CURRENT MISSION

Like most people... find my way to happiness

ABOUT ME

I'm easy going; I love almost everything food-related; I'm sensitive but resilient; I can be impulsive but I've learnt that it's better if I stay true to myself and think things through; random acts of kindness make me happy; saying that I love animals is quite the understatement.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe my personal philosophy can best be summarized by Nietzsche quote: "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music". I think I hear the music.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm not always able to host surfers because my living arrangement is a bit... complicated at the moment, but whenever possible I love to offer my hospitality or even just to assist the travelers with any questions they might have about my city...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm still new to couchsurfing but so far, surfers-wise, I've been very, very lucky.

Interests

I'm studying and learning to love photography; I'm passionate about ethics in relation to our consumption habits; I love to go to the movies; cooking and eating make me really happy.

• animals
• photography
• dancing
• ethics
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The 25th hour, Glory Road, Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite, The Big Lebowsky, American Beauty, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Anchorman, The Illusionist, L'Armata Brancaleone, Kung Fu Panda, 300, Butter, Donnie Darko, Matrix, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Zelig, the early Van Damme movies (and I won't apologize for it), Quartet, Habemus Papam...
Books and Authors: The Last Lecture, The Dogs of Babel, Palahniuk, La Solitudine dei Numeri Primi, Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, Memoirs of a Geisha, the Harry Potter saga, the Song of Ice and Fire saga, Paulo Coelho, Jane Austin...
Music: it really depends on my mood and the situation...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done: It all depends on your definition of amazing I suppose... but while I was in Adelaide, Australia, I was zookeeper for a day. And it was THE BEST DAY.
Seen: sunsets at sea... there are no words.

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't know how good a "teacher" I could be but I'd be more than happy to share what I know about cooking, sustainability, graphics, Italian language... and any new skill I may acquire along the way...
I'd love to learn more about ethnic cooking and photography... but I'd say I'm interested in almost anything new someone might be willing to teach me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Thailand