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Couch Available: Maybe
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 4
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: Noprivate rooms, with a bed or a couch update: Well well well, many things are changing in my life. My wife Ilaria and me are buying a new house, so we will move in the next months (I don't know precisely when). It is going to be a big house, with a lot of space, so it sounds a good news for couchsurfing. There's a problem anyway: in the next future I won't be able to host until all the restyling will be finished, I'm not putting my icon on "no" only because I hope to find time and space to host once a month, but I won't be sure.
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There's something more: I'm changing also my job (well, it's more adding a new one), and I'll have to spend some nights out for it, so hosting people will be even harder in the future, but I'll do my best not to loose all CS opportunities.
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I live with my wife Ilaria but I will probably host you at my former house. As a married couple, we probably couldn't afford all the couch requests, so I'll consider only complete profiles, with pictures or links, or references, or something else showing you're serious about the project, like donations or anything else. .. . . . . I don't smoke and I don't like it, smokers can use only the balcony; La Spezia is a not so ancient but nice little town in the eastern Riviera Ligure, in the centre of the so called "Poet's Gulf", between the famous "Cinque Terre" and other very nice places like Portovenere, Lerici, Tellaro, Sarzana. We are near to Carrara (have you heard about the marble?), Pisa (the tower) and other places of the beatiful coast of Liguria. You can find little museums in the city, good cook, and most of all, a wonderful seaside. I've got some blankets, if you need them, but if you have sleeping bags I'll have less work to do and I'll be happier. If you are a musician and you need to exercise, you can play my piano without problems with my neighbours. The days' number depends on the season or on your activities, you simply have to ask for it, however I prefer to host you for more than one night. P.S. - - - -: Something more: I don't give keys to the apartment, and I don't leave guests alone at home, so you should respect my schedule. If you are asking me to be my guest my home is your home, so you are supposed to help me to keep our house clean, (I mean, simply, everybody has to cancel his tracks). - - - -I've got a last, little request: I want to know you and the place you're coming from, so please take some photos, images, some folders (also taken for free from your tourism office)of your place with you, I'll be glad of this present!!
Friends (96)
 Giulia Taccone
25, Female
Chiavari, Liguria
Italy
Friends since October 2000
"We studied together. He was my "energy" during the university time"
Friendship Type: 7 - Best Friend
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 Federico Marconi
34, Male
La Spezia, Liguria
Italy
Friends since September 2005
"We have common interests such as art and cinema"
Friendship Type: 6 - Close Friend
I vouched for Matteo Sara
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 Steve Callerame
29, Male
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Friends since November 2005
"Matteo always went out of his way to help us have a fine time around La Spezia -- a really cool host!"
Friendship Type: 3 - CouchSurfing Friend
I vouched for Matteo Sara
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 Cristiano Nattero
30, Male
Chiavari, Liguria
Italy
Friends since January 2004
"my girlfirend's best friend...should I trust him?! ;-)"
Friendship Type: 6 - Close Friend
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 Fabio Baccini
33, Male
La Spezia, Liguria
Italy
"High School Mate"
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 Ermanno Menegatti
33, Male
La Spezia, Liguria
Italy
Friends since January 2000
"Very often i visit the artistic events organized by matteo"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
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 Cico Plaitano
33, Male
Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Friends since January 1997
"in the artistic fantastic under world of la spezia in the 90s"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
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 Corinne Mazzoli
24, Female
La Spezia, Liguria
Italy
Friends since October 2007
"through a friend"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
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 Manuela Guerrini
25, Female
Lerici, Liguria
Italy
Friends since October 2005
