Half-italian and half-lebanese, grew up in Rome schooling in the French Lycee. Moved quite a bit since graduating high school - lived two years in Beirut, then moved to the US to finish my degree in Boston and later intern in New York both in the private sector and at the United Nations, and finally moved back to Beirut for graduate studies in International Relations and History. Will be moving again to Paris in the next month to finish up my masters program and eventually return to Beirut, to work in academia and research.

A quirky mix of cultures, and lifestyles, ready to hop on a plane or driving it up to the beach enjoying the most delicious dish the Mediterranean can squirt out. In love with travel, grew up cradled in the culture of travel - partly from the internationally-spread out family I was blessed to be born in, but also through my parents and their passion for sharing unique trips with as family while growing up. Have had the most wonderful opportunity of traveling extensively across Europe, the Americas, Far East Asia and the Middle East. Avid reader, writer of real stories, biographies and war narratives, I am curious beyond measure, ever in love with being Mediterranean and everything our beautiful cost has lived through and still has coming its way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Organizing a backpacking trip to Iran with a group of childhood friends

Interests

• writing
• reading
• history
• italy
• middle east
• narratives
• lebanon

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - anything about the Middle East, Mediterranean History and Cultures, People narratives and life stories, Journals - among my favourite authors (Charif Majdalani, Maissa Bey, Assia Djebar, Marjane Satrapi, Zeina Abi Rached, Andrea Camilleri....)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climb into abandoned houses of Lebanon's Civil War (1975-1990) to document our lost heritage (https://cbelardi.exposure.co/les-maisons-de-beyrouth)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritius, Myanmar, Netherlands, Palestine, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Lebanon, United States