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Flapic

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Global Ambassador
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Italy
Lazio
Rome
Lat: 41.91941, Lon: 12.44129
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General Information

Flapic is a CS Global Ambassador!
Flapic has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER (3) more info
Couch availableCoffee or a drink
CouchSurf requests replied to97%
member sinceDecember 16th, 2004
profile views35191
age36
birthdayMarch 16th
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genderMale
membernameFlapic
occupationMarketing for a mobile phone company and part time writer on a technical magazine
educationTelecommunication Engineer
ethnicityScanditalian
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Languages

  • ItalianExpert
  • EnglishExpert
  • SpanishBeginner
  • RomanianBeginner
  • GermanBeginner
  • DutchBeginner

Groups I Belong To

CS Roma - gruppo Cazzeggio - CS Lovers, Disturbators and Gazzeggiators! 221:9195Roma 4042:25514Ambassador's Public 4769:4049
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Couch Available: Coffee or a drink
Preferred Gender: Any




At the moment I can't host anyone; anyway, I'll be more than happy to meet other CouchSurfers and spend some time together around my beautiful city.

Also, I like to organize daytrips, weekends, or just dinners in some typical village out of Rome. If you like the idea of a weekend camping in a beautiful area surrounding Rome just call me... I got the tent and all, just bring your sleeping bag and good mood!


If you are in trouble finding an accommodation in Rome you can check out Pensione Ottaviano or Hostel Colors: this hostels are pretty central and located by the Vatican while the others are all around the dirty and less safe main railway station.

Check out also Plus Camping Roma, a bit out of the center but pretty much well connected and definitely the cheapest option after the park benches!

In the Summer time you might want to stay also at Litus Roma Hostel, directly on the beach at just 30 min by metro from the city center, or at the nearby Country Club Castelfusano Camping, where a place in a shared tent costs just 5 Euro!

Take a look at a complete listing of hostels and campings in Rome on Hostels.com and on HostelsClub.com, both with an online booking system.

If you have a higher budget check also Venere.com to see hotels and B&Bs with rooms availability and an online reservations system.

See the page about Rome on Wikitravel for general info on my city and on how to reach the city from the airports.
Once here I suggest you to buy a SIM card to use with your unlocked mobile phone: a new number with 5 Euro credit that you can recharge when necessary costs just 5 Euro, and let you receive calls for free and call others with cheaper rates. I recommend Wind because they have the cheapest rates, but Vodafone and TIM are ok too. If you are staying long enough and have no unlocked phone, you might want to consider to buy a cheap phone for even just 20 Euro. Shops, both operator owned or with no brand, are at every corner so you won't have difficulties in finding one.
Please, contact me via e-mail with some advance and I'll answer for sure. I answer every single mail I receive, it might just take some time as I receive a lot of messages and I am often out of town for work!

I wish to get messages from people who are actually coming here or need real help... this is not just a penpals service (there are plenty of other sites for that). I don't guarantee a reply otherwise!

You can also call me at +39.347.261.6766 especially about things concernings meetings in Rome.

My number when in Norway is +47.974.14.893.


