PHILOSOPHY

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your ideas, your dreams,
before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because
the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing, do nothing,
have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've had a lot of fun both surfing and hosting. Hoping there's more where that came from!

Interests

Sustainable development, personal development, lots and lots of music - I've worked in a concert hall -, running, (hitch)hiking, camping out under the stars, yoga, dancing, watching documentaries.

• culture
• books
• documentaries
• concerts
• dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• yoga
• marathon
• running
• reading
• music
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pink Floyd, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Eddie Vedder, Francisco el Hombre, Legião Urbana, Os Tincoãs, Red Hot Chili Peppers & Coldplay (both the old albums), Fela Kuti, Fatoumata Diawara, Sona Jobarteh, Kuenta i Tambú, Philip Glass, Pearl Jam, Criolo, Nina Simone, FKJ, Queen, Caeté Raiz, Oskar Schuster, Di Melo, Caetano Veloso, John Wizards, C2C, Ludovico Einaudi, Ben Howard, CCR, Fleetwood Mac, The Cat Empire, Jorge Ben Jor, The Rolling Stones, Manu Chao, The Beatles, Xavier Rudd, Ablayé Cissoko, Agnes Obel, Nanan, to name but a few.

Books: I often adopt books that people want to throw away, so I've got loads of books. Currently I'm rereading Non-violent Communication by Rosenberg.

Movies/Docs/Series: Among my favorites are La Meglio Gioventù, Samsara & Baraka, BBC's Planet Earth (Love, love, love sr. David Attenborough!), Caos Calmo, La Grande Bellezza, La Double Vie de Veronique.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing across the Atlantic to South America - 24 Days on the ocean - to end up living in Brazil for almost three years.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm not much of a teacher, but we can surely learn from one another. I'm always up for sharing a nice meal while we chat away about the things that occupy our minds at that moment.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A nice home - that I also share with two very nice flatmates , a love for life and food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, France, French Guiana, Germany, Italy, Paraguay, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Czech Republic, Netherlands