I am more of a last minute host as I rent a room some of the time each month so your stay will depend on when my friend is away. I will offer private room when or mattress in my room.

Only ask to stay if you have at least a reference and have some of that good ole couchsurfing spirit about you. I won't be CS friends with people I've never met before so don't ask me. Cheers!

MISSION

To make the most of each present moment. Be creative!
https://www.instagram.com/withlatitude/
https://youtu.be/Rui5ybuKVOU

ABOUT ME

Curious, resourceful, upbeat and at times solitary.
Apparently https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality
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Empathy, gratitude, live today for who knows what the future holds. I try to plant the seed to grow the tree under whose shade I may never sit - or maybe that’s just being a long term tenant
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Karma!
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Culture culture I see as much as I can as I get, why I stay in London.

PHILOSOPHY

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step into the music he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau.
I remember reading this when i was 14, then 20 years on i started to really hear different drummers and started on a samba journey.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Some days i am the sailor, but these days, for the time being, i am mostly the port.

Couchsurfing has revolutionised how I travel as it has so many elements to it. Travelling solo is so much more fun when you know there’s a CS community you can opt into if the solitary road gets too much.
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The comfort of strangers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I host nowadays mainly on the Emergency couch group as I don't always have a spare bed. I occasionally organise events in London. Free culture überall!

Couchsurfing has revolutionised the way I travel. I travel when I can and am grateful for the CS community to host me, or meet up with me.

I’ve made many friends on my CS journey who I still see and have many memories that add to the tapestry of my life.

Interests

Forró, 5 rhythms dance, photography, cycling, outdoor swimming, sauna, salsa, psychology, balkan brass, bbqs, feeling the sunshine, meeting kindred spirits, synchronicity, cooking with friends, solitude, horizons, playing with words, lying in my hammock.

• culture
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• sauna
• gardening
• reading
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• world cup
• psychology
• spirituality
• forró
• futurism
• yoga and meditation
• forró dancing
• cold water swimming
• weimar
• five rhythms

Music, Movies, and Books

Orfeu negro (black orfeus), marcel camus;
l'uomo delle stelle (starmaker), giuseppe tornatore;
la cienaga, lucrecia martel.
Studio Ghibli
fight club. crash. 21 grams. gypsy caravan.
these are the films that made an impact.

Breaking bad is my kinda series.
The Handmaid’s tale.
Homeland.
I'm a Mubi fan - arthouse European cinema.

Podcasts~ blind boy podcast, david macWilliams, poetry unbound, unherd

music... samba, ska, dirty funk, balkan, bossa, country, Ethiopian jazz, blues

books... The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran; Ekhart Tolle, Will Self; Vladimir Nabokov,; Yuval Harari, Brene Brown, Martin Amis

https://icrrd.com/public/media/31-10-2020-084952101%20Essays%20That%20Will%20Change%20The%20Way%20You%20Think%20-%20Brianna%20Wiest.pdf

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having a baby girl Selva
Playing samba at the 2006 world cup final in berlin with 100 drummers from 15 countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoceieqFck
Seeing the Berlin wall fall when I was living in Berlin as a student.
Every year being part of the Trailer Park at Latitude Festival and the Electric Picnic - seeing a field transform into a caravanopolis of art
Participating in a house building project in Nicaragua

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my music, travel tales, life's antidotes, the words that get lost in translation.

I can show you Brixton market

We can sit in the garden for a mate (an argentinian tea i love to drink) and then who knows where the conversation will go.

I can tell you how to enjoy london on the cheap - I am a culture vulture without a stash of cash- if you’re lucky we can see some theatre or gigs as I get cheap tickets.
Some links:

http://www.londonforfree.net
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95205858/Free-self-guided-Cultural-London-walk
http://london.lecool.com/london/en/week

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love music and will share my taste.

I can speak several languages so happy to practise!

Let’s share our vision of the world, whether global or local; how we can try to be more empathetic in an increasingly hard world

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Italy, Nicaragua, United Kingdom, Uruguay

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