I've recently moved to Beijing as an exchange student to improve my chinese. I really like this city because it's so different from everywhere I have been before...the language, the culture, the crazy traffic on the roads and the funny ways of people. I would be very happy to meet chinese friends and get to know the language/culture better. i want to explore Beijing as much as I can!! I started my bachelor last year in London to study Chinese and Asian/African art. I really enjoy living in a city and going to university but as soon as I can I intend to go travelling around Europe or North Africa. I've been raised all my life in Milano in Italy and spent a year on exchange in Australia during high school. I enjoy getting to know new people and sharing experiences and culture. I like to meet local people when travelling to get a real taste of the country I'm travelling in. I love laughing and discover new realities, like sports, art and music and everything that I can learn:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I just met some people travelling who told me about it and I think is a very nice way to experience the local culture and learn more about new places and people!

Interests

I really like art, specially contemporary East Asian art is very appealing to me and would like to study that in the next few years! I enjoy see the art of all places and compare the differences. I like sports as skiing running swimming and surfing. I enjoy learning new languages and talk to people. I've been practicing Qi Gong, an ancient Chinese energetic practice and meditation for several years. My greatest passion is travelling, I think I learnt a lot from my travels both alone and with my boyfriends. I like taking photos during my trips to keep a memory of them. I also spent some time woofing and farming in Spain and Croatia and loved being in contact with nature.

• arts
• culture
• running
• meditation
• traveling
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• swimming
• languages
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Riding camels in Israel
Spent a week lost in the beautiful hills of Byron Bay in Australia
Ski in snow powder in the Alps
Woofing in Croatia

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm fluent in English and Italian, fair level of Chinese Spanish and French.
I can show and teach how to write Chinese characters.
I'm a brilliant pasta chef and a good conversation partner.
I practice Qi Gong and Taoist meditation.

I would love to learn to sew and words/sentences of different languages!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kenya, Oman, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Italy, United Kingdom