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• Portuguese (Brazil)^Expert
• English^Expert
• Spanish^Intermediate

Groups I Belong To

Sao Paulo City 13037:93831	Los Angeles County 14562:33413
San Francisco 8638:31068	Coachella 2012 Weekend 1 35:92
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Couch Information

 Wheelchair Accessible:

You will be sleeping at the couch, literally. Unless you're over 1,85 meters, then you might want to bring a sleeping bag or try to live with some back pain the next days

Interested in my couch? Great! Please read it throughly to see what you're getting yourself into.

Let's see what I have to offer....

I live in a really, really small flat apartment with 1 bedroom by myself in a pretty nice are, about 15 minutes from Paulista avenue.

If you're interested in knowing other CS'ers, you came to the right place,I know most of them and I'm pretty active in the SP group.

I love showing my guests around, taking them to parties and cooking for them (especially during weekends).


Let's see what You have to offer....



- Say my name. Vanessa, it's not that hard. You can call me Van, VanVan, I even let you give me a cute nickname like "pink lipstick" if you would like.
"Hi there, Hola, hello" do not count.

- Tell me what you're doing, what you want to do here, this helps me to give you the best experience that you can have from the city.

- I'd love if you oculd read my profile, my references, check if I am really what you're looking for.



I'm sorry but for safety reasons I DO NOT HOST:

- People without complete profiles. - I know, it's a lot of work, but so is hosting.

- People with NO previous references and NO verification - I'm a girl living alone, just a matter of security.

- More than 1 person. It's a matter of space really (exceptions can be negotiated)



General house rules:

I'm pretty laid back, you can get whatever you want from the fridge, I'm happy to cook for you, and share. I expect that you clean after yourself, blah blah blah. Well, basic courtesy.

Friends (216)

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Lalai Luna 38, Female Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil Friends since July 2000 "I met her in a night club in Sao Paulo" Friendship Type: Best Friend    20   3   10	Pananzinho Meeting 30, Several people Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Friends since July 2009 "my mamma" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Viviane Mathias 30, Female Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil Friends since April 1982 "she is my sister" Friendship Type: Best Friend	Don Diego 31, Male Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands Friends since September 2007 "We've met during a city tour" Friendship Type: Friend
Katu Arkonada 34, Male Bilbao, Basque Country Spain Friends since June 2009 "It's complicated..." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Vanessa Mathias    30+   30+	Antonio Novaes 29, Male Madrid, Madrid Spain Friends since July 2005 "by other friends" Friendship Type: Friend
Bebeto Le Garfs Azevedo 29, Male Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil Friends since September 2006 "I met her at his friends house. She met me at a CS BBQ!" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Vanessa Mathias    2   1   6	Newton Branda 103, Male Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil Friends since April 2003 "She is great!" Friendship Type: Close Friend    1
Pedro Henrique de Abreu Seabra de Mello 31, Male Fortaleza, Ceara Brazil Friends since June 2008 "I hosted and then was her guest" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Vanessa Mathias    2   5	Lucio Dorazio 22, Male Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil Friends since February 2009 "common friends, limetime hostel" Friendship Type: Good Friend
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From Rodrigo Taborda
 Montevideo, Uruguay
 ^{Apr 26}   

Positive

Nos conocimos en Sao Paulo en mayo de 2010. Gran hopitalidad!!! Muy buena persona!! Agradezco a couchsurfing por permitirme haberla contactado

 

From flohfish
 Berlin, Germany
 ^{Oct 28, 2011}    

Positive

Vanessa surfed my couch @ "The Time Machine" in Berlin-Wedding (DE) in June 2011

Vanessa and me spend a great evening together the first day she stayed at my flat. We went driniking together, got stuck in the nightbus system of Berlin and ended up in some crappy bar.
That nice I felt so well with her that I allowed her to stay in my flat even for the next days when I went travelling to France.
However, things got messed up a little bit as the communication between my flatmate and me went wrong. This resulted in me contacting her from abroad asking her to leave my flat.
I still feel very sorry and shitty about this and I hope that Vanessa can forgive me.
BIG BIG SORRY!

Nevertheless, I enjoyed my time with Vanessa and I hope that our next meeting won't get as messed up as the last one!

From ANDRESCHAVERRI
 San Jose, Costa Rica
 ^{Aug 22, 2011}   

Positive

Vanessa took the iniative to contact me when I was traveling through Sao Paulo and invited me to hang out with her friends. Also, when I was not sure where to stay, after arriving late at the airport, she made reservations in a hostel for me.

Very generous helpful person.

From Lenka Ptackova
 Pilsen, Czech Republic
 ^{Aug 18, 2011}    

Positive

Vanessa is simply a great person! She's generous, polite and pretty clear about what she wants, which I highly appreciate.
She gave me some advices before my trip to Brazil (some of them I followed, some I forgot, but she was right), hosted me in Sao Paulo and was helping me a lot. She made me feel really comfortable and welcome at her place.
She's taken me out to some cool places, and I could taste how is it like to live in Sao Paulo... I love Sao Paulo now!

 

From Frank Chillier
 Geneva, Switzerland
 ^{Aug 13, 2011}    

Positive

It was my first experience as a surfer and it was a good one! She did everything she could to help me and make my stay great. Such a long list I can t enumerate here! I m amazed by her generosity and disponibility. Thanks for everything!

From ROBBIESAILING
 Starnberg, Germany
 ^{Aug 1, 2011}    

Positive

Vanvan host me two nights. She was so helpful, pic me up in the city, although she was very busy.
She´s a good styled own flat with interesting furniture!
Thanks and I hope to meet you in europe again, you´re welcome in my home!

 

From Löhr et Cyril DeschampsCipolat
 Montpellier, France
 ^{Jul 8, 2011}     

Positive

... and a cool girl she is. She's a real person, with a strong personality, an interesting life, and we felt quickly at ease with her, like with a friend. Yes, we had cool talks in this kitchen, and it would be nice to meet you again some other day. Hugs!
Cyril and Löhr

 

From Cameron_Thompson
 Galveston, United States
 ^{Jul 5, 2011}    

Positive

Vanessa has got a lot of spirit and lust for travel and packing in the sights with as much time as allowed. We even discovered her families long lost church, right there in Buda! Hope that Pau and the fest is treating you right Vanessa!

 

From SERGIOILBUIO
 Budapest, Hungary
 ^{Jun 29, 2011}     

Positive

we Spent together less than one day...but I can say that she is In Really a great Couchsurfer...in really she is full of energy...but she don't have good relation with the allarm clock :) ... see u maybe in Brasil

 

From Peter Ley
 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 ^{Jun 28, 2011}    

Positive

After we missed each other, while Vanessa was in Cologne, we finally met at the Hurricane Festival :-) We spend a whole day at the festival visiting concerts and meeting friends, even it was raining a lot... She is a very keen, talkactive person. It was great to spend time with her.
Hope to see you again somewhen/somewhere between Scheeßel and Sao Paolo ;-) Have fun in eastern Europe!

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