I'm Andrea, from Italy and I'm travelling with my partner Agnese (this is her CS profile https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/fluxuse) and my son Dario (5y/o). We run a Permaculture farm in Calabria where we have been hosting over 100 volunteers in the last 4 years to set up a subtropical food forest (look our profile in workaway https://www.workaway.info/en/host/878511151717). Now we would like to explore more Australia and give Dario the chance to met children from other countries.

Andrea has a double degree in cognitive psychology and medicine, but almost left the doctor career to follow his passions: nature, sea, music and travelling. In the past he worked as sound engineer and stage manager in Music festivals (audio/electricity skills) and turned an abandoned land into a Food Forest totally self financing the project from products of the land (food forest design skills, farming skills, specialised in pruning citrus). Lately he fall in love with the sea world: he love windsurfing, diving and recently he took a sailing licence and worked as skipper in sail boats.

Agnese is a librarian, share her time doing stuff togheter, cooking, spend time at the vegetable garden. She loves also natural building!

Dario is a sunny little man 5 y/o. He loves dancing, running, escavators, smiling and can lift much more than daddy.

CURRENT MISSION

Be Dario's Dad, Living in harmony with people and nature, Explore the world, spread and share positive vibration, save the world, grow vegetables, sharing the life with wonderful people. Become an oceanic skipper.

ABOUT ME (my story in details from my previous couchsurfing life, probably not so interested skip if in a hurry :)

Born in Reggio Calabria (south Italy) I move to Roma when I was 18 to study Cognitive Psycology and Medicine but overall to experience the capital. At the same time also studied Sound Engeenering and start working as sound man since 2009. I spent 12 years in Rome studying, working, enjoying free parties and friends when I realize it was the time to change life, seeking for more nature, music and travel in my life. At the end of October 2014 I made happen my dream of a long trip and I bought a one way ticket to Australia. After one month in Sydney I start living in an awesome camper van, visiting all the coast from Brisbane to Melbourne, working as sound engineer and enjoying Ozzy festivals like Confest and Yemaya ..then I drove from Melbourne through Australian outback up to Darwin ! You can find more info about this trip on invertirelaspirale.tumblr.com
24 October 2015 UPDATE: I'm in Darwin with my girlfriend, we sold the campervan and are ready to explore south east Asia. Tomorrow we'll fly to Bali!
Find out more about our trip on invertirelaspirale.tumblr.com
26November2015: after one month in Indonesia, we are now in Malaysia:-)
25 December, back to italy and ready to host travelers giving back all the hospitality the community gave me :) !
(January 2016 update) - I'M HOSTING!I'm living in Bovalino, a small village where I'm renovating a family land, lot of space, trees and green. If you wish to stay longer and be involved have a look on my Workaway page https://www.workaway.info/878511151717-en.html ,you could have a bed in the house or camp on the grass field

PHILOSOPHY

Follow passions, listen to mind and body needs to experience a good life. Wellness is global, so seeking for social justice, respect of nature and human beings is the best way for a deep global happiness.
Education and awareness are the strongest weapons to make a better world and CS is a powerful tool for education too: we can learn each other and see how the world really is not just what media show us :)

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I knew couch surfing because one of my best friend is using it since many years and I think it's really a great tool to connect people and travel connected with the true spirit of a country!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted and surfed many times in the last 20 years using direct personal contacts or Couchsurfing and right now is going great! I used al lot in Australia and south east asia and I hosted travellers at my place as well.

Intereses

I travelled through Europe, especially west part, and have been to Cuba, Canada, Perù, Australia and South East Asia. I studied Cognitive Psychology and Medicine mainly for my personal culture and interest and I'm really fascinated by the human brain and mind! I love to stay in the middle of nothing surrounding by trees or sound waves but I can enjoy crowded music festival and big cities. I love doing things with my hand, campervan life, camping, audio engineering, play percussions, bass, guitar.

• culture
• festivals
• education
• partying
• flying
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• camping
• surfing
• swimming
• communications
• teaching
• engineering
• languages
• medicine
• psychology
• beaches

Música, películas y libros

Baraka http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(film) watch this! Documentaries in general about history, geography, anthropology.
Breaking Bad (I'm still on 3rd season)
Electronic music in general, more breakbeat, psytrance, teKno, minimal
Dub and Raggae, World music, Classic (Bach, camera music, arches in general), Indie and calssic Rock (Rolling Stones, ACDC...)
Books : lately I'm into marine biology and sailing books

Algo increíble que he hecho

Diving in Flores, Indonesia.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

how to build up and repair an engine and any kind of useful thing for surviving on this earth.

can teach talian language and culture, how to prune a citrus, basic sailing and windsurf notions

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

my house and my land, my instruments, my knowledges, stories about my trips, silence, organic marmalades

Países que he visitado

Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey

Países en los que he vivido

Australia, Italy, Netherlands