CURRENT MISSION

To explore, to survive, to improve my English

ABOUT ME

I think that discovering new things beyond one's native environment is what really distinguish human being, and that traveling is the best way to discover and to experience. I'm a very curious person and I like getting in touch with new people, but I'm also a bit shy and reserved, so it isn't always easy for me to make the first step... anyway, once broken the ice, I can feel comfortable anywhere!

PHILOSOPHY

All you have seen, learnt and experienced so far is nothing compared to what you haven't seen, learnt and experienced yet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend of mine told me about CS: I tried it and I thought that it was simply great...

Interests

Archaeology and ancient history, traditions, folklore and mythology of every people, hiking, free climbing and speleology, art, literature and philosophy, horror movies, food, beer and wine...everything strange and uncommon!

• arts
• literature
• folklore
• environment
• dining
• wine
• beer
• movies
• traveling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Literature: Homer ("Iliad", "Odyssey"), archaic Greek lyric, Virgil ("Aeneid"), ancient peoples' epic and mythology, Friedrich Nietzsche, Joris Karl Huysmans ("A rebours"), Charles Baudelaire, Gabriele d'Annunzio, William Butler Yeats, Howard Philips Lovecraft, Yukio Mishima, Jack Kerouac ("On the road")...

Favourite film directors and movies: Werner Herzog ("Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes"), Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott ("The Duellists"), John Milius ("Big Wednesday"), David Cronenberg ("Videodrome"), John Carpenter ("The Thing", "In the Mouth of Madness"), Dario Argento ("Suspiria"), John Boorman ("Excalibur"), Masaki Kobayashi ("Kwaidan"), Jesus Franco, Quentin Tarantino ("Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction"), Robert Rodriguez...

Comics: "Corto Maltese" by Hugo Pratt, "Lone Wolf and Cub" ("Kozure Okami") by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima

Music: classical music (Beethoven, Wagner), hard rock and some metal (Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Motorhead...)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy