"I become | the guide / who should have defaulted / who should have remained the novice / I | as guide | failed"
A. Rich"

I have studied italian literature at University of Bologna and from 2016 I work in a middle school in Milan as a teacher. I'm married with a wonderful sicilian girl who is an Italian sign language interpreter and a phd at University of Venice.
I'm very curious and intereseted in a lot of things: culture, politics, literature, travel, nature. I love to learn and experience new things and situations.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A country is more than a place: country means also people and citizens, traditions and ethics, politics and history, love and hate. Couchsurfing means to learn the right alphabet of a country through the life and the perspectives of locals. There is no other way to understand a place.

Interests

- Poetry: that is: keep the eyes open, let things talk, especially the poor, miserable things, maybe listen to them, perhaps follow them, miss your way, find something else. Be proud or not. Think the world is always behind you and bear in mind that part is the most important one.

- Hiking and climbing: there is a deep feeling that you can nurture between you and mountains: you can take care of them through the physical contact, your hands upon its ridges, your finger into its chinks: climbing a mountains is a way of finding the first breath of the world.

• culture
• literature
• poetry
• politics
• alpinism
• surfing
• rock climbing
• teaching
• tourism
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Now (July 2019): Albert Camus, "The stanger"; Kamel Daoud, "The Marsault investigation"; Bruce Chatwin, "The Viceroy of Ouidah"

Mohsin Hamid, "Exit west" / Nicola Lagioia "La ferocia" / Salinger "The catcher in the rye" / Alison Bechdel "Fun Home" and "Are You my Mother?" / Leonard Cohen / Joan Baez / Beirut / Guy Delisle "A Journey in North Korea" / Sergio Salma "Marcinelle 1956" / Alain Resnais "Hiroshima mon amour" / Kim Ki-duk "Pietà"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking the Pennine Way / Climbing the alps / Loving / Teaching

What I Can Share with Hosts

My wife and I are just moving to Bologna again, so we'll waint few months before hosting again.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Italy