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PictureMAUROGURU
100, Male
Rome, Lazio
Italy
Friends since September 1995
"An old good friend !!!"
Friendship Type: 7 - Best Friend
I vouched for Flapic
Met in person   Traveled30+  
PictureElena Riccioni
33, Female
Blera, Lazio
Italy
Friends since March 2006
"we don't see each other so often but every time we meet it's like we have always been together. I enjoy very much Flavio's company"
Friendship Type: 7 - Best Friend
Met in person   Traveled2  
PictureFERNANDO ARIAS
31, Male
Milano, Lombardia
Italy
Friends since July 2006
"I hosted him in Milano"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
Met in person   Hosted1  
PictureMACHITA75
33, Female
Oslo, Oslo
Norway
Friends since August 2007
"After chatting for a long time we finally met in Oslo. We also stayed at Bentes house for some days and then met again in Italy. Hope to soon meet again. Always a pleasure to meet him!"
Friendship Type: 7 - Best Friend
I vouched for Flapic
Met in person   Hosted3   Traveled8  
PictureAntonello Siragusa
31, Male
Pescosolido, Lazio
Italy
Friends since April 2005
"We met on a beach, it was nice to meet him. He will come to the farm sometime soon"
Friendship Type: 6 - Close Friend
I vouched for Flapic
Met in person  
PictureIsacco Barberio
25, Male
Palermo, Sicilia
Italy
Friends since 2004
"We are long time personal friends"
PictureAmelia Licari
24, Female
Palermo, Sicilia
Italy
Friends since 2004
"Isacco, my best friend, introduced him to me. We spend all the time together when he came in palermo. Then we had our 1st trip together to Germany and Czech Republic for new year's eve 2005. Strong , but sweet and loving Flavio : a perfect company for a"
PictureARIADNE
37, Female
London, England
United Kingdom
Friends since 2005
"Flavio hosted and greatly assisted myself and a friend in Rome. We will continue as friends in the future."
PictureEdiite Millere
22, Female
Jelgava, Jelgava
Latvia
Friends since 2004
"We met few times around Europe, shared parties, fun n conversation...Hugs!!!"
PicturePromitheus
28, Male
Norwich, England
United Kingdom
Friends since February 2005
"Met him in Florence and travelled together with this great guy in Italy."
Friendship Type: 6 - Close Friend
I vouched for Flapic
Met in person   Traveled5  
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Hiking Cinque Terre with San and Amy (Aug 08)
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Personal Description

Hello, and welcome to my profile!
Take a look at some of the following links to learn a little about me:

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         My Future Trips
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         My Twitter in Italian and My Twitter in English

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How I Participate in CS2

I am looking forward to contribute building a reliable working team of Italian CSers to care of the group needs and help the community growth. Furthermore I have always enjoyed to organize meetings and events.

In the past years I have organized several events in Rome and around, including the first Italian Summer Camp on the beach (August 2005 in Sabaudia, over 100 participants) and a few other weekends, and participated to the organization of more meetings in Italy and not only. Now I am taking a break to give others the pleasure of such task but I am always available to help and support meetings organizers.

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On a Global basis I am working on Location Fixing and Groups Management (with the purpose of having a more complete and better organized database), Member Disputes, and answer related CUQs.

CouchSurfing Experience

I use to travel this way since early 90s... I started with school groups and being a Servas member (1995!). Then I joined some internet group (in 1996/1997) and enjoyed them a lot... now I'm here and I have met a lot of hosts and guests!

Interests

I love to travel in order to get to know people and cultures. I think meeting the others is the best way to compare our being and improve ourselves!

Philosophy

The most valuable travels are often made by those with more time than money.

Music, Movies, Books

* Music: my favourite is R&B and jazz/soul (from Aretha to R.Kelly / E.Badu / Maxwell / ...) but I listen to everything from hip-hop to contemporary country (Garth / Reba / ...) through quality pop; I also like to discover some good stuff in other languages so if you have suggestions just tell me!

         My Last.fm page
         My Blip.fm page
* Movies: I like mainly action / scientific / historical movies. Not at all into the boring Cannes-like stuff!

Talking about TV shows I am Lost-addicted and I also love 24. Waiting for Fringe and the new Knight Rider after having seen the pilots.

         My TV Shows
* Books: see what I am reading and have read clicking down here.

         My aNobii books shelf
         My LibraryThing catalog

Types of People I enjoy

Everyone has something to tell and to teach us, so let's be open to meet anyone despite of his/her ethnicity, religion, ideas and so on!

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, what can I say... since I work in the mobility area, if you need an advice for a new mobile phone, a PDA, a GPS system or something like that feel free to ask me!

What about some Italian cooking? I love cooking for my hosts, so take the chance to learn how to make a good Carbonara or a Tiramisu if I come to your area!

And of course you can see where I have lived and traveled so you can also ask me about places... Norway and The Netherlands are the countries I know better and I can give you a lot of hints for a budget travel.

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

Sauna + (half in my case) jump in the freezing water, totally naked on New Year's Eve in Northern Norway!

Camping on a wonderful position in Å, Lofoten Islands, Norway - you can see it in the couch pic on the left!

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.com Project

I love the idea and hope more cool people will join!

Please, consider the cultural exchange and not only the cheap traveling concept!

