CURRENT MISSION

To discover the States as I've always wanted to: by car from coast to coast, chasing all the images I've seen in all those US road films over the years.

ABOUT ME

Officially I'm half Italian, half Swiss, however, I was born in Belgium and grew up in various countries across three continents. My latest stop has been Berlin, having fallen in love with the city during my studies, and I've been living here for two years now, hoping to make it my more permanent home for a while.

PHILOSOPHY

I think Taoists may be onto something.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've just joined CS after hearing many, many positive experiences and can't wait to have my own to share.

Interests

I love cinema. As in, a lot. Love watching films, love talking about them, reading about them, writing about them... and I've also dabbled in short film making.

Beyond film, all pleasurable and ideally social procrastination is most welcome.

• writing
• film making
• movies
• reading

Music, Movies, and Books

Pixies, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Danger Mouse, Joy Division, The Knife, Portishead, Magnetic Fields, The Clash... "Halo" by Beyoncé and many, many other 'guilty' pleasures

Lots and lots and lots. I'm more than happy to go on at length about film anytime.

Faulkner, Bataille, Salinger, Hesse, Böll, Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Conrad, DF Wallace, Pasolini, Moravia...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw palm trees grow at the foot of a glacier in New Zealand when I was a kid. It felt like sci-fi.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Denmark, France, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe