July 2022 Update
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You don't need to invest a lot of time to impress me with your first message. I know the frustration of writing and not getting an answer. On the other hand, I will try to write back and forth with you to check if we are a good match.

Right now, I prefer to host people that actually want to be social with me. I understand that often one just hopes for a free accomodation, but then just write to somebody else.

From January to the 6th of September 2022 I received 146 couch requests and accepted 7, so your chance with me is 5%.

Old presentation
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Instead of describe myself, I'll let Christine, a girl who surfed at my place and became my friend, speak for me:

"
Michele has a very big heart and a very open mind. After 15 mins with him I felt like I had found a friend, after 30 mins I didn't I began to feel sad about having to leave again so soon.
He helped me tremendously by letting me stay an extra night and the time and converstations I had with Michele sparked so many ideas that I had to sit down and take notes inbetween. He's the kind of person that makes me love couchsurfing ;-).

And don't let him fool you, he's very wise, but he's not a day older than 26 ;-))).
Ci vediamo a Monaco!!
"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am an experienced members. I was the most active member in my small Italian city.

I am happy of most of my guests. I can say that experience helps. I enjoyed a bit the first surfer, It was really nice with the second and it was life-changing the third one. I learned that you need to pass time with your guests, and to let yourself go. This is the way to enjoy the most CS.

My guests (41):
Date, Name, Country, Days

In Trento, Italy
12/05/13, Dainius Ziura, Lithuania, 1
11/08/13, Tania Garza, Mexico, 1
16/08/13, Gosia Wichary, Poland, 2
XX/09/13, Clarissa B, Berlin (Germany), 1
07/11/13, Nikki Hermann, USA (California), 2
08/03/14, Ben Townsend, England (Plymouth), 1
11/03/14, Joanne Boulanger, Belgium (Brussels), 1
11/04/14, Silvia Sivieri, Italy (Reggio Emilia), 1
XX/08/14, Anja Gerjevic, Koper (Slovenia), GALENADESTINA, Zagreb (Croatia), Nina Arh, Nova Gorica (Slovenia), plus other 2 girls, 1
XX/08/14, Tabea.la and koalaskytarou, Dresden (Germany), 1
XX/08/14, Maria Antonietta Bergamasco, Verona (Italy), 1
XX/08/14, Bartosz Mindewicz + girlfriend, Warsaw (Poland), 1
XX/09/14, Janine Unger, Leipzig (Germany), 1
10/09/14, Martina Curatolo, Italy (Firenze), 1
26/11/14, Lucijam Milic and Tina Mevla (Italy), 1
24/01/15, Isabella Scotti, Pavia (Italy), 1
10/02/15, Marti Stejskalová, Czech Republic (Brno), 2
06/03/15, Christine Weidhaas, Germany (Munich), 2
28/03/15, Yasmin Markl, Austria (Innsbruck), 2
15/04/15, Sabrina Görish, Germany (Berlin), 1
14/01/16, Giovanni Blandino, Italia, 1
14/01/16, Romy Schlogel, Belgium, 1
15/01/16, Massimiliano "Max" Monsignori, Italia, 1
17/01/16, Monika Sadlos, Poland, 1
17/02/16, Steve Philips, Germany, 1
03/03/16, Tatiana Cupcea, Italy, 1
26/03/16, Rhiannon Ursell-Smith, Denmark, 2
11/04/16, Jing, China, 1
12/09/16, Eleonora la Torre, Rome, Italy, 3
13/09/16. Christina (CHRISTINACHAT), Athens, Greece, 4

In Stockholm, Sweden
05/01/17, Joseph and Theresa, New York, USA, 1
10/08/18, Nicole Smith, Germany, 2
31/03/22 Carolina & Lisa, Ukraine, 3
06/04/22 Drenushe & Esther, Germany, 2
14/04/22 Ihor & Katja, Ukraine, 1
30/04/22 Iryna & boyfriend, Ukraine, 2
07/09/22 Zoe, USA, 6
12/08/24 Kate Samol, 1

By Country (16):
Italy:10
Germany: 10
Ukraine: 6
Poland:4
USA: 4
Croatia:3
Slovenia:2
Austria:1
Czech Republic:1
Belgium:1
England:1
Mexico:1
Lithuania:1
Denmark, 1
China, 1
Greece, 1

My hosts (10):
28/03/14, Pierre Procès, Brussels (Belgium), 1
28/08/14, Diego Benedetti, Verona (Italy), 1
25/09/14, Hias Hias, Graz (Austria), 2
XX/10/14, Antonia Pock, Graz (Austria), 2
XX/10/14, Julia Schwarz, Graz (Austria), 2
XX/10/14, Daniela Longhino, Graz (Austria), 2
XX/10/14, Michael Singer, Graz (Austria), 2
20/05/15, Christian Dumont, Munich (Germany), 1
21/05/15, Karin Wettig, Munich (Germany), 2
22/05/15, Christine Weidhaas, Munich (Germany), 1
18/11/15, Adriana & Emilio, Manchester (UK), 2
XX/07/16, Polyhydra, Muenchen (Germany), 1

Interests

Listen to stories: novels, films, comics, storytelling, theatre...
Teaching.
Eating.
Playing games!
Biking
Programming (it's my job also).
Short-term social and environmental activism.
Getting to know uncommon people.

• psychology
• massage
• tantra
• bdsm
• burning man
• polyamory
• shibari
• workshops

Music, Movies, and Books

A very brief extract of my very long list:
Charles Bukowski, Clint Eastwood, Garth Ennis, Daniel Pennac, Andrea Camilleri, Kentaro Miura.

Books:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/14684322-michele-dorigatti

Movies:
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur44134066/?ref_=nb_usr_prof

Series:
http://followmy.tv/u/mdorigatti/following

Comics:
TODO

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I quit my job, terminate my room contract, sold or donated most of my stuff and left my city with a backpack, directed outside of my country, without intention to come back (and I came back after a week :) )

Teach, Learn, Share

* I can teach:
Italian. Computer Science. Open Source operating systems and applications. Board games. I really love to teach, so just ask!

* I'd like to learn:
Anything! Your language.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Italy, Sweden

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