CURRENT MISSION

La vita e' bella!!!

ABOUT ME

I am calm person. I like to read, reflect, I am told I am a good listener. But it's very hard to 'advertise' oneself so I am going to leave it for now..

PHILOSOPHY

I love life, I am content and grateful to be alive. I love peace and learning from other people. I am a curious person, I am in wonder about many things. I like friends and family and try to spend time with them as much as I can but as well I am content when I am alone, it's a peaceful sensation to be able to be alone and not feel alone..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have just become a member, I will be recommnading the site to some of my friends who I am sure will 'buy' into the CS idea. I am offering my couch and a spare thin mattrass for a second person.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I think 'I was born a couchsurfer...'I was born in a commune in Italy and I have always lived with lots of people since I was a child. I have been camping since I was very little and I like to share my space with other people. As a child I used to sleep to my friends often and they used to sleep at mine. One of the most cherished memory I have is sharing the bed with friends or cousins one on one side of the bed and the other on the other side and waking up with a foot on your face...

Interests

Reading, walking, swimming, cinema, skiing, art, music, theatre, good food: eating and cooking.., politics, spirituality, travelling etc

• arts
• concerts
• dining
• italian food
• cooking
• instructor
• walking
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• camping
• skiing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Little Prince; The Shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz; We are Iran by Nasrin Alavi; Edward Said; Noam Chomsky; Daniel Pennac, Fatima Mernissi, The God Of Small Things, A fine Balance, Elif Shafak 'The Flea Palace'; Orhan Pamuk 'My name is Red'.

Films: Lantana, La Vita e' bella; Blade Runner, Ten, Summer Things, All about Eve, Carlo Verdone, Toto', Sordi, I love black and white movies..

Music: Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, The Cranberries, Yussun Dour, nick cave etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

U2 concert about 17 years ago; I was at one of Miles Davis last concert; I was in Palestine and Israel in 1993 when the 'famous handhsake' happened; I was in Timisoara 2 months after the revolution in 1989; I went to Mecca. Will think about more things...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach swimming, I am a swimming instructor. I can teach Italian, English and French. I can teach to cook lovely Italian food!! I love salsa and merengue and can teach some steps. I have a green finger!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, Italy, United Kingdom