I live in Lisbon and I would be happy to build some durable and genuine friendships here, I like meeting up with travellers, but it would be nice if someone wasn't just passing by.

Please read the house section if you're sending a request, and when sending it, start the message with Free 🇵🇸, just a way to skim off undesired guests, so if you're a Zionist ( happy to host anti-zionist Jews, no issues with that 🙂), or simply someone who doesn't acknowledge the atrocities and perversion of those individuals, don't even try to get in touch, if you won't,there will be no reply to your request. (My house is under heavy refurbishment at the moment, so I'm unable to host anyone)

I'm originally from Rome and I've be living in Lisbon since March 2023, while working as veterinarian in England. It sounds like a bit of a messy life, but it's not that bad😅

I am always happy to discover new hidden gems of Lisbon and Portugal, possibly with the help of a local or also with someone willing to explore with me.I enjoy exploring simple and genuine small restaurants where usually locals go, or going to cool but unpretentious bars, or music events for a night out.
I also would like to find people to go hiking from time to time, and foraging mushrooms with.
I danced salsa for 1 year, and then stopped for lack of time, so I'm still a beginner but I'm not too bad, and I'd like to find someone to go back to dance too.

I get on well with easygoing, spontaneous and pragmatic people, I like when someone has their points of view and doesn't beat too much around the bush to express it, but at the same time being respectful and open to understand the others' points of view (if acceptable of course).
If you're a bit cynical and dark humoured, we'll probably get along, as long as you have a kind soul (which doesn't always coincide with being formally kind). I don't love social media and usually I struggle to enjoy my time with people too much into it.

As a general rule, I prefer short term notice requests.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Either to know interesting people during my trips, or their trips, and, now that I'm settling in Portugal, to try to build up some significant and hopefully steady connections, or at least find some good company

Music, Movies, and Books

Ranging from Hermanos Gutierrez to Cocorosie, Artic Monkeys, Buena Vista Social Club, good rap, De Andre', Tricky, Skinshape, The Black Keys,ecc ecc

Tabucchi above all, Sepulveda, Cacucci, Bulgakov, Gogol, Erri de Luca, Terzani, Hesse, Kundera, Ammaniti, Saramago, Murakami ecc ecc

Film: directors Jiang Wen, Wong Kar-wai, Kusturica Wes Anderson, Miyazaki, Sorrentino , Paolo Virzì, Almodovar etc..
Di jiutian chang, Beijing bicycles, the farewell ,Underground, Black cat White cat, Hana-bi, Lucky, Leon, Le conseguenze dell amore, Mi vida sin mi, Blue Valentine, La vida segreta de las palabras, il Re delle terre selvagge, Nirvana, Bacurau, Marrakech Express, Denti, Miyazaki, Tekkonkinkreet,The science of sleep, Peterson, Cidade passaro', Ghost Story, Amores Perros and many other that I regularly forget.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, and my time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Italy, Portugal, Spain