CURRENT MISSION

"so be kind to a stranger..." (Ben Harper)

ABOUT ME

IN AUGUST OUR LITTLE BABY WILL BE BORN, SO DURING NEXT MONTHS IT WILL MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO GIVE HOSPITALITY...

Always in research, travelling for pleasure or a wonderful job, creating new proposals of sustainable tourism (India, Bosnia, now Mongolia). I love music, play several instruments of the world, study Music Therapy and practice since 6 months. I work in a Fair Trade organisation, helping small producers around the world to improve their life conditions. Few years ago I worked also in International Cooperation... Silvia, my girlfriend, loves environment and nature, but also human people! She works in the environmental communication and studies to became Shatzuka (how lucky I am!). We don't have a tv at home, we've got a little vegetable garden on the roof and we don't vote for Berlusconi.

PHILOSOPHY

"Hic et nunc".. here and now, qui ed ora!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We mt CS only one year ago, but we have been travelling around the world beeing hosted and hosting. Usually we travel visiting social projects and staying with the people living there, living their life... Anytime we can, we'll be glad to host anyone who wants to visit Vicenza and us... We are not the kind of "tipical Italian", expecially at the present time, and we are very proud of it!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As saying before, no CS experience by now...I have few friends who have, so that's why we are here!

Interests

I start from myself... music, expecially world music, sufi esthatic, jazz, classical, minimal music and italian old folk songs... music therapy... travelling, expecially all over India, but also any part of the world... Besides visiting other places in the world, I'm interested in getting to know the world just around me.
What about Silvia... of course environment, shiatsu, drawing, swimming (she's a swimming teacher!) and laying down on a deckchair looking at the sky...

• environment
• gardening
• tv
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• jazz
• world music
• swimming
• teaching
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

The Space Odissey, Kubrick
Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan, Jan Garbareck, Philipp Glass
Blindness, José Saramago
Todo sobre mi madre, Almodovar
Goddesses in Everywoman, Jean Sinoda Bolen
Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eating hoof zebù soup in Madagascar..try to imagine the hoof, floating in the middle of the dish! It was good!

Teach, Learn, Share

Close your eyes, fell comfort...and play this music. Let your mind go...
Have a nice trip..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQVxrMZB18

If you care about this world and want some tips for a sustainable and responsible life...
http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Madagascar, Mongolia, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bangladesh, Germany, Italy