I live with my daughter and two cats; from time to time my old mother and her dog join us: in such a case I prefer not to host anyone.
In general I am a quiet person, fond of my work and of caring of my teen daughter. I teach maths and physics to 14 -18 students and I am definitely busy during the school year.

When possible (on holydays) I take the chance of travelling around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When I spent time abroad taking language courses I did enjoy meeting people from different nationalities so, when a collegue of mine told me about the couchsurfing practice, I decided to join this group.

Since then I haven't surfed yet due to different causes. I hosted people twice and I enjoiyed it a lot: Aurelia and Alessandro were very nice and it was a plesure for me to get to know them.

Interests

I have different hobbies and they change according to my interests of the moment.
In the last 3 years or so I spent my free time mainly reading, doing yoga, taking pictures, writing and going for walks. I also like to visit new places, with my daughter and/or with friends or even alone. I love hiking, biking, driving the car or taking the train to get to the intended destinations.

I like cooking too, but with a sort of oscillating interest. I've become vegetarian a few years ago and I am fond of tasting and making new dishes, when I feel in the mood for it or when I have time enough to dedicate to it.
Occasionally I go out in the evening with friends for dinner or to the cinema. Besides being interested in visiting pictures galleries or science museums, I've started to take care of a rented vegetable garden.

I am a Linux fan, particularly an Ubuntu user.
I've been a CLIL teacher for 5 years and I like when possible to dialogue with teachers with the same interests.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like to keep up on practising English and I'd be very glad if I could find the time to learn another language.
In the past I took a German course for beginners and, when in Spain, I tried to speak and, most of all, to read books in Spanish.
Unfortunately I find difficult to have time and /or energy to take a new language course during the working year ... but I would be very glad if I succeeded in doing it.

Two of my next goals are 1. to take a 10 days Vipassana meditation course. 2. to learn to read music and practise on keyboards as to become (hopefully) able to accompany my daughter at cello

What I Can Share with Hosts

For the moment I would say to share a reciprocal easy going meeting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Italy