Daily efforts to protect cultural and food diversity.
Working for an NGO in Italy, Ethnobotanist and Food Scouter.

Spend all my money for non-tourist travelling...

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instagram: @marraslow

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Cultural exchange is what I'm looking for.

Interests

My first passion is playing Piano.

Sports (swimming first), photography, culture, biodiversity, botany, fishery.

• culture
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• classical music
• jazz
• piano
• blues
• sports
• swimming
• anthropology
• chemistry
• history
• sociology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Raphael Gualazzi, all Jazz-Blues music, modern jazz, Hugh Laurie, Joshua Redman, Paolo Fresu, Frank Sinatra, Fabrizio de Andrè, Lucio Battisti, Beatles, Electo swing music,

Stanley Kubrick's, Clint Eastwood's, 007 movies, The legend of the pianist of the Ocean, The Pianist, Inception, Lord of the rings trilogy, Star Wars, Tom Hank's.
Lots of TV series: Lie to Me, House of Cards, 24, The following, Sherlock, HIMYM, Homeland, Fleming.

The Omnivore's Dilemma, In defense of food, Cooked (3. Michael Pollan), My family and other animals (Gerald Durrel), Buono, pulito e giusto (Carlo Petrini), House of Cards (Michael Dobbs), Alessandro Bergonzoni's, Raj Patel's.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Spent nights praying in a Buddhist monastery near Seoul, South Korea.

2. Travelled around the Korab mountains of Albania with a group of 7 food scouters.

3. Spent a month with the honey hunters of Nepal.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hope you love italian culture and cooking :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Iceland, Italy