Hi! I'm Andrea, an italian student who lives in Milan. I just finished high school and just started couchsurfing. I'm looking forward to this new experience and to have the opportunity to host somebody in Milan.
I like my city and my social life there, but wilderness would probably be my favourite habitat.
Some people say I look always serious but I actually am pretty cheerful person.

I believe we must all act seriously to contrast climate/enviromental crisis. For this reason I recently stop eating meat in order to reduce my carbon footprint. I support and I'm active in the fridays for future movement in Milan.

I like making new friends and discovering what's unique in each person I met.
I am not very picky and I tend to adapt to every situation I found myself in, maybe because I like darwinism... 😁

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm sorry if I don't have many couchsurfing expériences. A Friend of mine recently suggested this app for my interail trip and I'll start hosting people as soon as I'm back!

I believe that traveling is a great experience to better understand yourself and the world around you. Going out of your comfort zone and learning about differents and similarities among cultures should be the goals of a respectful travel. In that view, couchsurfing is the best way to travel differently, making you want to understand the place you visit thanks to a local host. While traveling, I prefer this kind of social and "antisystem" interaction rather than just entertaining through the mass-tourism places everyone visits.

Interests

I try to be informed on the news regarding my country and the world around me. I like history and arts but I'd like to know more about it.
My real passion is nature and animals. I love hiking and looking for biodiversity in each place I go. More than every single bird or insect I like nature and the history of live as a whole.
I like photographing the animals I find and I'd like to improve my photography skills.
My interest in animals has led me to study biology at university, hoping that I could possibly work as a scientific researcher. Even tough I'd like to be a scientist in my life, I really like literature and I spend my time reading books or writing essays (for the school paper).

• culture
• photography
• environment
• vegetarian
• politics
• rock music
• art history
• philosophy
• football
• people
• landscape
• europe
• nature walks
• birdwatching
• urbanism
• nature photography
• zoology
• reading and writing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (random list): Pink Floyd, The Police, Artic monkeys, The Beatles, The Clash, Creedance clearwater revival, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Talking heads, Queen and I probably forgot many others

Films: "Into the wild", "Fight club", "Pulp fiction" "Clockwork orange", "American beauty", "Gran Torino", "Jurassic park", "The martian", "The big year", "The lobster"

Books
I read mainly essays regarding biology so maybe you don't know these authors. As for novels I love italian literature, but I'm always trying to discover new masterpieces!

Essays: S.J. Gould, Dawkins, De Waal, Mainardi, Pievani

Novels: Calvino, Tolstoj, Pirandello, Svevo, Tabucchi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I watched some baby turtles hatch and find their way to the sea at sunset when I was Volunteering in Costa Rica.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm used to cleaning and keeping the house tidy.
I can offer some good story, my friendship and of course some good pasta.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, San Marino, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy