Hi! I come from Portugal but I've lived since an early age in Brussels. I love to travel and to meet new people. Currently I'm studying Journalism in Paris. I'm studying Journalism because I like to discover new things. I guess that's also why I love to travel: I like to be far away from the things I know best, to meet new people from different countries and to be face to face with new cultures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing essentially because I think that in order to really know a country, you have to meet the local people. Staying or meeting with locals allows you to discover things that you wouldn't without them and to unveil a new side of the country that is not normally shown to tourists: how people really live there. That's also what I try to show to people that come to Lisbon: how normal life is here, places that are really nice but that are not on tourist guides, etc...

Interests

I love music (I play guitar and piano), literature, music, sports (especially football) and cinema.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• sports
• soccer
• journalism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to almost any kind of music but I have a preference for rock. My favourite bands are The Beatles, Dave Matthews Band, Alabama Shakes, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and Pearl Jam. As to books, I especially like Latin American literature and I guess my favourite books are "Conversation in the Cathedral" by Vargas Llosa and "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo. About movies, I essentially like old movies (like movies from the 60s) and my favorite movie director is François Truffaut.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A trip to Peru and Spain with the expedition "Ruta Quetzal" where I camped for 5 weeks with 200 persons from around the world, did a lot of trekking in the Andes mountains and talked a lot with the locals.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to talk about music, travelling and art in general (literature, cinema, etc...). I like to learn things from other people's cultures and also to learn their language.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can talk with hosts about portuguese culture, teach them portuguese, cook them some typical portuguese dishes and point them out the best restaurants in Lisbon.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Croatia, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Portugal