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican
WANTS TO GO: Antarctica, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, United States

References

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From Judi Mionki
 Voorburg, Netherlands
 Dec 3
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

He's very entusiastic about CS and is always inviting people for meetings...really cool...would like to go to Roma again and ofcourse see him!

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From Robin Knighton
 Saint Petersburg, United States
 Nov 30
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

What can I say about Flavio that the multitude of other couch surfers and people in general who's lives he has graced have not already said. He was my introduction and the prologue to the masses of friends I found along my journeys. I will always hold him in the highest regard for his help and friendship while I was visiting Italy. He embodies the spirit of couch surfing and inspired me to share that here in my community. If you are going to his area make it a point to meet him.

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From Emma Olmi
 London, United Kingdom
 Nov 20
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive


well, what can I say? this guy is the gulty one.. yeah.. because of him I had one of the best weekends of my life :p ! I've met amazing people from all over the world because someone (Flavio) has the beautifull and clever idea of organize something so special and so nice - the HC Rome summercamp :) plus, there's more, he's nice, funny, really responsable and professional when he has to do something! I'm really glad to met someone so interesting! Keep the good work, but shame on you... about never being in Portugal.. so move that ass, and hope cya soon at my place! THANK u really much for all :)
Well, actually, now I live in London, so u can always visit me here.. anyway, see u someday =)

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From Giovanni Defalco
 Naples, Italy
 Nov 4
Met in person Close Friend,  
Positive

Alla prossima...
Spero di reincontrarti presto in qualche parte del mondo.

In the next ...
I hope to meet you soon somewhere in the world.

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From Clarence Ching
 Waimea, United States
 Oct 29
Met in person Good Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

We had a great time at a HospitalityClub Jump Around in Roma in March 2005.

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From Emanuel Balan
 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Oct 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He is very active man, he is very nice and we took and met in meetings of Rome group, see you again in any place

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From Maria Carmela Marino
 Rome, Italy
 Oct 22
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I'm flattered to have eventually met the most popular Roman CSer! Flavio's really nice and friendly, and also available, at least until our unemployment rate will be so high... Oops, never talk to him about politics! ;-)

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From Maria Koshkina
 Rome, Italy
 Oct 21
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We met at different CS meetings in Rome. Flapic is positive and talkative person - but i need some more conversation for me :)

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From Divanoromano
 Rome, Italy
 Oct 20
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

CS Roma wouldn't be the same without him!

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From GABIOLSSON
 Bad Durkheim, Germany
 Oct 20
Met in person Acquaintance,  

I met Flavio shortly at CS meetings. He seems to be funny, friendly and a nice guy.

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From Luca Cerone
 Rome, Italy
 Oct 19
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I met Flavio during my first two meetings,
and he was friendly and nice to me and really seemed a good person!

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From Anıl Bayrak
 Istanbul, Turkey
 Oct 19
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I met with Flavio in Rome Cs meeting. He is talkative and friendly. I hope we will meet again somewhere in the world. Thank you very much for your smiling face Flavio :)

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From DELMAX
 Rome, Italy
 Oct 1
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Nice and polite guy, very friendly always ready to give you help and hints!

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From Keegan Epp
 Belfast, United Kingdom
 Sep 29
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

My experience with Flavio--

Flavio saw that I was without a couch in Rome and invited me to share his tent on the beach as well as enjoy a party. The beach was beautiful, the party was great, but I was tired so I crashed early.

Unfortunately, during the night one of my bags was stolen from the shed and some important valuables were lost. Flavio was persistent that we search the area, and it resulted in my bag and some of my valuables being recovered (think Passports, rail pass).

Without Flavios determination, I likely would not have made the effort, and he made sure the rest of my stay with him was comfortable and shared his couchsurfing experiences.

Hope our paths cross again, and thanks for everything!

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From Mario ssss
 Rome, Italy
 Sep 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

A very good person. I definitly trust this guy! Without him CS Roma wouldn't be so great!

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From Christian Righi
 Rome, Italy
 Sep 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He is nice. Understood a lots thew project and he do many things. he love the beach and the sun like me. I hope to know him better in future

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From Manuel Valero
 La Plata, Argentina
 Sep 23
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

He is a great men. He introduce me to the group in Rome. He is a good friend.

