CURRENT MISSION

To love myself. Extremely difficult

ABOUT ME

I'm an overgrown girl (and really tall, be prepared!) with a lot of quirks, who's trying not to be a child anymore, to be less chaotic and to speak a bit slower. I like to be among people, but I also need a lot of "me" time, curled up with a good book, a movie and my thoughts. But I can enjoy a good party and - above all - a good company!

PHILOSOPHY

Probably something too banal to share with the world

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I can't imagine getting to know the country/city without meeting its residents. It's 100 times less fun.

Interests

I'm interested in cinema (mostly french and italian), visual and pop culture and history of art. I enjoy hiking, skiing, skitouring, climbing, kayaking, biking, jogging, swimming. You know, the usual stuff :)

• arts
• culture
• books
• folklore
• cooking
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• skiing
• rock climbing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amarcord, Jules et Jim, Pierrot le Fou, Cries and Whispers, Brokeback Mountain, In the Mood for Love, Once, Lost in Translation, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Babette's Feast, A Separation, La stanza del figlio and maaany others

Music: Portishead, David Bowie, Laura Marling, Glass Animals, Ben Howard, Lianne La Havas, Massive Attack, Young Fathers, London Grammar, Kate Bush, Regina Spektor, Nils Petter Molvaer

Writers: J.M. Coetzee, Emile Zola, Sandor Marai, Alberto Moravia, J.R.R. Tolkien

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The colours of Rajasthan, the monumental (and not at all overrated) Taj Mahal, the ghats in Varanasi and the haf-burned corpses floating down the Ganges. Really breathtaking!
The Palio in Siena - I will never forget these emotions, these tears, this fear and rage. This medieval tradition is still so alive there.
A funeral in Sa Pa (Vietnam) - we got invited by our Hmong hosts and experienced the killing of a buffalo. Watching this poor animal being disemboweled was extremely gruesome, but somehow I couldn't look away.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I always bring a polish specialty as a gift, usually in a liquid form, but I'm open to requests ;) I'm a decent cook, so you won't starve, but I'm not making pierogi for you (unless you want me to spend half the day in the kitchen). And although that's hardly a proper or valuable skill, I can also recommend some movies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Laos, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Norway, Poland