CURRENT MISSION

Being alive.

ABOUT ME

Full of ideas which rarely see the light; greedy omnivore when it comes to literature, music and cinema; vegetarian when it comes to food; feminist.

PHILOSOPHY

No.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm hoping to meet new people & have some adventures

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much, but the little I have is/was pretty great.

Interests

alternative music (and cheesy 80s and 90s hits), ancient and modern European literature, really sad low-budget movies, taking pictures of people and sharing them with no one, getting into arguments about social inequality, cooking, reading about cooking, watching people cook, eating (well, duh!), binge-watching TV shows, learning languages, making stuff by hand, writing, any sport that requires large bodies of water, wine, whiskey & cats.

• cats
• writing
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• vegetarian
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• alternative music
• sports
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Random selection of really recent/old stuff:

MOVIES: Miyazaki. Pasolini. Fellini. Antonioni. Sofia Coppola. David Lynch. Sorrentino. Tarantino. Wes Anderson. MUBI!

MUSIC: the field, air, television, t.rex, voxtrot, the cure, bowie, the beatles, radiohead, supergrass, the smiths, four tet, grimes, xxyyxx, aphex twin, rihanna, solange and beyoncé, RnB Fridays, caribou, MIA, tame impala, hot chip.

BOOKS: Murakami. Virginia Woolf. Alison Bechdel. Americanah. On the Road. American Psycho. Game of Thrones. Ammaniti. The Luminaries. The Count of Monte Cristo. Irvine Welsh. The Divine Comedy. Anais Nin. Roald Dahl. Alias Grace. Agatha Christie. Mazzantini. The Master and Margherita. Lucretius. Sappho. Emily Dickinson. Milo Manara.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've kept on going.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach Italian, English (as a Foreign Language), Latin and Ancient Greek (for the truly geeky among you), am happy to share family recipes. I could also teach a little bit of yoga! I'd love to practice Spanish, French and German. I'm trying to learn how to play the guitar (and failing). In general, I'm happy to learn anything at all, from coding to self-defence and beyond.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, chats, discoveries, music, hair-braiding and face-painting skills, drawings, songs, books, movies, dancing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Martinique, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States