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From FUNKYMONK
 Berlin, Germany
 Sep 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Beside the not negligile fact he's a gentleman, Flavio is the best CS Ambassador I ever met.

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From KINSKY
 Rome, Italy
 Sep 22
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flavio was the first member of the group CS Roma I met. He is very friendly and open minded, it was a real pleasure to meet him!

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From Nathalia PHILIPPE
 Erdeven, France
 Sep 19
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Met Flavio at the beach party in Ostia this summer. He's a nice character,also he was very helpful and the party was good fun.He showed good taste by playing some salsa and bachata tunes!;-)

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From Paolo Bonassisa
 Rome, Italy
 Sep 19
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Really nice and polite persone, very friendly always ready to give you huge hugs!! ciaooo alla prossima !!!

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From _NOMAD
 Villeurbanne, France
 Sep 16
Met in person Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

After few email exchange I finally met Flavio in his summer residence :) A tent on the beach beat by a strong wind who make the joy of Kittesurfeurs. We have pass two great days chatting, eating, walking on the beach, fishing and taking the sun.

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From PAPARINA
 Bologna, Italy
 Sep 9
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

strong CS attitude & energies to organize events...great job!Keep going:-)

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From Paolo Bareggi
 Viareggio, Italy
 Sep 3
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

hi did heard that global ambassador can fly, but you didn't this time.
he is really friendly and open mind person.
he is the emblem of CS.
you should improve in baleta.
sorry i didn't come for a beer last evening, but i couldn't.

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From Federico Marconi
 La Spezia, Italy
 Sep 1
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Very open and friendly guy,as a supermega ambassador he lives totally the spirit of the cs.
I enjoy his presence and the next time we had to do a serious competion with baleta.

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From Jan Kooy
 The Hague, Netherlands
 Aug 28
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We had a great evening out in beautiful Rome. Maybe try it again some day in Den Haag?

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From Damien TREHET
 Toulouse, France
 Aug 26
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I've really been glad to meet him at Paloma Beach for a great meeting he organized. And the following day, I had the privilege to share his tent on the beach. What a good experience to sleep under the stars with the only sound of the waves :)
I advise everybody travelling in Rome to spend time at Paloma Beach and to meet his master Flavio, he's really nice.

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From Kathryn Witts
 Coco, Costa Rica
 Aug 26
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Anyone who can make Tiramisu that good is a good friend to have! Happy I got the chance to meet him.

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From Stefano Chiarotti
 Rome, Italy
 Aug 26
Met in person Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Flavio is the man!!! He organized a so cool meeting in Torvaianica... Thanks for all!

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From VINCENZO PALMA
 Naples, Italy
 Aug 25
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

flavio is a soul of CS in rome!
see you next cool meeting!

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From Jam e Dashuruar
 Padova, Italy
 Aug 24
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flavio, a name, a guarantee.
if you are in Rome you Must meet him!

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From Luca Conti
 Senigallia, Italy
 Aug 6
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Flavio is an incredible guy. A social network in his own :-)

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From Jane Kurdiukova
 Rome, Italy
 Aug 5
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He is Global Ambassadore of CS!!!!!!! What more can be said???? ecsept this, he is extremly nice person always ready to communicate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From Mario Fraietta
 Rome, Italy
 Aug 5
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flavio is a legend, a top bloke to hang out with as he has a thousand travel stories and is a true Ambassador for CS

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From Biagio Lembo
 Rome, Italy
 Jul 30
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flavio, the king of parties

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From Witaliy Aizendorf
 Dortmund, Germany
 Jul 24
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  

It´s been a while ago but generally as far I can remeber from the meeting this is a funny guy that you can enjoy.

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From BELLAEGIZIANA
 Giza, Egypt
 Jul 11
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  

he is frind 2 my frind , we met in italy , i think he is a good man

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From Stefano Mancuso
 Rome, Italy
 Jul 8
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Since I knew Flavio I was impressed with his skill in dealing with people and I appreciated his commitment within cultural exchanges groups. A great organizer!

