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Fusignano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
@giulia-vecchi
Member since 2015
uh, that's difficult. I am a Postdoc and former PhD student doing structural Biology of Alzheimer’s and neurodegeneration in a Chemistry department, but with a bachelor and master in theoretical high-energy physics... so...yea..."Not a dog. Not a wolf. All he knows is what he's not." (cit. Balto) XD ABOUT ME I like jokes a lot and I love food, manga, cute stuff and nonsense. And science! Oh, and cats!!! I am so in love with cats! CURRENT MISSION Finding the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything...and eventually completing my PhD. >The answer is 42. Damn, I must get a grip on my PhD then... -__-' PHILOSOPHY Stay child, stay amazed!
Interested in Art
Interested in Cats
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Because I would like to make friends all over the world and discover the culture of the country I am visiting...Or let people discover the italian one! (And since my memory is incredibly bad, the only way of sticking new cool cultural/historic/linguistic/whatever stuff into my head is by meeting people who are grown with that and are willing to tell me a lot about it! )
Music, Movies, and Books
All types of music, most favourites probably are Disney soundtracks along with Disney movies. Science fiction movies, with the top being the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, (which is also in the top list of books). Fantasy and comic books, nonsense-books, famous pieces of literature and MANGAS. Best books ever, listed according to what comes up to my mind! 1. The Neverending Story (M. Ende) --> and Momo! Ende's writing is so clever, thrilling and moving that I can't help but love nearly all his books. 2. Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) --> Guess it doesn't need an explanation, does it? :) 3. The Story of A Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly (Luis Sepulveda) --> along with the newest ones, "Historia de Mix, de Max y de Mex" and "Historia de un caracol que descubrió la importancia de la lentitud", every time I read his books I feel I'm both a child again and a grown up at the same time ^^ 4. The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov) --> This book is pure nonsense. So damn good! 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all but the last) --> I was nearly forgetting one of my favourites ever!!! See? I told you that my memory is awful, sheesh...
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Jump from a cliff of about 10 meters into the sea in Greece. I suffer from vertigo a lot, so there is no way in the world that I could have done something like that. But I didn't know and I couldn't escape when it happened, so I had to do it. Very scary, but amazing! Also had my first real hike on a 3000+ m volcano at night to reach the peak in time for dawn. Just as scary as the jump but what a sight afterwards!!
Teach, Learn, Share
I can try (and love to) to teach Italian, and a bit of my regional dialect and culture. Especially when it comes to food and food recipes. I want to learn Japanese! And too many other stuff too
What I Can Share With Hosts
For sure good italian food! And a bit of Italian and regional culture and sense of humour. :D
My Interests
Japan first. Japanese culture, Japanese language, Japanese mangas and Dorama. Then cooking! Italian traditional or typical cooking especially. And of course volleyball and beach volleyball!!! I love playing it!!!!!! Theatre plays, musicals and travel too (but that is less feasible due to the PhD..) Oh and I love cats. Dogs are also very nice, but cats are the best!
