CURRENT MISSION

Start living rather then just survive, and feel happy.

ABOUT ME

Calm, respectful and happy to chat with new people.
I'm addicted to Hummus and I love climbing trees.

I sometimes catch up opportunities to play around with stuff I find and give birth to my ugly creations.
Just like the SnowMan and the SnowKitten among the pictures above.

Here are some other silly ones http://www.behance.net/AlexaBordi

I don't like spending time in crowded places, although I much prefer meeting with a few people at a time, talking and sharing with each one of them.

I always enjoy learning new things and other then reading and going to conferences I also love online free courses which promote the "learning without limits" concept.
I suggest this website to everyone that doesn't have much time for classes or money to spend on them: https://www.coursera.org/

PHILOSOPHY

I try my best not to waste my life.

Against every use and abuse, or selfish and disrespectful behavior.
I don't give importance to aesthetics, gender identity, sexual orientation, race nor species.
Vegan, for the respect of all living creatures (Human and non-human animals) and Nature too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2LL3CHNcQ4

Always happy to put in doubt and discuss my ideas and hopefully get to learn anything new I don't know about yet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

visited 14 states (6.22%)Create your own visited map of The World or another interesting project

Interests

Not interested in labels and I'm minded to keep being openminded. I like every kind of communication but I think that people should talk and share more in person and forget about facebooks or twitters - face the world, let the birds tweet, and enjoy life out of the screen!

I appreciate a lot books, good long conversations, different cultures and art in general, both human made and natural one; my tastes towards them all always change depending on my mood.

I love open spaces, nature and feeling autonomous.

I like Sports. I do rollerblading and swimming and I'm new on mountain bike cycling off road.

Casual conversations as well as serious ones are welcomed.
I love sharing thoughts in general and feeling comfortable, add a hot chocolate or some tofu sausage rolls and I'm in heaven.

I love travel, both in time and space.

Music, Movies, and Books

Here are a few movies,books and musicians I can think of this moment, but I do like very much theatre plays, street performers, animal-free circuses, Nature portraits through good photography, anthropology, biology and philosophy conferences too.

Pilobolus http://www.pilobolus.com/home.jsp
Karacongioli http://www.tuttinfesta.it/karacongioli-giocoleria-giocolieri-feste-di-piazza.htm
Cirque Eloize http://www.cirque-eloize.com/en/shows
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Fried Green Tomatoes (!!!!!), Sylvain Chomet animations, The color purple, Hunger, Casa Bianca, Sostiene Pereira, Earthlings, Neverending Story, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Network, The Cove, Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, Back to the Future, Little Miss Sunshine, Hayao Miyazaki's productions, ......

Animal Farm, Never Let Me Go, The Time Traveler's Wife, No Logo, Capire il mondo, Le Neveu de Rameau, Marc Bekoff's books on cognitive ethology, Jane Goodall's publications, Calvin and Hobbes (Comic by Bill Watterson), Germinal ( Emile Zola) ......

Different genres of music for different feelings and thoughts going around my mind..

From Jazz to classical, from folk and classic rock to electronic music..

Soko, Bocelli, Yann Tiersen, iamamiwhoami, The Knife, Aretha Franklin, Massive Attack, Stealers Wheel, Walk off the earth, Einaudi, Pearl Jam, Riccardo Joshua Moretti, Melland Hill, Rick James, Coltrane, Fabrizio De Andrè ..

Teach, Learn, Share

I can offer a walk on the wood, taking you to wonderful waterfalls just near by my house, meeting my typical italian lovely nan and families and all the rescued animals I share my home with; or if preferred I can show you around my hometown while having pizza and cecina along the big wall, chatting and sharing each other's past adventures...

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, France, Germany, Mozambique, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United Kingdom