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From Angel Sanchez
 Avila, Spain
 Jul 8
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Favio is one of the best persons that I know. He is always ready to help to others and do your day more happy. Very polite, friendly, nice, and a real ambassator!. I'm glad to have known him and to be his friend.
Grazie, grazie di tutto. La cabra la cabra, la p... de la cabra, la madre que la parió!! (^_^)

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From MAX_E_LIZ
 Pescara, Italy
 Jul 8
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

After we met at Galiga meeting, thinking of Flapic makes us smile, 'cause he's a good company and a good organizer too! We think that Roma group cannot be the same without him and his crazy moments... he's the Flavio Briatore of the roman cs, see you soon kissing machine! ;)

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From Romeo and Adriana Marton
 Timisoara, Romania
 Jul 8
Met in person Close Friend, Surfed 2 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Flavio is a perfect guy.He is the real CS spirit.Enjoy every moment with him & learn from his kindness.Ciao Flavio, we will not forget you.:)

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From Fabio Coralli
 Florence, Italy
 Jul 3
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I will come back soon for a comment on this friendly couchsurfer...

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From Tim and Tracy Teramoto
 San Francisco, United States
 Jul 3
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flavio is very friendly and cheerful. He arrived at Galiga with a smile which we were greeted with throughout the weekend. We agree that is was nice to be able to spend some time talking before the party mahem started.

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From Annette Devi
 Huntington Beach, United States
 Jul 2
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

cool guy to hang out with!!! i enjoyed my time at the beach, and hope to see you again!!!!

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From Orasc
 Grosseto, Italy
 Jul 2
Met in person Good Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Flavio is a very funny and enjoyable party mate. True CS expert and activist, he gave me many tips on how to promote CS in my area and cleared many doubts on higher technical CS functions. He is great company! You are welcome any time FLAVIO! Mitico!

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From Fabio P.
 Perugia, Italy
 Jul 2
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

One of 'bosses' of CS Rome group!

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From Richard Belcher
 Macedon, Australia
 Jul 2
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  

seemsa like a friendy guy

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From MAURIZIO69
 Torino, Italy
 Jun 29
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

What can I say about Flapic ... he is a great Couchsurfer, because his spirit is welcoming, respectful, careful and always manages to get to your ease. We have known during the Meeting in Galiga. I was pleased to confront with him, to understand even more how wonderful the philosophy behind Couchsurfing. See you soon, dear citizen of the World.

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From Roberto Fratini
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 24
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flapic is one "soul" of Cs in Rome!

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From GEDEONE
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He is the perfect official Ambassador to represent the new-born beautiful and free State of Paloma. Especially during the celebration of its existence: every Summer Solstitium from the times of the times... Hail to the Flapic!

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From DAINO
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Is an interesting boy, who knows the language and is an openminded oriented..

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From Joris Vleminckx
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Well, what can I possibly say about Flavio that hasn't been said yet? He is the blood and spine of the Roman CS community and as such, we keep on bumping into each other at the most diverse events, and it is always a pleasure to hang out with him. And he loves Belgian beer, another reason to like him! Great guy, highly recommended! CU round mate!

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From Roberto Mordillo
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 23
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Grande Flapic...l'essenza di CS!

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From GUIDOMAR
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 18
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Flavio is a very nice person. We had the chance to talk and laugh during some parties where we met. He also helped me to join couchsurfing from my office. GRANDE!

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From Katja Smirnov
 San Francisco, United States
 Jun 18
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I am so happy to see you again in Roma, on the old meeting spot…and your hugs are the best. I am eagerly waiting to see you in San Francisco, there are many of us who love you there…thank you for your friendship ;)

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From Marcello Mac
 Priverno, Italy
 Jun 17
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Spent a great weekend at the beach with Flavio and other Roman CS'rs.
We had some fun times, and (I) initiated a new CS'r by throwing them in the water :)
Good times!

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From Marco Maccari
 Florence, Italy
 Jun 11
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Great guy!! It has been a pleasure to know him and it will be super when it will happen again in some other party!! ;)

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From Moses Allen
 Springfield, United States
 Jun 8
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flapic is the most experienced CSer I've ever met. He is one of the first people I messaged when I joined CS and we kept in contact via messages for over six months before I came to meet him in Rome. We've spent the last two days at CS events and he has been the heart of the group. He is a wonderful person and everyone is lucky to meet him! I plan to visit him again here in Italy in future travels. he will always have a place to stay if he comes to Illinois! I would even drop what I was doing to road trip around USA with him if he decided to come! He's so much fun to be around!

