CURRENT MISSION

Learn how to surf, possibly in Australia, live by the sea and become one of those people that live in flip-flops and are tanned all the time

ABOUT ME

I'm a curious person and I try to be a good listener. I'm very eager to learn about things that I don't know and I believe that there's no better way of doing that than listening to other people, especially the ones who have had a different life experience from the one you've had.
I grew up in a small village in the North of Italy and despite the fact that this allowed me to have a nice quiet childhood in a small place surrounded by the mountains, I've always felt kind of trapped and I've always wanted to widen my perspective on the world.
These are the main reasons why I moved to "the big city" of Milan two years ago..
I think that travel is one of the greatest experiences in life and I hope I will be able to see and visit as much as I can, and that I'll never get tired of experiencing new things :)

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that people are one of the fascinating parts of our life. Meeting new ones or getting to know people you already know is the most enriching experience one can have. I believe in smiling a lot and being positive in every situation. I believe in the importance of experiencing as many new things as I can and of seeing as much of the world as I can.

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn..."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travel and host. Smile a lot and cook Italian recipes :)

Interests

I love anything that has to do with art and with literature. I love going to art exhibitions and I tried painting and drawing but for now I decided that I prefer to watch and learn :)

I love reading and discussing about books and literature! I get lost in bookshops. They are like sacred places to me ;) I would spend afternoons just waiting for a book to attract me, I really love the simple contact with books, being surrounded by them.

I love music and going to concerts is so much fun.. The kind music I like has to be different from what we are used to and able to communicate something to me. I love music which talks to me about distant places.. (I'm thinking of Sigur Ros).

I also love learning languages :)

• arts
• books
• literature
• concerts
• cooking
• recipes
• clubbing
• boating
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - I'm not there - Fight Club - La vita è bella - Oldboy - Control - In Bruges - American Beauty - Pulp Fiction - A Clockwork Orange - The Prestige - Howl's Moving Castle - Spirited Away - Lost In Translation - Marie Antoinette - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain - Watchmen - The Blues Brothers

MUSIC: Afterhours - Anna Calvi - A Perfect Circle - Baustelle - Beirut - Coldplay - David Bowie - Eels - Fabrizio De Andrè - Franco Battiato - Interpol - Jeff Buckley - Kanye West - Kings of Convenience - Massive Attack - Muse - Nine Inch Nails - Patrick Wolf - Pj Harvey - Portishead - Radiohead - Sigur Ros - Snow Patrol - Suede - Talking Heads - The Arcade Fire - The Cure - The Killers - The Smashing Pumpkins - The Strokes - Tool - Xiu Xiu

BOOKS: 1984 (George Orwell) - Coraline (Neil Gaiman) - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers) - You shall know our velocity (Dave Eggers) - The Wild Things (Dave Eggers) - Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) - Choke (Chuck Palahniuk) - I am legend (Richard Mateson) - Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami) - House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski) - The Raw Shark Texts (Steven Hall) - Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates) - Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

TV SHOWS: Dexter - The Big Bang Theory - Nip / Tuck - Lost - South Park - Prison Break - Grey's Anatomy - Scrubs - Sex and the City - Kebab For Breakfast - Family Guy - The Simpsons

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Whalewatching when I was in Iceland. It's an adventurous, exciting experience.. A whale emerged just next to our boat. It was amazing.

Watching the sun rise on the sea after a night of clubbing in Vieste, Puglia, Italy. Sometimes the most beautiful places you can imagine are not so far away from home :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm learning how to cook.. I really enjoy cooking and I think the best part of it is learning new recipes :) so I'm definitely ready di exchange some tips on italian cuisine with tasty foreign recipes ;)
I'd also like to practice my French :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Singapore, Slovakia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy

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