CURRENT MISSION

Etiamsi omnes, ego non

ABOUT ME

Traveller, linguist, translator, photojournalist, writer, tour operator, travel designer.

www.gianlucapardelli.com
www.soviettours.com

PHILOSOPHY

Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.

Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

We are led to believe a lie
When we see not thro' the eye,
Which was born in a night to perish in a night,
When the soul slept in beams of light.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My first CS experience was in Chisinau, back in 2010. It was dirty, wet and muddy, but all in all it was positive. Since then hosted in Italy and Germany and surfed in Transnistria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Tatarstan, Republic of Mari-El, Mordovia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Palestine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Austria, Wales, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Circassia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ossetia, Ingushetia, Dagestan, China, Korea, Japan, Oman, England, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Sicily, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Albania, Chuvashia, Altai, Tuva, Buryatia, JAR, Georgia, Liechtenstein, Namibia...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The references are there to tell this part of the story.

Interests

Soviet Union - Geopolitical backwaters and unrecognised countries - Arthropods, Amphibians and most of the rest - Cinema - Literature - Old smelly books, antiquities and paraphernalia - Languages and sometimes even linguistic - Photography and photojournalism - Writing - Drawing - Architecture and Urban planning - Tasty food - Babushkas' tales - Gypsies - Ethnology - History - Ahnenerbe.

• amphibians
• writing
• books
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• dining
• italian food
• movies
• drawing
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

A wide range of classics and oddities.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm almost living the life I dreamt to have, even if sometimes I am not fully aware of it.

Teach, Learn, Share

Travelled around quite a lot. Stories to be told.
Visit www.gianlucapardelli.com and www.soviettours.com for a foretaste.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Freshly cooked Italian food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mali, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy

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