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From Emanuele Battistella
 Florence, Italy
 Jun 8
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He is always ready to joke.

It's been a plesaure to meet him at the party In Pistoia.

Se you soon Flavio!

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From Enrico Veneziani
 Milano, Italy
 Jun 8
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Enjoy very much the ideals of CS..like to spend time talking of life, travels and experiences. He'll gonna make you feel @ home wherever you'll meet him.

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From ALFIERE
 Rome, Italy
 Jun 2
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Our CS spiritual guide :)

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From Valerio Pantalena
 Bologna, Italy
 Jun 1
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Very active Global Ambassador around, reliable source of infos, if you're out of ideas he will help you out for sure!

Kind, polite and very mature, ideal CS mood.

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From Ben Cislaghi
 Rome, Italy
 May 27
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He gave me a lift back home, fortunately!

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From Marta Sandri
 Rimini, Italy
 May 26
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We met at Paganello, ultimate festival in Rimini. He's a trust person, we have had amazing days in the nigth and in gasparo's home.

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From Giampaolo Tai
 Florence, Italy
 May 26
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

GRANDE Flavio!!!
I had the pleasure to finaly meet up with him in Pistoia and enjoyed every moment of it!!!
If you know Flavio, you'll have only 2 degrees of separation from anyone in the world...Flavio knows everyone!!!
Legendary CS ambassador and big party man!!!
I really hope to see you soon up in Galiga!!! A prestissimo!!!

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From Natalia Osipova
 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 May 23
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

I can definately say that Flavio is a leader, I could see it in his eyes! self-confident and friendly! hope to meet again and have a nice dialogue)

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From SUSANS
 Florence, Italy
 May 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Friendy and true Cs spirit. we had no change to talk to each other so much.

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From Costas Jacovides
 Athens, Greece
 May 23
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

He is a very nice guy, very polite, he really deserves being a CS AMBASSADOR!! We have talked to each other just briefly and I would certainly like to meet him again.

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From Teresa Debono
 Zebbug, Malta
 May 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We did not speak much, but he seemed a nice and friendly person! Per un altra volta :)

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From Ryder Cauley
 Fort Collins, United States
 May 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flavio was such an interesting, caring, informed, intelligent, well spoken person and made me feel so welcome and comfortable within the group. I had a great time chatting, sharing experiences and learning. I look forward to our next meeting!

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From BARBARALEVIC
 Genova, Italy
 May 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 3 days 
Positive

He's a fun guy to speak with, he's a great organizer and I am looking forward to meet him again at the next CS event organized by the crazy Roman group!

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From Eszter Badics
 Solbiate Olona, Italy
 May 23
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

is he really from Rome? I always meet him in Milan :-)

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From GIOITALY
 Rimini, Italy
 May 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

met at paganello 2008 and at cs bottle party

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From MAUROESTEBAN
 Rome, Italy
 May 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

soon

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From milanosun
 Milano, Italy
 May 20
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

he is a master of CS.....know well how to work out everything at home and with CS community . stay well , hope you find soemting good..again in Milano..otehrwise you will have less chances to come!

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From Massimo Bennardo
 Pistoia, Italy
 May 19
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flapic IS a living part of Couchsurfing. he is one of the few people thaks to which the Site actually works. It took me a whole year of membership in CS before I actually knew him, but finally, after several virtual contacts, we met and immediately felt the common love for this wonderful world of hospitality, friendship, brotherhood and gathering. It was and is a real honour to know him!

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From Stefano Nicora
 Monterosso al Mare, Italy
 May 18
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

flavio respect word by word his wonderful profile.
is a great mile stone for the global CS community
I hope to have more chance to organize meeting with him and maybe travel together

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From Francesco Crabuzza
 Alghero, Italy
 May 14
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

hey, we're speaking 'bout a great Cs Global Ambassador! he have an aswer for everything, alwais smiling, ready to help.
he has that special ability that makes you feel a long-time friend, from the first moment! FANTASTICO FLAVIO!