"Both in the same local fair trade association"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
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 Federico Gallo
37, Male
Parma, Emilia-Romagna
Italy
Friends since January 2001
"Through common friends"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
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CouchSurfing ExperienceAs a host: Maria&Luna; Amber&Candice; Natasha; the sort of CS meeting with Steve&Joshua and Raine in the same days; Jenny and her mom; Juana with Rodolphe and Claire; Farhad; Gabriel; Irina and Virginie; the "meeting" between Marnie&Jeremy and Nicole&Joe; during the "crash" days Allecia and Sam; Juraj from Slovakia; australian musicians Kimba and Ryan; the us-chilean couple Shannon and Cote; Eri Lyn with Brian; the return of Steve Callerame; Hillary and Jeremy (with the collaboration of Federico and Cico Plaitano); the ten people meeting at home when hosting Gang Yao, Pamela, Ila and Paulo33 in this april; another "meeting" with Denis and Vladimir from Russia, Miguel from Mexico, the return of Joshua Grover and Sarah and Denis from Canada; the wonderful couple made with Sal and Jim; another "meeting" with Ruth and Tony from Australia, Donald from New Zealand and Annemarie and Iere from Finland; Angela from Hungary; Fabianne and Cassiana from Brazil; Jack and Heather from Usa; israel-italian couple Shahar and Ylenia with Edgar from usa; Irini and Christian from Germany with Alessandro; the great family Leigh, Noah and the most beautiful and sweet guest I've ever had: Lila; great greek Elisabeth on her way to Netherlands; the sweet couple Juliet and Nikki from NY; the u.s. meeting with Jill, Laura and Sara Elysha and Sean; the girls from Lithuania Rasa and Simona, Leah and Katie from the States; the gratest family made of Caline, Eric and the little wonderful Gael; last minute dutch boys Joost and Frederik; Diana and Philippe from France; Lorenzo and Valeria (chesembrachecisiconoscadasempre) from Milan; lovely Agnieska and Lukasz from Krakow; aussies David and Yolanna; three lovely days with three lovely hungarians Helena, Kata and Betti; the two CS friends Anne Cecile from France and Angela from Canada; one touch of Latvian couple Raimond and Liene; the three french girls Shanda, Lena and Laure (mind the pronunciation!); and the "melting pot girls" Coni, Ana and Junette from worldwide; one quick night with Vanessa and Tommaso from Torino and the great "mafiosetta" couple Filippo and Marianna; brasilian Sandalo and Flavio the amb.
As a guest, I surfed Dominika`s couch in Krakow, I went with my friend Giulia to visit Anika in Hannover, I met Stuttgart night fun at Corra's place, and I discovered Katowice's hospitality in Piotr and Magda house, and I've visited in Berlin my friend Sergio "Cico" Plaitano's place, really good times!InterestsArts, of course (especially contemporary art), playing piano and keyboards, my musical-cabaret band, travelling, eating good foods,listening to jazz music, supporting fair trade, cinema ("d'essay").
Anyway, even if visual art is my main interest, I think that Music has more chances to express our sense of life and the consciousness of death, being less connected with reality, it can fly wherever we want (or she wants? mmmm...).
I like to take pictures when I'm travelling, so I'm putting some photos from my travels on my profile. Some of them are just jokes or strange points of view, probably they are just a way to say thanks to locals, the only which can understand every shot.Philosophymy personal philosophy? Listen to "the sea, part 2" by Ketil Bjornstad, Terje Rypdal, David Darling and Jon Christensen. There's nothing to add.Music, Movies, BooksI love cinema when it is art, i don't when it's only business (Pedro Almodovar, Ferzan Ozpetek, Stanley Kubrick, Matteo Garrone, Francois Ozon, Zhang Yimou, Paolo Sorrentino, Kristof Kieslowsky are some of my favourite directors, and I really believe that Kim Ki Duk is a kind of poet/genius)("Shortbus", "I cento passi" are other movies I really like).
I listen to jazz music, expecially from Ecm label; contemporary, romantic, classic music; but also pop-rock, when it's good. (Some names? Misha Alperin, Arild Andersen, John Abercrombie, John Taylor, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, our Lord Bill Evans, Arvo Part, Ketil Bjornstad, Terje Rypdal, David Darling, John Christensen, Tomasz Stanko, Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, Antonello Salis, Mauro Avanzini, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Pierre Favre, Jan Garbarek, Yellowjackets, Weather Report and the immortal Jaco,and many others.....). Anyway I'm not a jazz nerd, listen to Caparezza (wonderful last album) and Frankie Hi-Nrg, and many other pop-rock musicians.
