CURRENT MISSION

Nomad Teachers!

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a small town in Southern Italy and therefore sunny, hospitable and lover of good food as required by tradition =)
I spent one year in Russia studying in Saint Petersburg, volunteering in Nizhnij Novgorod as an EVS volunteer and visiting a lot of other cities.
I studied between Italy and Slovenia, and I've also been an Erasmus student in Murcia, or "Eramu" as Spanish people would pronounce it =)
And then I got a terrible disease called Ostalgie: nostalgia for Eastern Europe...and cyrillic. So, I spent four years living in Bulgaria =)
I am in The Netherlands now with my dear Dutch clown, ready to be Nomad Teachers!
www.nomadteachers.eu

PHILOSOPHY

[Es preferible...reír que llorar, y así­ la vida se debe tomar. Los ratos buenos hay que aprovechar...si fueron malos mejor olvidar. Mirar al mundo con alegrí­a, tratarnos todos con simpatí­a, porque la vida volando pasa, dejar lo malo para mañana]

[ja ne protiv!!] =D

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfing, hosting, attending and sometimes helping in organizing CS weekly meeting and international dinners.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in Riga, Tallinn, Moscow, Kazan', Saint Petersburg, Marijampole, Ljubljana, Sevilla, Almería, Granada, Belgrade, Pisa, Salerno, Bucharest...
I hosted in Nizhnij Novgorod, in Sofia and also in my little home-town, Santeramo in Colle.
In Murcia, Spain, I hosted CS weekly meetings: we used to surf someone's terrace or place to have international dinner and my terrace was perfect for that!

Интересы

I like being in nature. When I travel I try to find some green parts even in the cities, but my favourites are quiet forests and quiet beaches.
When I host I like to help my guests discover the beauty of the North Sea and wide beaches near Haarlem, the dunes and small hilly forests...yes, hilly! ...sort of =). But after being in nature I love drinking a cold beer, too, so I also have my favourite bars in the old center of Haarlem.

• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• cycling
• camping
• languages
• tourism
• mountains
• nature
• sea

Музыка, кино и книги

post-rock, alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk, electro...everyting that has a good beats. I don't mind dub, raggae, some ska and some nice balkan music...balkan electro music, no chalga/turbo folk please...better some gypsy punk =)

(This description of my taste in music is quite outdated, but it makes me smile every time I read it.)

Books about nature: The adventure of Alexander van Humbolt (Andrea Wulf), The secret life of trees (Wohlleben); La costituzione delle piante (Mancuso).

Russian literature: Oblomov by Goncarov.

Ukrainian literature: all by Gogol, Grey Bees by Kurkov

Dutch literature: The King by Kader Abdolah, Max Havelaar by Multatuli

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Valaam
Soloveckij ostrov
Desierto de Tabernas
Musala mountain

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

Languages, of course! I can teach you some Italian (that's my mother tongue but also my profession) and a bit of other languages. I can teach you to read the Cyrillic alphabet. I'd love to refresh some of the languages I've learned so far. I can introduce you to Dutch culture through the eyes of a foreigner.

And food, of course! I can teach you some fundamental knowledge on how to not upset Italians in the kitchen (pasta al dente, no ketchup on top, and so on ...long list, by the way =D)

Где я побывал(-а)

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Где я жил(-а)

Bulgaria, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain

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