A couple of years ago, I realized that my world was incredibly small, and decided to start traveling a little bit... I kind of I haven't stopped yet. I am always keen on meeting new people, visiting new places, experiencing new cultures, something that grows up a bit more day by day. I shifted my research from Italian to world culture and literature, and started exploring Europe and United States mostly, but I hope to enlarge my world more in the Eastern way soon. I love surprises: visiting a new place and meeting new people always surprise you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's started the first time I got an own place to offer to surfers, couple of years ago; in the same period, I started surfing as well. I've got several experiences both as a surfer and as a host. Now I don't have much time to spend here but I do love to have my flat invaded by people when I can, and I am up for a drink or a chat of coure. I'm glad to share my couch and some of my time, whenever it's possibie :)

Interests

Travelling, music, literature, cinema, art, comics, reading and writing.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• comics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many stuff to talk about! But, if you ask...
One film: Gegen die Wand by Fatih Akin
(in a never-ending list of films by Kar-Wai, Rohmer, Wenders, Antonioni, Akin, Gondrie, Linklater)
One book: The Great Gatsby by F. S. Fitzgerald
(in a never-ending list of novels by Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Barth, Roth, Kundera, Pasolini, Pavese, Murakami).
One band: Sonic Youth or Blonde Redhead. I like to listen to several kinds of music but I prefer indie and rock experimentation, noise, shoegaze, post-punk, new wave.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Playing music in a square so crowded of people I could barely see the buildings around... Undescribable. I think it was the very awesome thing I've ever done :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach italian language - I taught Italian in Italy and abroad, to children, teenagers, adults - and something about drumming.
I've been doing my best to further improve my English , even if my C1 fluency attested so far generally allows very nice conversations :)
I started learning some German while living in Berlin, but it's generally quite poor. I'd like to improve my poor French and Portuguese as well, which I mostly practiced when I happened to stay for few weeks in those countries. I like to learn some Hungarian and Russian in my free time, mostly when I'm travelling.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lot of nice talks, mostly!
Some Italian vegetarian recipes. I'm not an expert chef but my menu is quite various.
Of course, the stuff around my place ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States