I don't read so many living writers, and I don't have a preferred genre, some names like C.Pavese, W.Faulkner and F.Dostojesvkij show what I mean. My favourite writer is still J.R.R.Tolkien, I mean, I read "Lord of the Rings" so many times, every march 25th I celebrate the fall of the ring, I buy a Tolkien's book in every country I go, and we wrote on our wedding rings "and in the darkness bind them". Is it enough?
Types of People I enjoyEveryone who's interested in life, curious and smart. Most of all, i'd like to meet people with some of my interests in common, wherever they come from. So artists (I'm always looking around to organize little exhibition), musicians, art historians, or something else. Opinion on the CouchSurfing.com Projectfrom one to ten......... Couchsurfing is 35!! Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom
References
 From Anamaria Antonescu Edmonton, Canada
Aug 28  Positive Matteo is a wonderful host. He introduced us to his friends and took us out on the town and to the beach. He cooked for us and played us music. Overall, a memorable, fun experience.  From Marianna Di Rosa Palermo, Italy
Aug 28 Positive Matteo is nice, as a host and as a person! He welcomed me and Filippo in a comfortable house where he warmly treats his guests!! We also met his wife Ilaria and they are a good old couple and if you speak Italian it is so cute to hear them talking and sometime arguing about little things! We really felt fine in their company!! Come to Sicily guysss!!!!  From FILIPEK Palermo, Italy
Aug 28 Positive Matteo is a great host really, even if he was busy and in the middle of august he hosted me and Marianna for one night. I like his humour, clever and sharp. We spent a nice evening in Sarzana and we spent almost a night talking with other guests about our very funny CS experiences. At the end Marianna and me forgot to leave him a bottle of sicilian wine but for person like him that not drink wine maybe it has been fine eh!eh! anyway we didn’t forget so we are waiting in our place in Sicily Matteo and Ilaria for an analholic sicilian drink!  From Shanda Francois Paris, France
Aug 25 Positive Very nice trip in La Spezia with Matteo and all friends. We visited cabri by boat, eat typicall good food, met lot of sympatic people!! What else?  From Coni Gamst Berlin, Germany
Aug 10  Positive Matteo has been the most wonderful host! he took me and two friends in and welcomed us with a big CS-dinner at his house to introduce us to the community of la Spezia and we spend some wonderful days with him and his friends around Cinque Terre and other places. he even challenged us to play Biglie with them which we'll definitely try to introduce to the Berlin beaches now. Matteo really is a wonderful host and person!  From Liene Strautmane-Kaže Riga, Latvia
Jul 29 Positive Extremely positive. I stayed at his place for one night on my trip through Itally. He was very hospitable, interesting and smart guy, plus just like us he's one of the few completely non-alcohol people :) and he liked the written in 1899 and first performed in 1910 Latvian choir song :)  From Raimonds Kaze Riga, Latvia
Jul 29 Positive Matteo is a great host and a very smart person, I'm sorry that we couldn't see more of you, but we will one day for sure. From Ermanno Menegatti La Spezia, Italy
Jul 22  Positive Matteo is a funny and very interisting person who loves art, music , movies, and playing with "biglie" in summer :)
 From Angela Scheck Edmonton, Canada
Jul 22 Positive Sweet Matteo, from the beginning of meeting you i felt comfortable. You are a great cook, funny, nice conversation, wonderful friends, beautiful wife...I was glad to have a small piece of this!
Come to Edmonton...your mall is waiting!!
Angela, Canada  From Anna-SICILIA Rome, Italy
Jul 20 Positive If Matteo had been a close cousin or my brother, I would not have felt more comfortable at his place.
He hosted me and my friend Angela for 3 nights and, I can't explain exactly why but I felt like "in my family", and this, even before to meet his wife, his dad, his friends...
Grazie fratello italiano.  From Heléna Hrotko Budapest, Hungary
Jul 19 Positive Oh!! How to say? It way 3 days of pure happiness! We got a fantastic time a Matteo s place, he really did everything to make us feel at home: he introduced us to his friends, organized a couchSurfing meeting, delicious dinners (here I have to mention the unforgettable ice-cream a la Matteo), played for us the piano... well i can t enumerate everything, believe me the list is really long.:) I would give him the prize of "the perfect host".  From Kata Bordács Budapest, Hungary
Jul 18 Positive If you happen to go to La Spezia I really advise you to look for the local Jesus of the town, called Matteo.He was our step-father for three days, he introuduced us to the fantastic company of couchsurfers in La spezia. He is a great person with excellent sense of humor and what I really liked about him is that he is always calm and balanced. If you are thinking about hosting him make him promise to make icecream because it is HMMMMM....more than good. From Federico Gallo Parma, Italy
Jul 4 Positive Matteo is an intelligent, outgoing and profound person.
