I grew up in Varese, in northern Italy, near to the border with Switzerland. It's quite a posh town, but the surroundings are amazing: green mountains, lakes and the Alps in the background...
Then I moved to Pavia, a medieval town in the south of Milan, for the university. There I stayed in a university college called Collegio Ghislieri (loved it!), where I met some of the people that you can see among my CS friends.
Then I spent one year in Utrecht (NL) as an exchange student. It was my first long stay abroad and it was a very cool experience.
Then I moved to Lyon, where I did PhD. I loved Lyon. It's a very nice place. Now I live in Barcelona. Come and visit me!

I would say I am a friendly, easygoing, relaxed and open minded guy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's an excellent way of meeting a lot of interesting people.

In the beginning I thought it was just a hosting-surfing thing, but then I started going to events. Now I go pretty often in Lyon and I also organised some hiking trips. Events are just great because they allow you to live the CS state of mind even without traveling.

Interests

I love traveling, cycling and the combination of the two: bycicle touring! So far I've had a few experiences (Danube, Montenegro, Lyon-Varese, Spain&Portugal, Chile) and I'm really looking forward to my next journey. The dream is Trieste-Istanbul through the Balkans...

I really like languages, but actually I only speak easy languages... The two foreign languages other than English that I speak (French and Spanish) are romance languages, as Italian... One day, I'd like to give a try to a non indo-european language! But maybe I'll be lazy and learn some Portuguese...

What else? Oh, I'm a huuuge geography nerd... And I am really interested in geopolitics. In particular I read a lot of stuff about the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East and South America.

Music, Movies, and Books

Three awesome albums: Discovery by Daft Punk, Yanez by Davide Van De Sfroos, Berlin Calling by Paul Kalkbrenner

Three awesome movies: Amici miei by Mario Monicelli, Eyes wide shut by Stanley Kubrick, Nuovo cinema paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore

Three awesome books: Animal farm by George Orwell, La vie devant soi by Romain Gary, Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking a boat on a river!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Feynman's path integral formalism. No, don't worry, I'm just kidding... :) Some Italian, I'd say.

Learn: I'm always looking for occasions to improve my Spanish and my cooking skills.

Share: What about a good dinner?

What I Can Share with Hosts

My house and my time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Netherlands

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