**It's worth mentioning we live outside of Rome.
You can get to Viterbo, which is the closest city to Marta, by train from Rome and we could pick you up at the station there.**

Ilaria:

I am a “cat lady”, with the obsession of books. I also teach English to kids and I love my job!
I love cats, nature, strawberries, tea and teacups, driving in the middle of the night with the music of “Lost in Translation” on repeat, poetry, books, maple syrup, yoga, blankets, cinnamon and every possible spice, herbs, lullabies and music, watching movies in bed and so many other things. I love being alive and getting to experience all these.

Sometimes I write poems, but most of the time I am just reading, listening to every possible kind of music, taking a walk, or watching movies.

On weekdays Ilaria is busy with work so you'd have to take one bus and a train to move from our area to Rome, but if you request to visit on the weekend you can probably just count on us for moving around and we'd be free to hang out.

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**CAT ALERT: We've a cat in the house so if you're allergic to cats, heads up!**

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Stas is Canadian, and works from home as a freelance illustrator. His job allows for a flexible schedule when it comes to hosting and affording the time to get to know you!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We'd like to meet new people from different cultures. It's mesmerizing to realize how little we know about the world and how many things we can learn just by sharing with people that are from different and far parts of the world. To live happily , to really live and love externally, you need other people...and you can never know or befriend too many.

Interests

Music, nature, anthropology, literature, philosophy, art, cats, yoga and meditation.

Ilaria:

• Sometimes I self-study philosophy, art and some film theory by myself.
• I like languages and I am trying to learn German, with very little success, and often I watch movies/shows in Japanese and Spanish for fun, and whenever I see a word I don't know I write it down somewhere to remember it.
• I am a compulsive playlist creator and I like to create a playlist for every situation, mood, etc.
• I love herbal teas of any kind and finding out the benefits of plants.
• I am into coloring books a lot and I think they are very relaxing and good for your focus and happiness, no matter how old you are.

• cats
• arts
• books
• singing
• organic food
• yoga
• meditation
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• languages
• language exchange
• nature
• pizza
• herbal medicine
• avocados
• journaling
• nature walks
• writing letters

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: lo-fi, experimental, post-rock, electronic, drone, shoegaze, dreampop, folk

Favourite music artists are: Low Roar, Lullatone, Tom Rosenthal, Fleet Foxes, Brian Eno, Jiulianna Barwick, Radiohead, Andrew Bird, Agnes Obel, Alexi Murdoch, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, alt-J, Björk, Cigarettes After Sex, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Clem Leek, Lykke Li, Ólafur Arnalds, Warpaint, Katatonia, Bonobo

Movies: Edward Scissorhands, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Lost In Translation, Only lovers left alive, Into the Wild, The Matrix, In The Mood For Love, Persona, Interstellar, The Fountain, The Hours, Inception, The Prestige, Life Aquatic, and many others.

Books: Haruki Murakami novels. Hermann Hesse novels - Diaries, Virginia Woolf - Orlando, Virginia Woolf - The Waves, and way too many books!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• Amsterdam's streets.
• Rome's center during sunset.
• The roofs of Paris.
• The solace found amid the canopies of the Black Forest.
• Canadian mountains in the misty morning.
• Survived Typhoon Prapiroon as it struck Japan!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ilaria:

I can offer you funny facts about Italy and differences I've noticed so far between my country and the rest of the world. I also teach English so if your English isn't perfect I could help you with that too! (or even Italian if you want to!) I also enjoy cooking :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Italy