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Overview

  • 5 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Italian
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • No occupation listed
  • BA - International Communications/Business Marketing
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

'Explore. Dream. Discover'

ABOUT ME

After spending my first 18 years in the US, I packed up my things and moved to Lugano for university. I had always wanted the opportinuty to travel, and this was began my journey. Since 2005 I have lived in Lugano, Bologna, Richmond(twice), Denver, Siena, Firenze, Salzburg, and have just recently returned back to Lugano. I have had the opportunity meet incredible different people in my travels and see a great amount of the world in a short period of time. After moving 7 times in 3 years, I hope to stay still for a little and have the opportunity to continue to meet new people and have new experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

my personal philosophy is actually the a quote from Mark Twain, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowline. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." One should always be moving forward and experiencing new things.

Interests

Cooking, sport, travel, film, food, exploring

  • dining
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favorite movies are "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" "Seven", "Newsies", "Casablanca", "Forrest Gump" as well as others. I also love both the film and the book of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

I would have to say that most of the books I read have to do with either traveling of food. If there is a way to combine the two I am in love.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went ski diving and quading on the same day in Namibia

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Panama, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Italy, Switzerland, United States

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