Hello!

My name's Filippo and i come from Montale, a small town near Florence, Italy.

I am now in Vienna for a PhD project.

I like to read.

I love Miyazaki.

I like languages.

I like music.

I love Tango. I have been dancing tango for six months in Bergen as well and this has opened me the door for lots of new friends and shared emotions.. Pål, Marijana, Mahla, Elise, Gabriel, Sora, Myriam, Mir, Slam Poetry, Mate, Queer Tango...

I like cooking.

I play tennis, or used to play it for the first part of my life until 19 or 20. Then got bored. Maybe i will re-discover that later on.

I play some guitar, but very basic things and some stupid songs.

I like watching at the stars in a clear night and talk about life and universe.

I like bonfires and beer.

I like italian food and red wine from tuscany.

"I'm fond of good stories"

Oh and I'm gay. Hit me up if you're gay too :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because a friend of mine called Irati told me "Sign on Couchsurfing. It's fun!"

and also because..
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” ― Christopher McCandless

Interests

pancakes, tango, queer, mountains and wild nature, physics, animals, traveling, guitar, chocolate, poetry.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Rino Gaetano, Dire Straits, Fabrizio de Andrè, The Doors, Beatles, Pixies, Gogol Bordello, Franco Battiato, Lucio Battisti, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young, The Cure, David Bowie.

Movie: Mulholland Drive, Pulp Fiction, Carne Tremula, Presque rien.

Books: - "Ragazzi che amano ragazzi" Piergiorgio Paterlini (gay book);
- "Shantaram" Gregory David Roberts (adventurous-semibiographical book);
- "Un indovino mi disse" Tiziano Terzani (advnturous-philosophical book);

-"Walkaboutitalia" Darinka Montico ("l'italia a piedi, senza soldi, raccogliendo sogni")

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learnt to walk. survived to adolescence. ride a bike. ski. play tennis. dance tango.. more than one.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mathematics and Physics. Some guitar. Baking bread and making pizza.

What I Can Share with Hosts

"What is Beauty?"
"Firenze"

http://video.repubblica.it/edizione/firenze/quando-vi-chiedono-cosa-e-la-bellezza-rispondete-firenze/212840/212015

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Italy, Norway