Louisa - Connect Live Application

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This is the short version of my introduction (long version underneath)

Caption: Louisa Explore in the Italian alps. In the middle ground a little chapel. In the background the part of the Dolomites mountains called Rosengarten. The sky is blue with some clouds. The grass is green and there is snow in the top of the mountains. April 2019
Caption: Louisa Explore in the Italian alps. In the middle ground a little chapel. In the background the part of the Dolomites mountains called Rosengarten. The sky is blue with some clouds. The grass is green and there is snow in the top of the mountains. April 2019582×534 87.4 KB

  1. Name: Luzimar, Louisa for short

  2. Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Originally from Brazil

  3. What I love about being a Local Guide: to be able to help other travelers on their research about the places they want to visit

  4. What I prefer to explore and share: food, local small businesses, rural landscapes, landscape from Europa, country side of Europe, Brazil, USA

  5. How did I hear about Local Guides: Google sent me an e-mail in 2018 as my photos and contributions on Google Maps had many viewers - currently with 335.013 views (April 27, 2019)

  6. Something fun/ strange fact about me: Even though I do love travelling, I am much stressed the previous weeks. One of the reasons is that I hate packing my own luggage. I try to imagine what I will need and this process takes me many days.

Caption: The lake Reschensee (German). Lago di Resia (Italian). This is a gorgeous lake with a bell tower sank in it. Lake Reschen is an artificial lake in the western portion of South Tyrol, Italy. The water is a mixture of dark green and brown. There are trees in the background and in the frontgroud. An art wooden objetc is also present here.
Caption: The lake Reschensee (German). Lago di Resia (Italian). This is a gorgeous lake with a bell tower sank in it. Lake Reschen is an artificial lake in the western portion of South Tyrol, Italy. The water is a mixture of dark green and brown. There are trees in the background and in the frontgroud. An art wooden objetc is also present here.1347×900 576 KB

My application video is here Google Local Guide Summit 2019 application video on YouTube - Louisa Explore

Long version

  1. Name: LUZIMAR. As this seldom Brazilian name is also too complicated for Europeans, I named myself Louisa because most of the people have difficulties with the pronunciation of my given name and they do not know if it is a man or a woman when in a written correspondence and this irritates me.

  2. Location: I left Brazil in my early 20’s. I have been studying and working for the past 30 years in different European cities as Paris, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Since 2002 I am established in the countryside of Germany where I am a Brazilian Portuguese teacher at a German institution and I have peace to write, paint and promote Brazilian cultural activities.

  3. What I love about being a Local Guide: I the 90’s I used to share my travel experiences with my family through my paper photos, but unfortunately most of the time they were not interested (except for my parents and my aunt Dida). After the event of the popularization of the Internet and invention of virtual social network it became easier and faster to share travel images and contents with those who need or enjoy this information. Specifically about sharing my photos on Google, my pleasure is to be able to help other travelers. Before the GPS in the cars, I used to travel by car with help of paper maps. It was nice, but sometimes challenging and stressful. Nowadays thanks Google Maps and Google Fotos we can preview the road and print it. In addition, I am fascinated that we can and read the reviews from most of the places where we go.

  4. My favorite thing to explore (What I love to share): Especially when I am traveling, I love exploring places to eat so when we travel we like to look up on the Internet the reviews before deciding where to go. At a restaurant I always like to take a picture of my plate because it will be gone in few minutes and it will live forever through my photos and to refresh my memory when I am back home to the normal life. I also like to review local small businesses and to answer to Google’s questions about those places.

  5. How did I hear about Local Guides: I used to store and share my photos with friends through the Google album PICASA. I was very happy with it. Then when this service was closed and I opened a Google Fotos account. Then I got some e-mails from Google stating that my photos and reviews have helped other people and this was very exciting and motivated me to continue posting and to join the Google Local Guides community.

  6. Something fun/ strange about me: I hate packing my own luggage and I hate this idea to be always reachable and online. Most of the things I do is with a photo camera and when I go home or back to the hotel, which a call “temporary home”, I upload the photos and write texts.

  7. What I expect from the summit: to learn how to be more efficient and to meet who is behind this fabulous project.

  8. What I am not here for: to brag about my travels making other jealous

Caption: A male peacock is photographed from the back with its tail closed. He is standing on the wooden rooftop of an old restaurant in south of Tyrol, north of Italy. The sky is grayish and there are mountains in the background (April 2019)
Caption: A male peacock is photographed from the back with its tail closed. He is standing on the wooden rooftop of an old restaurant in south of Tyrol, north of Italy. The sky is grayish and there are mountains in the background (April 2019)1315×849 357 KB

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Thanks for sharing your introduction @LouisaExplore and welcome to LG Connect.

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Hello @TheEagleEye ! I am from Brazil and I live in Germany. I’ve been once in Prague…it is a cool city !

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I like Prague too @LouisaExplore . I have been to São Paulo and Rio De Janeiro and enjoyed my stay and adventures there.

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Nice to know you’ve been to Brazil and enjoyed your time there! I am from the northeast, far away from those big cities. Nice to chat with you. Where can I see your Google photos?

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Hello @LouisaExplore ,

I have just released your post from the Spam Filters. I would like to apologize for your post being marked as spam. Our filters run 24/7 and they can be a little harsh at times.

You can visit this article to learn more - Why was my Connect post marked as spam?

I just wanted let you know that I’m moved your post to Local Stories. Feel free to check it out.

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Thank you @Petra_M ! It is very frustrating to be classified as a spam :frowning:

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@Petra_M How can I post to Introduce Yourself - April 2019. ??? Can someone inform me?

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Hi @LouisaExplore ,

Thanks for the question!

The way to post on that thread is, to open the post, and click on ‘Add a comment’.

I hope, you’ll find this information useful.

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@LouisaExplore …liked your post with your interesting introduction…Also saw your application video it was shot in a beautiful place…:heart: Cheers

Keep in touch🤗