I'm a traveller, not a tourist...
Italian-born expat living in Switzerland since 2014.
Passionate about travelling, mountaineering, outdoor sports (trail running, ice skating, cross-country skiing, etc.), road-tripping, hanging out with interesting people.
I work as an IT developer by day, and try to escape to the mountains almost every weekend (I love hiking and climbing). In my free time I also like watching movies, going to stand up comedy shows, attending social events, and visiting photography exhibitions, among the other things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because:
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
(my favourite quote, from "On the road"- by the legendary Jack Kerouac!)

Interests

• photography
• wine
• running
• sauna
• drinking
• music
• hiking
• mountaineering
• snowshoeing
• paragliding
• languages
• road trips
• beaches
• mountains
• travelling
• freedom
• sea
• ice skating
• climbing
• stand up comedy
• cross-country skiing
• via ferrata
• body positivity
• childfree

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I'm a rock believer ;)
Queen, David Bowie, Linkin Park, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, The Who, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf, Die Toten Hosen, ACDC, The Clash, Black Sabbath, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Muse, Limp Bizkit, Nirvana, The red hot chilli peppers, ...gee, the list could go on and on!

Films: mainly dystopian movies (The Matrix, Inception, Tenet, V for vendetta, Voyagers, ...)

Books: Jack Kerouac (On the road, The dharma bums, Big Sur), Ryan Holiday (The obstacle is the way, Stillness is the key), Jon Krakauer (Into the wild, Under the banner of heaven, Into thin air, Eiger Dreams, Three cups of deceit), Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens, Homo deus)...just to mention my favourites

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing to the top of Huayna Potosi (6088 m) in the Bolivian Andes...although the ascent is not technical, it was a real aerobic challenge! Making it to the top, especially after seeing many other climbers give up along the way, was an incredibly rewarding feeling...the proof (once more) that pushing yourself to the edge of your comfort zone and beyond can open up new horizons. As I always say: "Audaces Fortuna iuvat"! (fortune favors the bold)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Myanmar, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Switzerland