Verona, Veneto, Italy
@GIAMBA
Member since 2007
CURRENT MISSION learn more ABOUT ME I have been living in Verona since June 2005, but i'm from Sardinia where I used to live in a very little village of 600 inhabitants. I like to share experiences and meet original, interesting (sometime also strange :)) person and stories....and I consider CS as a possibility to have a cultural exchange and not only a way to travel low cost and have a couch where to sleep. I LIKE TO SHARE TIME AND EXPERIENCES PHILOSOPHY Love others as yourself Only a burning patience will lead to a splendid happiness La vida es una tombola Tomorrow will be an other day Keep calm and relax MY TRIPS 2026: Parigi 2025: Tirana, London, Sofia, Norimberga, Roma (more times), Santa Teresa di Gallura 2024: Oslo, Bergen, Istanbul, Gran Canaria, Val d’Itria, Tokio, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nara, Nicco, Kamakura, Tortolì 2023: New York, Rostock, Berlino, Lubecca, Amburgo Edimburgo, Budoni 2022: Indonesia (Bali, Flores), Creta, Bordeaux, Turchia (Antalia, Alanya) 2021: Costiera amalfitana 2020: Russia (Moscow, Vladimir, Suzdal), Colombia (Medellin, Cartagena, Bogotà, Villa de Leyva, Guatapè, Isla Bella), Bari, Gallipoli 2019: Dublino, Varna, Bucarest, Madeira, Palermo, Napoli 2018: Tenerife, Malta, Turchia (Denizli, Pamukale, Izmir, Cesme, Effeso, Sirince) Samos, Rimini, Matera, Calitri (Sponz Fest) Bari, Petra, Vadirun, Eilat, Roma (more times) 2017: Spagna (La Coruna, Santiago de Compostela); Lubiana, Firenze, Serbia(Niss, Belgrado), Bosnia (Sarajevo, Mostar), Dubrovnic, Corfù, Amburgo, Brno, Portogallo (Lisbona, Porto, Sintra) Milano (more times) 2016: Cipro (Famagosta, Nicosia), Cluji Napoca, Polonia (Varsavia, Torun, Danzica, Sopot, Gdania, Wroclaw), Turchia (Capadocia, Goreme), Bari, Polignano, Trani, Calitri (Sponz Fest) 2015: Brasile (Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia, Iguazù,Morro de Sao Paolo), Belgio (Bruxelles, Bruges), Grecia (Atene, Salonico, Meteore), Brashov 2014: Spagna (Madrid, Cordoba, Malaga), Vilnius, Lione, Bologna (more times) 2013: Israele (Tel Aviv, Geruusalemme, Betlemme, Ramla, Jericho, Nazaret, Dead sea), Armenia (Yerevan), Georgia (Tblisi, Mtskheta), Spagna (Valencia, Alicante, Elche) 2012: Parigi, Lille, Spagna (Granada, Cordoba, Malaga), Berlino, 52 gallerie, Arte sella 2011: Praga, Cracow, Ucraina (Kiev, Odessa, Sinferofol, SEbastopol,Ballaclava, Jalta, Odessa), Cuba (La Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero, Cayo Santa Maria, Trinidad, Holguin, Camagüey, Cienfuegos), Bratislava, Sofia, Perugia, Carloforte 2010: Stocolma, Helsinki, Riga, Tallin, Amsterdam, Bilbao, Leopoli, Vicenza (more times), Alghero 2009: Russia (Moscow, Saint. Peterburg), Mexico (San Cristobal de las casas, Mexico City, Acapulco, Puerto Escundido, Oxaca, Palenque), Brescia 2008: Istanbul 2006: Barcelona, Venezia (more times) 2004: Firenze, Torino, Novara, Milano, San Marino 2005: Budapest 1994: London, Copenaghen
Interested in Beer
Fluent in English
Learning French
Ambassador
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING hosting nice, interesting, curious, original people, sharing time with them and why not? also sharing a bottle of "meditation" wine; Here tips about Verona if you need: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6uYOSUJRUi8pKDS3rLxZzONW1CTaTk56bLJ5Ll07KE/edit?fbclid=IwAR0U_g2XgKWRduuaQpBpw8q2pU_0uD80jwttkL__1t1bZiEs-r5a7NSt-_A COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE CS gives me the possibility to discover the world. In June 2010 I have organized a Sardinia invasion, and I have hosted at my sardinian house 8 CS members and I have showed them a piece of my land and my culture.
Music, Movies, and Books
movies of: Quentin Tarantino, Roberto Benigni, Wes Andersson, Pablo Larrain, Emir Kusturica, David Fincher, Igniatio Inarritu, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pedro Almodovar, Radu Mihăileanu, Cristian Mungiu; music: Bob Dylan, Dire straits, Fabrizio De andrè, Vinicio Capossela, Gogol Bordello, Goran Bregovic, Bruce Springsteen, Francesco De gregori, Ska-P and more Others, specially traditional, etnic music; books: Pablo Neruda, Cesare Pavese, Alda Merini, Fernando Pessoa, Ana Bleriana, Nikita Stanescu, Bodelaire, Massimo Carlotto, Pino Cacucci...and more....
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Sit in the dead sea
Teach, Learn, Share
share experiences and talk about what you like teach and learn how to cook a tipycal dish teach to play chess and more intresting things
What I Can Share With Hosts
I could offer to my hosts and to my guests - my time and my energy - nice talkings - a smile - a walking tour - a bottle of wine - a tipycal dinner - an aperitif with friends - a live concert in a small bar or in a jazz club - a chess game (and you will lose for sure) :-P - tips of Verona
My Interests
Travel, meet new people, live music, theatre, cinema, drink, walking in the nature, hang out, art, play chess, investiments, podcasts, SPA and massages, relax and more