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Overview

  • 12 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian; learning German, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • I am a student of biotechnology in florence
  • I am finishing the university
  • From I was born in trento, a small town in the Italian Alps, will rem
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

trying to make something that makes me smile everyday.

ABOUT ME

I'm a simple person, maybe a little stubborn but with a lot of desire to learn and experience things and situations completely unknown to me. I love traveling and getting lost in places I visit, I think it's one of the best ways to know them better. I read a lot, and I live with music in my ears. I like to cook for others (because I hate cleaning the dishes)

PHILOSOPHY

The world is like a ride at an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it, you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round and it has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while.

Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: 'Is this real? Or is this just a ride?' And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say 'Hey! Don't worry, don't be afraid - ever - because... this is just a ride.' And we kill those people.

'Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride! Shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry; look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.'

It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that - ever notice that? - and we let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because... it's just a ride, and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort. No worry. No job. No savings and money. Just a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy bigger guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.

Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, into a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would do many times over - not one human being excluded - and we can explore space together, both inner and outer, forever. In peace.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just started, for now I just hosted and I enjoyed it a lot because I have been very lucky to meet great people .. in short I want to try to be hosted!

Interests

movies, music, books, science, skiing, sailing, be in contact with nature,speak up late with a stranger and a glass of wine,getting lost and wandering in places that do not know,laughing with friends, dancing until they hurt your feet and the sun rises

  • books
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • wine
  • running
  • clothing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

I can not write all the good things I've read, heard or seen that I like, I do not remember even all!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the emotion I felt when I saw for the very first time the Northern Lights will stay with me forever

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a very curious person so I'm here to learn ..

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Morocco, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Italy

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