Hii!! I'm João, a 22 years old student from Portugal that is doing Erasmus in Germany and is starting to solo travel.

I really like to listen to and make electronic experimental music 🎶. I love sound design and to try to find new synthesized sounds that I never heard before (it's like seeing a new color I swear). During my Erasmus in Germany I started to really enjoy to go to raves and understand how welcoming can the rave community be! Ah, and somehow I'm studying particle physics 🤷

Since I'm doing Erasmus in Germany this is a good opportunity to travel around. Basically me and a friend of mine from Portugal (meter aqui o link maybe) are going to travel to Amsterdam and Berlin (and who knows some countryside in between) without much of a plan. We prefer to see how the locals live than to do the usual tourism sightseeing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The people we meet during trips (this applies to life in general actually) make the whole experience worth it. Those are memories for life. Since I also want to see and to play a role in the local's lives, Couchsurfing looks perfect for that!

Interests

• raves
• electronic music
• meeting new people
• making music
• ableton

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Arca, Sophie, Aphex Twin, Oneohtrix Point Never, Lorn, Burial, ... everything that is experimental and the Erasmus in Germany pushed me to start to like a bit of techno, hardcore and uptempo.

In terms of movies, honestly, I don't remember 70% of the name of the movies I saw in the last few years which is a shame 😩 but I remember two specific movies that I really liked: Come and See (by Elem Klimov) and Climax (by Gaspar Noé)

The last book I read was the first half of War and Peace of Tolstoi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to Berlin completely alone. It's amazing because I have social anxiety and so is something I never thought about doing it before and I talked with people I met on Berlin in a very natural way. It was the best decision I could have made because going there with a group of friends would be way more stressful regarding the planning.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some things about music production and synthesizers (which would be really cool since it's something that I really like!). I can also teach you some Portuguese language and culture.

I'm open to learning everything, for example, some words from your mother language, a meal from your country, ...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Help around the house, cooking meals and good conversation!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cyprus, France, Germany, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Portugal