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Overview

  • 84 references 51 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Salesforce Developer
  • Very well educated
  • From Guimarães, Braga, Portugal
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About Me

Hi, I'm a nor your typical IT guy. Bohemian, bon vivant, free spirit: enriched by adventures, experiences, the life of the mind and with a passion for exploring the world through the lens of my camera.

I love immersing myself in different cultures. Art exhibitions, cinema, books, and trying new foods are all ways that I like to experience the richness of other cultures. I'm the kind of person that love being around people and making new connections but also to once in a while just staying at home relaxing.

Whether it's meeting new people while travelling or bonding with old friends at a local event, I'm always up for new experiences and enjoying this life journey. So if you're looking for someone who's tech-savvy, creative, and open-minded, let's connect.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing for more than 10 years now. It had brought me many great experiences hosting and also travelling and the opportunity to meet amazing people that I wouldn't meet any other way.

There used to be a lot more couchsufing meetings and events in the golden years that made you feel that this was a real world community and I miss that part so will try to organize some again.

Interests

Travel,hiking,nature, a night out with my people or meeting new folks and cultures, gadgets, photography, music, read a good book and watch a good film, theatre, arts in general.

  • arts
  • culture
  • photography
  • concerts
  • music
  • cycling
  • cinema
  • nature
  • card games
  • community
  • hikings

Music, Movies, and Books

Selecting a list of a few favourites of anything it's always an inglorious task. Many will be always left out that you really like and the most recent ones will pop into mind so take this more as examples than an absolute closed list of favourites.
Books: *Siddhartha (Herman Hesse)* *Book of Disquiet(Fernando Pessoa)**The Alienist (Machado de Assis)...

Movies: *Vanilla Sky *Memento*Akira*Interstellar* Clockwork Orange* Lobster*Only Lovers Are Left Alive* Blade Runner*Border*Portrait of a Lady on Fire*All The Beauty and the Bloodshed*She's Gotta Have IT++After Sun *The Worst Person In the World *Everything, Everywhere at the same time *Matrix Trilogy *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind * *Monty Pythons And The Meaning of Life *Life of Brian....

Music: *Sigur Ros *Olafur Arnalds*Nick Cave**Bon Iver**Arlo Parks**Alt J** Manchester Orchestra**Balthazar**Placebo**Nirvana**Billie Elish...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Besides enter in the couchsurfing world:
-Organized the movement "Limpar Portugal" (clean Portugal of garbage on the forest that makes part of global movement Let's do it World) on the place i live;
-Helped organize the Erasmus Language Café for Erasmus in the most iconic cafés of Guimarães;
-Crossed 1538m at the speed of 120km in 150m high above the ground in a fantasticable (this helps to visualize it better http://youtu.be/iozL_25bN7o)
-Played as an extra on a Peter Greenway movie and later in a portuguese tv show.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help with the Portuguese if you are trying to learn, give you some tips about computer and, tell you the "secret" places in my city and guide you around it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My time, my space and my mind.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Italy, Malta, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal

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