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Overview

  • 15 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian; learning Danish, German, Spanish
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Project director in the video gaming industry
  • I think so... Thanks Mum
  • From Born in London, UK but grew up in Rome, IT and studied in France
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Discover the world through other people's eyes

ABOUT ME

Tall and loud. 80kg with green eyes. English humour with freckles. Diplomatic and calm. Always trying to keep the good mood even when work and life give me hard times. After all, health is fine, love my family and my friends and have what I need for a living

PHILOSOPHY

Epicurian, at least as much as this weird modern world we live in allows me to. Glass is always half full, not half empty and, for God's sake, stop being convinced your neighbour's grass is greener than yours... it's just an illusion

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted a bunch of people in Montreal this 1st year but have still not had the opportunity of crashing on someone elses couch. All my CS experiences were enjoyable and I can only regret I do not have enough time to partiicpate more in the Montreal CS activities!!

Interests

Cooking, tennis, mountain sports, my great electra bike, my new fixie, my kick-ass photo material, travels , wine and cheese

  • cooking
  • wine
  • cheese
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

I always surround myself with music as if it was a necessary background noise. What I listen to depends on my mood and my occupations. I enjoy electro a lot (Monika Kruse, John Digweed, Steve Bug, Paul Van Dyke, Jennifer Cardini, 2 many dj's, RJD2, Swayzak), praise the Pink Floyd but also listen to loads of other stuff such as DJ Shadow, Hightone, Audioslave, Beck, QOTSA, Nirvana, Blackalicious, Fat Freddy's Drop, Avalanches, Foo Fighters, etc
My books are usually of 2 types : history books/novels or polars. Movies are like music, it all depends on my state of mind : I can rot in front good old blockbuster or go for surprises. The surprise that always comes to my mind is Lucia y el Sexo. What a beauty!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Survived 1 full week of altitude sickness in Peru and Bolivia before climbing Huayna Potosi's 6088m after a horrible night hike. All this suffering just to enjoy the highest snow storm of my life!!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

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