CURRENT MISSION

Always on the move!

ABOUT ME

This is Mary! Italian, 29 years old. I'm in love with travels, pictures, good books, good movies & good food.
I still haven't found what I'm looking for. But this is the best part.

PHILOSOPHY

"Chacun est responsable de tout devant tous". F. Dostoïevski

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a window on humanity: you suddenly jump in the life of the others. Perfect strangers, for a couple of days, can become you best friends: you discover their amazing stories and experiences and how different and similar we are at the same time.

Interests

I think that TRAVELING should be on the top of the list. I want to do it as much as possible and get to know all little undiscovered corners of this world.

PHOTOGRAPHY: I couldn't live without my Nikon. Especially in the last year I spent a lot of time around the streets of Krakow taking many interesting shots. And I have to say, traveling and photography for me are strictly related!

BOOKS and LITERATURE: I always need to have a (good) book (sometimes two) in my bag or on my bedside table. I'm books-addicted. Many books have been important for me. Lately I feel pretty proud because I could read "Voyage au bout de la nuit" in french! And that was a real challenge for me!

CINEMA: My secret love & my childhood dream: become a movie director! Right now... I think I still have this dream inside but I simply watch all the movies I can. I LOVE Truffaut and all the directors from the "Nouvelle vague".

• books
• literature
• photography
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• stamps

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: I don't have any favorite genre or band but if I have to choose I would say Beirut - Of Monsters and Men - Noir Desir - Sigur Ros - God is an Astronaut and, depending on the mood, Deftones & Buena Vista Social Club.

MOVIES: wow... hard choice but I would say "The 400 Blows" by François Truffaut - "Stand by Me" by Rob Reiner - "La dolce Vita" by Federico Fellini - "The Lives of Others" by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and many others.

BOOKS: I have my TOP 5 since a few years: "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - "History: A Novel" (La Storia) by Elsa Morante - "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" by Jorge Amado - "Baudolino" by Umberto Eco - "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas père.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have so many cool stories about my trips that every time and I tell them to my friends they always suggest me to write a book and collect them all! I can't choose one! :D

But something that I really love is CROSSING THE BORDER ON FOOT. In the last months I did it twice: Poland - Czech Republic and Poland - Ukraine (here with stamps of the passport!).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Poland