2025 UPDATE:
In recent years I had been based in the in the Alps (Aosta Valley), with my wife and two stepdaughters.

Sadly, we have eventually gone separate ways, and so my CS base is once again in the Caudina Valley (Southern Appennines), as it was in my younger years.

Currently, I'm splitting my time between my family home in Montesarchio and England (for work).

Whenever I'm in Montesarchio, I'll be happy to host you.

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Paolo in a nutshell:

1) (Honorary) anthropologist
2) (Honorary) travel photographer
3) (Not just honorary) adventurist

A) Accomplished dish-washer (and possibly cook too, but don't bet your stomach on it)
B) Big time addict to all types of cheese (but I can get along with vegans too)
C) Engaging folk from the Italian countryside
D) Introspective dude on a continuous search to learn new things from the world that's out there
E) Constant rummager of cheap fares to anywhere
F) Number-crunching Sherlock Holmes for private companies (aka, cost controller freak)
G) Lifelong sworn enemy of Mr Suit and Mrs Tie (despite overwhelming social pressure, I've fought them off so far)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Travelling around most of the world for a combined 11-12 years of my adult life (out of savings, from my junior work alone)

- Living and surviving so many extraordinary adventures that could probably fill two or three lifetimes

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Sharing travel advice (a lot of it)
- Sharing travel stories (an even bigger lot of it)
- Helping finding rock-bottom cheap fares
- Cooking some pasta recipes from my overlooked, remote region in Appennine Italy
- Joining forces for any work/repairs on your house or garden (or boat)

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United Kingdom

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