📍currently in Sardinia

If you ended up on my profile, I guess hey, I am Francesco!:)
I am 27 as I am writing this and in my first bio (a couple years ago) I wrote that I was "not looking forward to getting older lol", but I now feel like every age has its perks (not that being two years older would make too much of a difference lol).

There are many things that I enjoy: meeting new people and sharing time with friends, the seaside and watersports (kayaking, surfing, diving, swimming), studying for my profession and reading a good novel (I love a well written and suspense-rich thriller), a game of chess and strategic boardgames, hiking and vast landscapes, the theater and old cinemas.

I also really enjoy what i do professionally: it has been 2 years since I graduated from medical school and, after taking a "gap semester" for travels, and working as a general physician/family doctor, I have now started a 4 years residency in psychiatry. I am very passionate about mental health and I believe it is essential to emphasize it in a society as frantic and stressfull as ours. I am also very interested in traditional medicine systems, such as Indian ayurvedic medicine and Chinese medicine, and I am really curious about the mind-body connection and psychosomatic illnesses. I wish someday to include these in my practice, without disregarding the strong scientific bases of modern medicine.

I have lived in Milan during my studies but I come from a town nearby Ferrara (north-east of italy). I have spent two years studying abroad with the Erasmus programme: the first one in Tenerife (Spain) and second in Gdansk (Poland), and I have had an amazing time! Those years have been incredibly enriching and personality-shaping experiences: living in a different country is something everyone should try.
And six months ago I have moved to Sardinia with my partner, with whom I am sharing a lovely flat in Cagliari and exploring the island. I am also happy to finally live in a place with an extra bed where I will be able to host surfers as well as friends.

See you soon:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travelling in a more sustainable way and someday being able to host surfers in my flat, as soon as I will have a nice bed or couch where they can sleep well:) I really enjoy meeting new people and sharing stories, because, as I have written above, I believe getting to know a new person is always an enriching experience

Interests

• theater
• acting
• dancing
• board games
• chess
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• swimming
• gym
• climbing
• mental health
• ayurveda
• languages and cultures
• psychosomatics
• exercising
• psychiatry
• yoga and meditation
• cats and dogs

Music, Movies, and Books

My taste in music is quite broad, i really like anything that has a catchy beat and im oftentimes mumbling songs or singing to myself.
I'm also quite open when it comes to movies and I like to watch some TV series every now and then, some of my favorites are Sense8, please like me, Derry girls, sex education, fleabag, crashing, modern family, Hannibal, Dahmer, the fall of the house of usher, Schitt's Creek, Bridgerton..
I also really enjoy documentaries and a guilty pleasure of mine is a US tv game show called Survivor. I used to watch MasterChef Italia with my younger brother, who has now become a cook.

Teach, Learn, Share

Work in progress, but one of my core beliefs is that there is something to learn from everyone if your approach is open and genuinely interested

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can do some cooking: I have some good dishes I can make and I am sure you will appreciate (the Italian touch does it all:) I can surely help with some cleaning (even tho it ain't my favourite activity ahaha) and I am looking forward to interesting conversations! I'm a very good listener!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Poland, Spain