He is an indefatiguable fellow, always helpful, "user-friendly" and able of keeping his moderate tranquillity in every circumstance.
As Loremaster Elrond in Rivendell (Tolkien's fan will understand...), he has many interests and knowledges that share with ease.
Great guy! ;)
 From Lucile Verlhac Bordeaux, France
Jul 3 Positive We (franek and I) spend a wonderful time at la spezia. We are so lucky during our travel because we met so great person and matteo is one of them! Thank you so much for everything : the afternoon at Porto Venere and the evening at your place. You are very welcome to Toulouse!  From Franek le Vaillant Toulouse, France
Jul 1 Positive We were hosted like king and queen! Matteo was really careful with us, and took great care we had a nice time. I just one day, he showed us around soooo many things in the area... our heads are full of wonderful memories, thanks to him!
Furthermore, he's exactly the kind of person I like: deeply cultured and intelligent.
Someone I highly recommend.  From David Jukes Melbourne, Australia
Jun 28 Positive We recently had the pleasure of meeting and staying with Mateo for a couple of nights. We were shown the MOST generous hospitality, we enjoyed every moment of the time that we had spent with him. Mateo is a truly interesting individual that you can talk with for many hours on end. We sincerely hope that we get the chance to meet him and his wife again sometime.
Although next time, the dishes will not wait until the morning!
ps. YES! His home made ice cream is as good as the previous posts have said.  From Agnieszka Bolesta Krakow, Poland
Jun 22 Positive He knows whats on about couchsurfing. He gives us best hospitality, great company and lots of useful tips. Thanks to him I could feel the atmosphere of everyday Italian life -goes to the market to buy fresh fruits or eat best focaccia in town. We also spend wonderful evening with wine and local food tasting.
Mateo even speaks many words in Polish!!!
His couch is really comfortable huge double bed and his flat is full of interesting pictures.
He is a person You need to meet- for sure.  From Valeria Mazza Milano, Italy
Jun 3 Positive Sometimes it happens that you HAVE to meet a person...we met casually in Bucharest looking for a bus, then we met again in the return flight to Italy...and now that I've surfed Matteo's couch I can say: small word but great people!
Matteo and Ilaria were all the time caring even if in the middle of the hectic organization of an exhibition (it was really amazing!).
Thank you so much for according us so much confidence and indipendence with the flat!
And I'll never forget the deep immersion in the most typical local culture! Sgabei and family dinner!Very appreciated!
We wait for you in Milan whenever you want!
UPD:
As the 1st visit was so cool, we came back and again Matteo&Ilaria hospitality has been great! Thanks for the amazing and precious moments in the Terrazza! Such breathtaking view, lovable friends and touching stories of Uncle Giovanni! Well now it's your turn, I'll wait for you per andar per funghi!  From Lorenzo Mazzi Milano, Italy
Jun 2 Positive UPD July 2008
Back in La Spezia, no words to describe how great it was also this time... most beautiful places, warm friendship in the air... thanks so much Matteo&Ilaria and zio Giovanni and fant e fantele!:)
Matteo was my first italian host, and it couldn't have been better. He was not angry with me, because I forgot one of his presents on the train. He was helpful with everything and always kind with every requests (and also answers, as I made so many questions to him and Ilaria, sorry guys, it is stronger than me!;). And we had the possibility, a big pleasure and privilege, to be there during the vernissage of an art exhibition he worked on, into an amazing place in Liguria. It was fun then to meet and eat together with all the big family... sgabei for president!:)  From Diane and Philippe Annecy, France
May 24 Positive Thanks to him with have the possibility to visit Cinque Terre and Porto Venere. He organized during our stay to his flat a dinner with other freindly CS members.Great evening ! The pasta cooked for Matteo was excellent! We share the same taste for François Ozon movies and most of all for "Le Temps qui reste." We had a lot of privcay in his great flat downtown the pedestrian zone. We hope that we could meet again here in France or in la Spezia again. Thank you very much for your freindship.  From DODIDUUDA Turku, Finland
May 19 Positive he was extremly pleasant personne,he host us (me my wife and my boy 3y)and make good dinner,introduse nice personnne to us also.we were hosted in very good condition.
