Hi guys, I'm Andrea, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker from Italy, based in Beijing.

After graduating from a Master in Management Engineering and Finance in Milan, I started doing some office jobs but I soon realized that I wanted a change, that's how I ended up in China. I attended a Master in Multimedia Journalism in Beijing and I'm now freelancing from this side of the world.

I've been to many countries so far and I hope the trend will continue. I'm a very curious person who loves traveling, meeting new people, learning local habits and local history.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Connecting with locals.

Interests

• photography
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• sports
• boxing
• cinema
• foreign languages
• contemporary history
• photojournalism
• cold war
• second world war

Music, Movies, and Books

The list is way too long.

Movies: I like indie cinema. I recently fell in love with Chinese and Hong Kong movies.
Music: anything from techno to post punk to classical music that has the ability to emotion.
Book: non fiction. I like reading things that inform me about real issues and real places . Anything that can stimulate my mind and teach me something new about a place in a certain period of time.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling 7.800km on the Trans-Siberian/Trans-Mongolian Railway from Moscow to Beijing.

Traveling three days on a train from Istanbul to Tehran.

Bungee jumping off a 152m high bridge in Biella, Italy.

Swimming with locals in a frozen lake in Beijing in winter to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Quit my office job in my hometown and moved to Shanghai, China to start a new life.

Traveling to North Korea.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The adventures of a European man living, studying and working in China and countless travel anecdotes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Korea, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Italy