ABOUT ME

Hey! I'm Michael, from Pisa, Italy 🇮🇹
I'm a graphic designer, web developer, video maker, and especially a musician – guitarist, teacher and composer 🎸🎶

TRAVELER: +16 countries visited 🌍
🇺🇸 USA
🇬🇧 UK
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇪🇸 Spain
🇫🇷 France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇬🇷 Greece
🇦🇹 Austria
🇨🇦 Canada
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇳🇴 Norway
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇲🇦 Morocco

📷 Check out my IG: @mikethemarquis
🎥 My YouTube channel: Michael on YouTube
🌐 My website: www.michaelwebcreation.com

I've been Couchsurfing for 7+ years now and I truly believe it's one of the best ways to share meaningful experiences, deep conversations, and connections with people from all around the globe ❤️🌍✨

I love staying with locals, exploring cities and hidden spots, and of course... eating! Especially Italian food 🍝🥖🍷 (well, I am Italian). I also enjoy cooking – and I’m a pretty good chef when I’m in the mood... which happens often 😋👨‍🍳

I mostly travel solo – I find it opens me up more to meeting people, and Couchsurfing makes that even easier 🌍🤝

I studied literature, art, philosophy, and history in high school 🎨📚 – and now I work for a web development company 💻.
I lived in Barcelona for a year and left a piece of my soul there 🇪🇸💛
I also lived in Paris for 6 months while finishing my master internship 🇫🇷 – and yep, I fell in love with the city 🥐🗼

RANDOM THINGS I LOVE 🎧📚⛰️🍃

- Listening to a huge variety of music (from baroque or classical to techno) 🎻
- Getting lost in a good book or an old library 📖
- Doing hiking in nature, especially mountain trails and forests 🌲🏞️
-Watching films and documentaries 🎬-
- Journaling thoughts ☕📝
- Playing random instruments I find along the way 🎹🪕
- Stargazing and talking about the universe 🌌🌠

Let’s share stories, food, music, and smiles 🌍💫
🤙📷 You can find me on INSTAGRAM: @mikethemarquis

❎️ IMPORTANT ❎️

📌 Please make sure to read the home rules!
(Check the “Read more” section above ⬆️)

⚠️ About my verification badge:
I was a verified member before the COVID-19 pandemic, but Couchsurfing removed my badge due to what they described as financial difficulties.
Unfortunately, they now require me to pay again to restore the verification I already had.
I don’t support this decision, and I’ve chosen not to repay for something I already earned.
Thanks for your understanding 🙏

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I want to travel this marvelous world, not just as a tourist, but as a human being connecting with other human beings. I believe that meeting new people, hearing their stories, and sharing moments together is one of the most beautiful ways to grow.

Every person I meet can teach me something — about their culture, about life, about kindness — and help me become a better version of myself, not just for me, but for the world around me.

Couchsurfing gives me the chance to build genuine friendships, learn through real-life experiences, and spread positivity and respect wherever I go. And I hope I can do the same for others, too.

Interests

I like doin' many things: traveling, stay with people, going to the beach, bike traveling, hiking, playing guitar (blues rock funk and jazz), doin' meditation, yoga...

• #music
• #hiking
• #travel
• #graphicdesign
• #guitar
• #rock
• #outdoors

Music, Movies, and Books

Fellini, Pasolini, Scorsese, Godart, Truffaut, Rhomer, Fassbinder, Visconti, Bunuel.
Music: Blues, Rock (Acdc, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd..)
Classical Music: Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Haendel, Debussy, Stravinsky....
Book: So many. I can't write now. Sorry. ;))

Teach, Learn, Share

Web Programming, design and music composition

I like to brainstorm ideas.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My couch my hospitality my company

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Spain