he was patient with my boy, and left good memory to us.hope to see him again.  From GAECHKA Turku, Finland
May 7 Positive He prefer more to listen people then to speak. But when he speaks,he speaks with full knowleged about subject(politic, musice, native town,art). He can work under music what shows his top level of erudizm. Matteo has smth special what attracted our little Gael to him. Gael spoke and searched for Matteo even when he was not with us.
Matteo,thanks a lot for top-hospitality,interesting company and great dinner.BRAVO,BRAVISIMO!  From Joost van den Ham Utrecht, Netherlands
May 6 Positive Wow, Matteo was really nice to us giving us a place to stay during our trip around Italy. Even though we hadn't send a request he took us in anyway....and he was already hosting other people. Matteo, a true couchsurfing ambassador (and a great cook)!  From Frederik Pöll The Hague, Netherlands
May 5 Positive Matteo hosted my friend and me in his house for one night. Wonderful guy, easy to talk with and a fantastic cook. It was amazing that he wanted to host us, cause he had already a couple over from Finland.
Gracie mille!  From Paolo Bareggi Viareggio, Italy
Apr 24 Positive matteo is really friendly, first time he invite me at a couchsurfing dinner and i found him really interesting person and smart.
is a really good person, very helpfully with people and with a good sense of humor
 From Massimiliano Vitali San Terenzo, Italy
Apr 24 Positive He is a very kindly person, and cook very well!  From Jere Kasanen Helsinki, Finland
Feb 4 Positive Look bit like me in a Jesus kind of way. Gave me cheese! From Cristiano Nattero Chiavari, Italy
Jan 4  Positive Can only say good things about him and Ilaria, his wife! I had to go at a fair in Carrara so I didn't have much time to spend with them, but they treated me so well...perhaps more than I deserve ;-)
Still in doubt? Visit them ASAP! :-)
 From Simone Petacchi Lille, France
Dec 26, 2007 I met Matteo and his wife in La Spezia in a cultural and vivid social club where we arranged an appointment together with the other couch members of the area. He's a very nice person, so generous and with the same interests for arts and socializing. I was very lucky to find a person like that!  From Angela Sulan Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Dec 11, 2007 Positive He was very kind. I felt like a queen!! We went together to Portovernere, it is really a good place, there we met Matteo's friend, and he cooked for us.
OOhhhh, the Italian food. Ohhh!! Thank you for everything.
 From Simona Sadzeviciute Tilburg, Netherlands
Nov 13, 2007 Positive Mateo is very interesting, artistic person...we stayed in his impressive place, had a dinner together talking about travelling and thanks to him we got more info about the region than probably we could in tourist office :) and only thanks to him we went to visit beautiful Portovenere! From Steve Callerame Boston, United States
Nov 6, 2007 Positive He's got it all. Matteo's a fine cook, host and one-stop tourist shop for La Spezia & its environs. Everybody knows about the Cinque Terre region next door, but only Matteo can help you find the marble & lard capital of Italy. A totally cool guy who's even got a Herbie Hancock soundtrack to his apartment. I've visited him *three* times now and have always been welcomed with open arms. A perfect friend for a thoroughly deracinated fellow like myself!
 From Karla Hoover Paris, France
Nov 4, 2007 Positive Although Matteo wasn’t able to host me, he was very helpful to find other people in the area who could. And thankfully, I was still able to meet him during my time in La Spezia, for a small dinner at his house. We ate good pizza, I learned about his obsession with J.R.R. Tolkien, and most importantly I was introduced to Killer Coffee. It was a good night with great company!  From Rasa Stasiukynaite Tilburg, Netherlands
Oct 29, 2007 Positive Matteo hosted me and my friend in La Spezia, gave many tips and info about the region and things to see, to do...we're very thankful...and also for great pasta he made :)  From Laura Hamje Federal Way, United States
Oct 26, 2007 Positive Matteo is the most hilarious Italian (possibly human) I have met. He is also an excellent cook. I had a very relaxing stay with him with my two friends in La Spezia. I am amazed at his generosity and willingness to share his knowledge and resources about his city.  From dancingfool Santa Cruz, United States
Oct 3, 2007 Positive Matteo had a full house of couchsurfers when I came to La Spezia, but he invited me to dinner. It was great fun to meet a group of couchsurfers and share a potluck dinner. Matteo made a wonderful pasta with eggplant sauce!
