uh, that's difficult. I am a Postdoc and former PhD student doing structural Biology of Alzheimer’s and neurodegeneration in a Chemistry department, but with a bachelor and master in theoretical high-energy physics...

so...yea..."Not a dog. Not a wolf. All he knows is what he's not." (cit. Balto) XD

ABOUT ME

I like jokes a lot and I love food, manga, cute stuff and nonsense. And science!
Oh, and cats!!! I am so in love with cats!

CURRENT MISSION

Finding the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything...and eventually completing my PhD.

>The answer is 42.

Damn, I must get a grip on my PhD then... -__-'

PHILOSOPHY

Stay child, stay amazed!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I would like to make friends all over the world and discover the culture of the country I am visiting...Or let people discover the italian one!

(And since my memory is incredibly bad, the only way of sticking new cool cultural/historic/linguistic/whatever stuff into my head is by meeting people who are grown with that and are willing to tell me a lot about it! )

Interests

Japan first. Japanese culture, Japanese language, Japanese mangas and Dorama.
Then cooking! Italian traditional or typical cooking especially.
And of course volleyball and beach volleyball!!! I love playing it!!!!!!

Theatre plays, musicals and travel too (but that is less feasible due to the PhD..)
Oh and I love cats. Dogs are also very nice, but cats are the best!

• cats
• dogs
• culture
• dining
• italian food
• cooking
• recipes
• traveling
• drawing
• hiking
• volleyball
• biology
• chemistry
• physics
• science
• japan
• beach volley
• northern lights

Music, Movies, and Books

All types of music, most favourites probably are Disney soundtracks along with Disney movies.

Science fiction movies, with the top being the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, (which is also in the top list of books).
Fantasy and comic books, nonsense-books, famous pieces of literature and MANGAS.

Best books ever, listed according to what comes up to my mind!

1. The Neverending Story (M. Ende)
--> and Momo! Ende's writing is so clever, thrilling and moving that I can't help but love nearly all his books.

2. Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
--> Guess it doesn't need an explanation, does it? :)

3. The Story of A Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly (Luis Sepulveda)
--> along with the newest ones, "Historia de Mix, de Max y de Mex" and "Historia de un caracol que descubrió la importancia de la lentitud", every time I read his books I feel I'm both a child again and a grown up at the same time ^^

4. The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
--> This book is pure nonsense. So damn good!

5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all but the last)
--> I was nearly forgetting one of my favourites ever!!! See? I told you that my memory is awful, sheesh...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jump from a cliff of about 10 meters into the sea in Greece. I suffer from vertigo a lot, so there is no way in the world that I could have done something like that. But I didn't know and I couldn't escape when it happened, so I had to do it. Very scary, but amazing!

Also had my first real hike on a 3000+ m volcano at night to reach the peak in time for dawn. Just as scary as the jump but what a sight afterwards!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can try (and love to) to teach Italian, and a bit of my regional dialect and culture.
Especially when it comes to food and food recipes.

I want to learn Japanese! And too many other stuff too

What I Can Share with Hosts

For sure good italian food!
And a bit of Italian and regional culture and sense of humour. :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Italy