CURRENT MISSION

to help others appreciate new york; to feel at home again; conoscere qualque italiano a new york e mantenere il mio italiano!

ABOUT ME

i first came to italy---and really started to travel deeply--last summer, when i volunteered on organic farms in Toscana. i loved it so much i decided to move to Italy for a year. it seemed important to me to lose the provinciality, the kind of narciscism (correctly spelled? months of living in a second language have destroyed my spelling), so particular to new york. previously, i spent a lot of time in climate-controlled environments reading nineteenth-century novels.

PHILOSOPHY

i always choose the beautiful over the convenient.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

sono appena tornata a new york (la mia piccola città) dopo un'anno in Italia. mi manca già tanto l'Italia e spero di ospitare qualche italiano qua a New York. Sarebbe un bel modo per esercitare il mio italiano anche perchè ho un gran senso di graditudine per l'Italia dove ho trovato un'accoglienza incredibile. Comunque, spero di poter resituire l'ospitalità ricevuta in Italia a chiunque sia interessato a venire a NY. Siete tutti i benvenuti a casa mia!"

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

al lago di como da Andrea, un'esperienza bellissima!

Interests

puppies, literature, organic farming ...

• literature
• reading
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

the talking heads, novecento, elena ferrante, ultimamente, de andrè ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

leaving everything i know to live abroad was decidedly amazing ..

Teach, Learn, Share

i know New York---and English literature---quite well. i've taught English, both as a language and English literature, and I genuinely love to teach. i can help with your vocabulary when you come. Portate un'quaderno!

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