Matteo is a welcoming and relaxed host with a sincere commitment to couchsurfing and cultural exchange. I hope he will come stay with me in California someday!  From Jill Lane Seattle, United States
Oct 3, 2007 Positive Matteo is very helpful and knowledgeable about La Spezia and Cinque Terra. He is funny, generous and very easy to get along with. He makes great pasta and has beautiful hair! We all three had a really nice time because of his help!  From Elysha San Francisco, United States
Sep 27, 2007 Positive Matteo was an excellent host and very easy to get along with immediately. We had a great time and great food at his couch surfing dinner. If you head to this part of Italy you should stay with Matteo!  From Juliet and Nikki Cannici San Francisco, United States
Sep 7, 2007 Positive Although we did not have nearly enough time spent with Matteo, he graciously offered us a beautiful room in his amazing apartment. We really enjoyed La Spezia and Portovenere a lot! Matteo is easy to talk to, very easy going and a fun person to be around. We hope to see you again some day =)  From Magdalena and Piotr Wozniak Katowice, Poland
Sep 6, 2007 Positive Very frendly and polite. It was real pleasure to host him. He have realy good vibes. A Man with bright mind, heart of artist and cool beatbox skill.  From Elisabeth Andrio Wageningen, Netherlands
Aug 31, 2007 Positive I spend just a few but really great hours with Matteo.we went to a cosy bar-restau where we met some friends of his and chated about history,cultures,of course art and much more  From MA7U Torino, Italy
Aug 30, 2007 Positive he gave me a lift with his incredible old-fashioned car ubt before that he offer to me a nice launch and good hospitality. nice and very active CS! thanks!  From Leigh Shulman Atlanta, United States
Aug 15, 2007 Positive I'm so happy we had the chance to meet Matteo.He is a wonderful and welcoming person, and we all want to see him again.maybe in NY, maybe Panama. Lila loved him too. I think next time she might ask him to marry her.  From Jack Haake Baltimore, United States
Aug 1, 2007 Positive Despite showing up in La Spezia late because of train delays Matteo was there waiting patiently. He let us stay at his place for a night and we had an enjoyable time walking through the city. Matteo is also a gourmet ice cream maker.  From Cassiana Schane Curitiba, Brazil
Jul 31, 2007 Positive Matteo is a wonderful people: nice and amused. He hosted me and Fabi for 2 nights and it was amazing! Thank you for everything, I hope see you here in Brazil! Belin!  From Edgar Nunez Santa Cruz, United States
Jul 31, 2007 Positive Matteo is such an amazing character and pulls off playing Jesus so well, and it shows with his generosity, his humor, and of course, hospitality. Benin!  From Fabianne Bettega Trento, Italy
Jul 20, 2007 Positive Matteo is a very easy going guy who was a great host for me and Cassi during our visit to Cinque Terre. We really had a good time and it was an excellent opportunity to get in touch with the ligurian culture! Thanks for everything, for the blue sea in the Monterosso afternoon and I wait tou in Trento someday! Belin!  From Sal Tavormina Austin, United States
Jun 13, 2007 Positive Matteo is a great guy and I'm really glad we had a chance to couchsurf with him. He made us feel welcome with his kindness and left us with memories that we will treasure. He is a very interesting person and has a great sense of humor. Thanks Matteo, I hope you can visit us in Texas sometime!  From Ruth Woods Healesville, Australia
Jun 8, 2007 Positive We stayed with Matteo for two nights. He was a very welcoming, hospitable and intelligent person and had also invited three other couchsurfers to stay. We had the opportunity to have dinner with them and have great conversation and got to know them in true CS style. He was an excellent host. Thanks  From Annemarie Hietala Kajaani, Finland
