, Ratatouille, Monty Python...

Music: I like almost every kind of music, some of my favorite styles are Jazz, Rock, Flamenco

Books: Latin american Literature (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Mario Delgado Aparain, Sepulveda, Jorge Amado), Saramago, Camoes, Fernando Pessoa, Camilo, Eca de Queiroz, Agualusa, Antonio Lobo Antunes, Alice Vieira, Lui­sa Dacosta, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Ilse Losa, Marina Tavares Dias, Cervantes, Lazarillo de Tormes, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Camus, Zola,Almudena Grandes, Susana Fortes, Tahar ben Jelloun, Kafka, Agatha Christie, Jonathan Swift, Richard Zimler, Paul Auster, Bruce Chatwin...

Atlases, Biographies, History and Geography books...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Erasmus at Paris 2004/05 and then lived some years in the City of Light,
- Surprise birthday party to my mother,
- spending holidays in a friend's castle in Bretagne-France,
- visiting lost villages in Morocco,
- played with Gibraltar monkeys,
- working as a teacher,
- working as a volunteer,
- organized parties/dinners,
- el Camino de Santiago,
- lived one year in Malta,
- a solo trip in Ireland visiting wonderful places (Giant's Causeway, cliffs, beaches, Belfast, Dublin and Cork)
-travelling and meeting many nice people...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you portuguese (my mother tongue) or any other language that I speak, history/geography, pastry and cooking skills... I would love to learn more about meditation and more languages...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my home and my company. I'm a good listener. I'm always motivated to go for a walk / hike / trail, to go to the beach, to swim or to share a meal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Malta, Portugal

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