Ciao!

I am a vet, i worked in a pet clinic in Parma (one of Italy's culinary "strongholds").

One of my greatest passions is travelling and getting in touch with different cultures (when I am not busy with soothing animals); this is probably something that sprouted within myself during my youth in Bolzano/Bozen, in a region renowned for the peaceful coexistence of Italian and German-speaking peoples.
I love "hunting out" those people or sub-cultures in which global and local aptitudes converge; the represent for me the ultimate gateway to learning the very regional cultures I could never get in touch which otherwise.

So far I only made it to travel to some countries in North and South Europe, Mexico, USA, Australia but am yearning for hitting Asia first, then those too-many countries I have not had the luck to travel to yet.

I am looking forward to meeting more and more couch-surfers in their home countries and, whenever I leave my lovely 'studio flat', absolutely as their cicerone at my own place.

Arrivederci!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Visiting a country or a town cannot merely mean taking pictures of soulless buildings; Tourism, when married to Culture, means chattering, listening, smelling, observing...
Couchsurfing means all of this to me: in one only room or apartment two distant edges of the world can get to meeting and to experiencing each other.

Interests

How to just "list" one's own interests?
I love photography, teaching (dogs...), cookery...trying and speaking other languages...dancing lindy hop, watching horror movies...seeking out "awkward differently-tourist spots" around the world (check out Jeffrey's Hook lighthouse in New York City!), taste uncommon food...

• animals
• pets
• dogs
• culture
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• hunting
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Meet me and I'll bring some wine to talk this out.

PS: my first dog's name is "Darcy"; guess what my favourite book is.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Raced with dolphins... Does it count?

Teach, Learn, Share

...when we meet behind a glass of wine.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Curiosity, dinner parties, discussions...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, Tunisia, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Switzerland