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From Michael Loison
 Compiegne, France
 May 13
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I first met Flavio the 1st time I came to Milano. It's a great guy! I spent time with him some other times in Milano and also at a crazy CS meeting during the 1st of May week-end in Roma!! Each time I love to hang out with him! Hope to see you as soon as possible! ...and that next time, we could go to a Roman beach together! ;)

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From Giovanni Gueci
 Palermo, Italy
 May 13
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I chatted many times with Flapic and always he helped me for all my questions...now I was lucky and I knew this great man in Massimo's Place, simply he is the KING of the Ambassadors!!! Generous, smiling and always already to help the peoples...CS is Great because there are great peoples like you that stay in CS!!See you soon in sicily, in rome or for the next meeting...

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From Toti Accardo Palumbo
 Palermo, Italy
 May 12
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

now i can understand because flavio is a base for cs, he is absolutely leader! always ready to plan and to help the guests and realize great events. i hope to meet you again and to feel good like in pistoia! baciamo le mani! u prufissuri

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From Dietmar Eisenhammer
 Wiesbaden, Germany
 May 12
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Ciao Flavio, it is a pleasure for me to know you now, as you are such a dynamic person. In Couchsurfing we need persons like you. Go on with your energy. I will take a little bit for me!!!!

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From ravyouli
 Milano, Italy
 May 6
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Bellissiomo Flapic! He's got a Heart bigger than the whole earth, really friendly, ready to help, I definetely think that you're a GREATISSIMO :-D ambassador!!!! If I could I would vote for you to become the president of Italy instead of Berlu.... I really had good momments with you, and as you often come to Milan, that's great it means that for sure we'll meet again, so let me know when you do an aperitivo in Milan as I would not necessarily be aware :-D ALLEZ LES BLEUS :-D Ciao bello

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From Attilius Bn
 Naples, Italy
 May 5
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

first meeting: cs fraschetta dinner;
first impression: it's like I know him ...since years!
you feel that after just a sight!

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From Tiziano D'Angelo
 Padova, Italy
 Apr 30
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 2 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Flapic is obviously a column of the Italian CS. We first met at the Rome Summer Camp 2005. Flavio has been the "builder" of this wonderful camp we had in Sabaudia, taking care of all the organizing stuff and doing an hard work to ensure all was OK! Thank you! Thanks also for the lift to Ciampino!
We had also nice time discovering a common passion for mobile phones, travels, the hospitality networks...In a few years we met several times in different parts of Italy (Milano, Rome, Padova), and I hosted him once. Flapic is a nice buddy, easy to talk with and unvaluable source of inspiration and tips about CS!

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From Nicoletta Casali
 Cesena, Italy
 Apr 29
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Flapic is a very friendly guy. I met Flapic at the Paganello meeting in Rimini and I spend a very nice time with him. Hi and I hope see you before Paganello 2009!

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From Alessandro Mazzotta
 Sciacca, Italy
 Apr 27
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Flavio is great and he is super in organizing everything, caring about all details, a real couchsurfer. Even if we spent only a few time together during my stay in Rome, he invited me to a big party and we had also the possibility to talk about several topics, he is a MUST to meet if you are in Rome! See ya, alla prossima compà!

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From Stefano De Chicchis
 Rome, Italy
 Apr 15
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I met him in some different CS meeting. He is very funny and smart guy and most important thing he use to organize everything very very well!

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From Adam Shimoni
 Highland Park, United States
 Apr 14
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Very nice honest guy.

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From Denis Bilotta
 Milano, Italy
 Apr 13
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

reference is just positive since I didn't have the chance to talk with him enough. this is my tight CS ethic rule maybe, don't know :) Anyway Flavio seems a very nice guy, he's very talkative and interesting person. This just match perfectly to the description of him from friends of mine in CS, who knows him better! hope to see you soon...ciao bello!
Update: we met few times more during several milan nights out and he is actually a nice guy!! very friendly, talkative, kind.

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From Luca Matteo LUQUITO RUBINHO Ruberto
 Milano, Italy
 Apr 9
Met in person