! Chiara will be on Erasmus in Finland from August 2018 till May 2019 !

Hey have you met Chiara?
(Hope you know the reference lol)

If not, here I am! From Italy, went on exchange to Sofia, Bulgaria and Namur, Belgium. Currently studying in Aberdeen, Scotland.

‘The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway’ - A. Einstein

I’m an incurable optimistic person and I truly believe positivity is key to life. A positive attitude, together with some luck, always brings good things.

I love traveling and spend most of my time doing so. I usually have a busy daily schedule and university is my priority at the moment but, whenever I can, I take the chance to go around, discover new places, meet new people and get to know their culture. I love adventures that take me out of my comfort zone where any choice could take you to an unexpected yet wonderful experience.
I’m always ready to meet people who want to share their stories, listen to mine and spend some nice time together:)

I consider myself open minded and easy going. Priorities: freedom, respect for others, family and friends.

Reach out if you wanna talk about.. anything you like!!

!!!! NB !!! From around mid August 2018 I will be in Turku, Finland on exchange and will spend there the whole academic year. If you have any advice, interesting/ fun facts about Finland, I’ll be more than happy to hear from you:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m new on Couchsurfing but I want to be part of this amazing way of meeting travelers from all over the world. I find it a great way of seeing the world from different perspectives: from yours and the ones of your host

Interests

Always keen on traveling and discovering new places, new people, new cultures. Reading, painting, sailing, riding, music, nature, practicing new languages.

• books
• photography
• music
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• sailing
• skiing
• economics
• languages
• sociology
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Passionate about cinematography - Léon, Enter The Void, American Beauty, Inglorious Basterds, Trainspotting, Taxi Driver, Inception, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction

Music - (can listen to everything) mostly into hip hop, indie, R&B, trap, rap but also Italian music and classic piano music

Books - The Praise of Folly by Erasmus of Rotterdam, White Nights by F. Dostoyevsky, Talking to my daughter about the economy by Yanis Varoufakis

Food - make me try new food and I’ll be happy. I don’t eat meat, other than this I have no dietary restrictions.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving for sure!!

And.. once I made a bet with a friend of mine.
Valentine’s Day. First nice and happy couple we see, I go and scream to the guy (never seen him before) he was a liar!! ‘You told me you loved me and now what.. who the hell is she??’. As you can imagine his girlfriend wasn’t happy about the ‘drama’ but it was funny.
Piece of advice: 1) never make the joke longer than a couple of minutes, girls can get really aggressive and 2) if you wanna bet here I am;)

Btw my friend ended up going around with a duck patterned tie for a month wooops

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Finland, Italy, Scotland