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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
@crocikaren
Member since 2014
We're a couple in our 30s just recently moved to Sydney (previously living in Milan then Perth). Croci is Italian and Karen is Aussie / South African. We love travelling and are always keen to explore new places and meet new people, both locals and travellers. It's always nice to have a good conversation over some good food and share previous life experience / gather new life experiences !
Interested in Board games
Interested in Brunch
Fluent in English
Learning Afrikaans
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Participating in events, meeting locals and travellers in Sydney or whenever/wherever we are travelling. We have met amazing couchsurfers all across Europe, America, Asia and Australiaaaaa !!!
Music, Movies, and Books
American History IX, Fight Club, Life is beautiful, In the name of the Father, Sever, 12 monkeys, Arrested Development, Dollhouse, House of Cards, Parks & Recreation, IT Crowd, The Intouchables, Cafe de Flore, etcccccc Porta Vagnu (Ivan Segreto, lyrics are in sicilian), A day in the life, Maybe Tomorrow.......U2, Queen, Beatles...classical british rock/pop..... Metric, Broken Bells, Manu Chao, Girl Talk Books: Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante; La Repubblica and Il Venerdì !
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Running with the bulls at Pamplona Italian cooking course in Tuscany Driving in Italy was an adventure in itself!! Croci - driving on the wrong side in Perth :))) Visiting Amish country with my host in Ohio... like stepping back in time! Driving through Spain and choosing beautiful places to park and sleep. Riding through the winding streets of Dubrovnik on a scooter. Having amazing pizza in an italian resto in the Bronx - New York. Taking part in a musical stage production of The Wizard of Oz in Milan :) We danced salsa in front of a packed audience... scary!!!! Coming next: exploring WA coast !!!!!!!
Teach, Learn, Share
Learn new languages. Help people to learn English or Italian or Sicilian :)
My Interests
Food, food...food :) (breakfast in particular !!!) Travelling and meeting new people, watching movies. Salsa dancing. Karen is also a big fan of No Lights No Lycra, and we play a bit of guitar / keyboard and enjoy singing. Sport (running, cycling, football, gym). Hiking ! Live music, reading Comedy, wine (Karen!), personal development, board games. Sunsets :)