CURRENT MISSION

exploring the world!!!!

ABOUT ME

Hi everyone!
My name is Serena and I'm an italian girl from Mantova.
Travelling is one of the things that I like the most. Since two years ago, when I spent 1 month living in Spain, I realized that I could't stay at home for too long!
I study languages for tourism, and maybe this is why I'm so interested in CS' project. I think that it's a great opportunity to know people and in the same time to let people know you....actually this is the main goal in travelling: knowing someone different, experiencing something you didn't even imagine it could exist.
I'm a really sociable person, even if at the first sight I can seem shy. Actually I'm studying languages for tourism at the university of Verona, but I will finish in some months. I would love to work abroad for some time, especially in Australia or in the U.S
My biggest dream is to become a writer....I always loved to write, and I worked in a newspaper for a period. When I was a child I used to spend hours in the local library. I simply loved to be surrounded by books. Even now, I hate to read on a screen, I need to feel the pages under my fingers.

PHILOSOPHY

Although I still don't have a personal philosophy (I think that I'm still too young to have one), here are some quotations that I love:

- Be the change you wish to see in the world
- whoever saves one life saves the world entire
- Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I'm living in Poland and I don't know where I'll be living next year.
Anyway, even if I won't be able to offer a couch soon I would like to give all my best to this community.
I will be honoured to show you the italian cities which I know better: Mantova and Verona. And of course, if you want to visit Wroclaw (Poland) now, just let me know!! I't a place to see!!!!!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm totally new. Some friends of mine talked me about different amazing experiences travelling with CS and I just said to myself: how can I partecipate? I want to be part of this amazing community!

Interests

Languages (I'd love to be able to speak 10 different languages fluently), Literature (especially English and French), Travelling, Music, (I studied classical guitar for 10 years), Sports (I played volleyball in a team for 12 years),cinema, writing,...

• writing
• books
• literature
• education
• cooking
• walking
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• buddhist
• sports
• volleyball
• teaching
• history
• languages
• religion
• study abroad
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
- V for vendetta
- Schlinder's list
- The fabulous world of amelie
- Avatar
- etc....
MUSIC
I don't have a favourite kind of music, I listen to classical music as well as to rock. Just to list some of them:
- Johnny Cash
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- The Muse
- The Queen
- Edith Piaf
- Michael Jackson
BOOKS
- if this is a man (Primo Levi)
- Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
- Dracula (Bram Stoker)
- Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
- Love in the time of cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
- Pride and prejudice (Jane Austen)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Every moment that I lived during this Erasmus experience in Poland has been unique and unforgettable!!!!! Walking on the frozen Baltic sea in Gdansk, going to Auschwitz 3 times,see the Fiords in Norway, attending crazy parties like the tram party....I won't forget any of them.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
- I'm an excellent cooker and I will be honoured to teach you how to cook some of the most famous italian dishes such as pasta, lasagne, pizza, cakes !
- I've played the classical guitar for 10 years...if you want to learn...just ask me!!
- Ehi girls!!! I really love the world of make-up and I'm actually really good!!! If you want I can teach you some techniques!
LEARN
- I'm really interested in religions. I would like to know more about Buddhism in particular
- Languages!!!! It doesn't matter which language you speak, just teach me!
- I'd like to know how to do sushi!
SHARE
- If you'd like to go for a walk with me in Mantova or Verona, I can tell you some interesting legends and history facts about the city....I'm studying to become a guide!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Poland, Spain