Jun 7, 2007 Positive We had a great time, and Matteo was a really good and friendly host. I hope that we can see each other soon! He was also an amazing cook and he gave us good tips about what to see around La Spezia.  From TAME45 Hokitika, New Zealand
Jun 6, 2007 Positive Matteo invited me to surf after seeing my request for cultural contact on the artists' group notice board. He made 5 surfers welcome in his home with a fantastic (local) culinary experience. Cheers Matteo  From Gang Yao Pisa, Italy
Jun 1, 2007 Positive i am very glad to have my time of CS experience with you and indeed it is very memorable.my thanks are not only for your hosting but also for your suggestions and kindness for me when i first moved in CS system.you and your beautiful wife are very nice guy  From Miguel González Cadiz, Spain
May 18, 2007 Positive Just amazing. Great time in La Spezia. Mateo is a great guy, thanks a lot for the couch.  From CORRA Stuttgart, Germany
May 8, 2007 Positive Well, I know... I took some times to write the reference for Matteo and Federico, but is not easy to write somethinks about fantastic guests without to write boring staff. I just want to say, that I spent with these 2 really special guests a fabulous time! We had a lot of fun and interesting conversations and I feelt like I meet 2 old friends! Matteo is really funny... always the right funny word on the right moment and he gives you a sense of peace and calm (maybe also because of his Jesus-look :-))... difficult to describe him... you have to enjoy him! He was also able to take me and Fede safety at home after the beer festival... thank you! I hope to see you soon again!  From Sarah and Denis Andre Calgary, Canada
May 5, 2007 Positive Matteo was super generous, he made us an authentic Italian dinner including his families home made pesto sauce - SO GOOD! And we got to meet other couch surfers and a friend of his...great time - thanks Matteo!  From Vladimir Dzalbo Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 1, 2007 Positive I was staying for 2 night in La Spezia at Matteo's place and it was really a greaaat experience. I really enjoyed international chats and excellent dinner in his flat. Grazie, Matteo!  From Denis Mysenko Mumbai, India
Apr 30, 2007 Positive Superb host!
Very kind & helpful person! Wonderful cook!
Thank you very much and hope to see you again!  From -ILA- Torino, Italy
Apr 23, 2007 Positive We sent a request 2 days before, we confirmed just one day, but he welcame us in a wonderful way, he and his wife were very very nice, and we had a spectacular dinner with a lot of international guests!thank you a lot, and see you soon!  From Pamela Hsieh Urbana, United States
Apr 21, 2007 Positive Matteo is an intelligent, kind, and very accomodating host. He made me feel very welcome, and even during the most annoying situations (my fault) he was always very patient and understanding. He has a lovely home and is an ideal host. I highly recommend surfing his couch and getting to know him and his friends! He's also a big fan of mixing several kinds of pasta :) and he has a huge collection of tourism literature in various languages -- an excellent host!  From Gabriel Gaspar Sao Paulo, Brazil
Apr 11, 2007 Positive Matteo is one of the greatest people this world has to offer. I spent a good time with him in La Spezia. Matteo and his nice fiancee (currently wife) made a great Italian dinner with a unforgetable home-made Pesto and we got to see an arts exhibition together. His passion for Tolkien's books and Couch Surfing make him unique. A very good friend.  From Nicole U. and Joey Levy Tempe, United States
Apr 8, 2007 Positive A gem in the couchsurfing community. I think visiting him was an amazing treat. The most incredible pesto sauce Ive ever had in my entire life! And wonderful hospitality. Thank you for your kindess! From Federico Marconi La Spezia, Italy
Mar 18, 2007 Positive I spend always good time with Matteo speaking about many interests in common, aboveall art but not only.
Generally I believe in the same sincere and simple approach to life, in growing our culture, mind and individuality, in trying to live, at the same time, with the good measure of irony and happyness. we became good friends
 From GTURTLE30 Santa Cruz, United States
Feb 26, 2007 Positive I surfed Matteo's couch for only one night and wished it could have been longer. He was a kind and gentle person, and made me feel at home during my stay in La Spezia. He seemed like an intelligent man, so I feel that it was unfortunate that we didn't have more time to converse. Until next time, Matteo. Ciao!  From Hillary Jenkins El Dorado Hills, United States
Feb 26, 2007 Positive Matteo, or Jesus :), hosted my friend and I for our first night in La Spezia. He cooked us a delicious homemade pesto dinner with homemade ice cream for dessert - can you guess the flavor? He was also very helpful in helping us plan our hiking trip in Cinque Terre. Thanks for everything! From Cico Plaitano Berlin, Germany
Jan 21, 2007 Positive We meet in a travel from Roma and from 2 differents experiences, after we meet occasionally in the center of La Spezia, and often we stop for 2 words in the afternoon or in the evening... that's what livin the same city offers, may be we watch together some good movie not so far...
 From Joshua Grover Denton, United States
Oct 25, 2006 Positive Ourstanding Host. My friend and I stayed with Matteo for 3 nights. He was extremely friendly and hospitable. If you are heading towards La Spezia you should contact Matteo because he will go out of his way to ensure your visit is a great one.  From Kimba Griffith Melbourne, Australia
Oct 4, 2006 Positive Matteo is a little gem in Liguria. He has a sharp mind and an excellent wit, he knows so much about the history of his town and surrounds(and even more about art history), and he is a great musician and a lovely man as well. We really felt welcome and had such memorable times. See you in our home in Australia my friend, but leave your cold at home!  From Anika Goetje Dortmund, Germany
Aug 28, 2006 Positive When Matteo requested to couchsurf with me he first wrote "I don't drink, don't take drugs, but am fun anyway!" He is so right. This long-haired Jesus-looking Italian has a great sense of humour and makes you laugh all the time! Matteo is the perfect couchsurfer and spoilt us with presents, took us out for dinner and couldn't be stopped from washing the dishes! We had a great time and I hope to see him soon in his hometown!  From Juraj Kohan Prague, Czech Republic
Aug 14, 2006 Positive As Matteo's 22nd couchsurfer I just say that couchsurfing with him is simply great experience, I'm very very thankfull to him and his brand-new wife for everything they did for me, and he's got some beautifull paintings in his flat, have a look at them  From Marnie Pearce Perth, Australia
Aug 7, 2006 Positive The nice guy!!! what a wonderful host. He made our stay like being in a 5 star hotel but with a personal approach. He also was our tourist information centre, internet point& local restaurant!!! This man can cook (if you like gelato you maybe lucky enough to sample some of his very own bellissimo)- sorry girls he is already taken by a very lovely lady. After 2 days and only a few hours we felt we had known Matteo alot longer. Thankyou very much we hope to meet you again in the future if we can convince you to come to Perth - Spiders and all!.
 From Allecia and Sam Brodie Gold Coast, Australia
Jul 30, 2006 Positive Matteo is awesome. We were so happy to have met him and now to be able to call him a friend. He made our stay very special and he makes the best gelati in Italy! We were so happy to see the wedding photo on his profile. We look foward to keeping in contact and seeing each other again one day.  From MONOCLOVER Perth, Australia
Jul 28, 2006 Positive Perfect Gentleman, Perfect Host. You cannot ask more of this man as a host. He has restored my faith that there are still gentlemen in this world, in the utmost classical sense of the word. He provided for my every need in his gentle and polite way. Listened to my ramblings and cooked a simple but elegant Ligurian meal. His apartment was stylish but oh so cosy. We had interesting flowing discussions from the first moment I set foot in his home, as his taste in music and art are exquisite! Matteo deserves the title of 'Perfect Gentleman, Perfect Host'.  From Leo Forte Pontremoli, Italy
Jul 24, 2006 Positive Matteo and his now wife came to lunch, accepting my invitation. I felt that we were couchsurfing members, we lived close to each other and it was only natural to invite them. We had a great day and Matteo and I have continued to "chat" with each over through the site ever since.  From Sergio Obici Naples, Italy
Jul 19, 2006 Inspired guy!!! The right one if you want experience the ancestral Italian hospitality.  From Maria Santos Coy Mexico City, Mexico
Jul 19, 2006 Grazie! Matteo is just the best host ever!
He was really nice to Luna and me, i definetely recommend him! |
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