Hello! I'm Giona, I'm from the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and now I live in Vancouver.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet like-minded people who share my passion for traveling around this beautiful planet, discovering new cultures and learning new languages.

Interests

I like outdoor activities in general, especially skiing, ski touring and hiking. One of my greatest passions is (of course!) traveling and I enjoy travel photography a lot ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/giona_m/ ). In my trips, the countries that I liked the most are China, Colombia and Nicaragua. Also, I'm a big ice hockey fan.

• photography
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• skiing
• hockey
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Never been very good at putting labels on bands or songs I listen to but those I use the most are: folk, rock, indie, acoustic.

I like books talking about traveling or whose story develops in a country I visited. Read a few books by Gabriel García Márquez lately and found them amazing!

I don't watch movies a lot but if I do it is not going to be fantasy/sci-fi. Never seen any Starwars!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Volcan Chimborazo in Ecuador.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach the languages I know, although I'm never going to be perfect in any of them...even in Italian! :-) I'd like to further improve my Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macao, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Switzerland