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

Why I’m on 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!

Interests

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

Music, Movies, and Books

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(This description of my taste in music is quite outdated, but it makes me smile every time I read it.)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

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Valaam
Soloveckij ostrov
Desierto de Tabernas
Musala mountain

Teach, Learn, Share

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)

Countries I’ve Visited

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

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain

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