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Overview

  • 32 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning French, Russian
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Technical Support Representative
  • Incomplete college
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Be happy and free :D

ABOUT ME

I travel like Bear Grylls !
You are a hardcore traveler with a stomach of steel, and you'll eat a grub out of a tree long before you are even hungry. You can't remember the last time you showered, but you still look good.
What type of traveler are you?
Take BootsnAll's Travel Quiz to find out.

I'm a 37 year old girl
(23 when i joined CS eeheheh)
who was born and grew up in Portugal..i always had a crush on being innovative regarding the way of thinking lololol I was always seeked to be a big intelectual or something like that lol a writter...a volunteer....whatever ehehe As i grew up i got obsessed about getting lost in this world and getting to know him as he knows me :P Now i can't think of myself as a normal girl who expects to have a common and following patterns life...i just want to live....be loved, love and make friends that always stay in your heart....But,there's always a but...sometimes i just speak to much and i get kind of anoying lol i'm highly independent and sometimes too much...

PHILOSOPHY

Life is two days and carnival three so enjoy it :)

Look always on the brighter side cause life is a lesson itself and hapinness is made out of moments :)

Dark clouds and bad feelings are similar..they pass trough and eventually they fade away eventually :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I've been surfing somewhat already..it's great..i've met some people on the road trough couchsurfing and alo some others not trough couchsurfing but who i brought into CS ehehe

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Maria Solo:

Been to some meetings;

October 2008-3 nights staying in Rome with Leo
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/leuzzzo

November 2008- 2 nights staying in London with Neil
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/neil1

Attended Julia's birthday party and CS meeting in a nice club in London-November 2008

November 2008- 2 nights staying in Prague with Barka
http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=61QB5P

Meet up with Eliska http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/elmik/,who is from Zlici,in Prague-November 2008

Did sightseeing and drinking(LOL) with Jessica http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/hermanniscus/
from Minneapolis USA,who was after all a CSer too-November 2008
Attended 2 meetings in Oporto

March 2009-Didn't get to couch surf :S

In April i showed Elvis http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/pelmenis/,
from Latvia,some sights of Porto

In May i showed Marta http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/maratita/,
from Poland and working in Denmark,some of Porto best things

In 2010 i was away from CS experience :S :S

Maria and Ana:
We are now able to receive people from other countries in our home =P hehe we can go for a walk =P Presenting our city... etc etc =P
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31 August 2011 hosted Kaio,living in Vienna,german,
http://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=KIS4X45
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Organized our first meeting dinner which was great :)[francesinhas folowed by coffee by the river with Anna,Quentin,Brian,Marc and Mary_Ana] the 2th November
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Hosted Quentin Merceron,from Anger,France=the 2th November 2011
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Hosted Alice and Serena from South Korea,the 6th to the 9th November
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Hosted Kayla and Emma from Canada,the 9th till the 13th November
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Gianfranco di Mare hosted us one night,13th November,in Castel Nuovo/near Rome
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Jason Ho hosted us in Prague,from the 19th to 22th November
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We hosted Rachel from the 12th April till the 13th April from Korea
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Hosted Kasia and Baja 17th May 2013 from Poland
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Hosted Heseyun from the 20th till the 23th May 2013 from Korea
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Hosted Justyna and Sylvia from Poland,last week of May 2013
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Hosted Silvia Bertone one night
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2015 Maria goes solo again:
??

2022: Here I am again :D

1st hangouts on new format on the 25th June- so much fun and met lovely people ❤

Met Enes on the 07th July- great time enjoying the view and running away from the sun haha

Interests

Reading
Loving
Going to the movies
Watching tv
Go for a walk
Eating candies ehehe
Having tea
Ice cream
Knowing new places
Travelling
Learning new languages
Helping others
Do silly things lol
Diet coke lol and cherry coke..thank you Bruno for showing it to me lolol
Shopping
Women's acessories
Vans snikers
Knowing new people
Do new stuff
Be happy
Feel free
Changing
Sleep
Chocolateeeeeeee
Smiles
Soundly laughs
Arts in all its forms
Artists:P
and so onnnnnnnn
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  • arts
  • singing
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • vegetarian
  • dieting
  • partying
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • shopping
  • movies
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • pottery
  • surfing
  • anthropology
  • archeology
  • economics
  • languages
  • volunteering
  • sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Marie Antoinette;Phantom of The Opera with Gerard Buttler and Emily Rossum;Suicidle Virgins;Hard Candy;Milk;Imagine Me and You;Saving Face;Goldfish Memoires;Gray Matters is beautiful :) etc etc

TV: The L Word;Simpsons;AS you were away;Cartoons;American Guy;Dharma & Greg;Will&Grace;and so onnnn

MUSIC: Fado(Ana moura,Mariza,Raquel Tavares,Amalia);
Trance;somePop Music too;Music from the fifhties;Queen;and so onnnnn having fun is what matters when i'm listening to it so...

BOOKS: The House of Spirits; Pedalar Devagar;Allan Kardec's books on the subject of spiritism;Dictyonairies eheheheh;The Parfum;autobiographies and biographies(i loved those i read about Marylin Monroe,my favourite girl... ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first trip all by myself...was a life experience really :)

Well just recently i found out that some time simple acts can have big consequences,in a good way,in someone else's life :) Cause i gave my seat to an wonderful old man and he was so so so greatful for such a simple act of mine i felt delighted...i really mean it :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Well i can try to teach:
Some basic french,some english(to foreigners of course),Portuguese;i'm able to relax you and diminuishing your pain or suffering with REIKI;i can teach how to cook the basic things i know lol;i can teach you how to do banana home maid icecream;i can help you with flexibility and do dancing schemes.....

I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN:
More french;italian;spanish;german;russian;chinese;how to write with the right hand;how to do pottery;work with leather;new vegetarian dishes;do a degree in Archaelogy,Anthropology,Economics,Translation,TEFL,to make cakes,singing,to be more relaxed sometimes,etc etc

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom

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