When I was a kid, I used to draw all the time and make dinosaurs out of tin foil.

I'm from northern Italy, but I recently moved to Edinburgh. I'd be happy to meet people from around the world, and I might be able to host, depending on my schedule. I'm not an expert of this city. So we can discover the town together.

I'd rather spend one hour walking than ten minutes in a crowded subway.

I value quietness and loneliness very much. But I'm also always looking for new connections.

I love music, especially progressive rock. Music helps me focus while working and it keeps me in a good mood!

I'm pretty good at freeclimbing but I'm not practicing it on a competitive level. That would take way too much time and effort.
Still, I love freeclimbing as a way of breaking routine and chill. After doing that, sharing a good beer is absolutely mandatory.

*Note:
Lately I'm bouldering almost every other evening during work days or in the afternoon during weekends. I can try to work requests around that if they are for short periods, or if you'd like to join me.

*Note 2
I used to write a personalised answer to every request, even when rejecting them. Lately I'm not doing that anymore because requests can pile up pretty quickly. So please don't take it personally if I just reject your request without an explanation.

FAQ
Q: Do you have WhatsApp?
A: No.
Q: Why you don't have WhatsApp?
A: No.
Q: But WhatsApp...
A: No.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think there's only so much that one can learn and experience by staying in the same place and frequenting the same people forever.
I like to learn about different perspectives!

Interests

• beer
• walking
• movies
• music
• rock climbing
• food
• videogames
• digital art
• programming
• progressive rock
• cgi

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favorite movies:

The Big Lebowsky (Coen Brothers)
Seven (David Fincher)
Shawn Of The Dead (Edgar Wright)
Coraline (Henry Selick)
Arizona Dream (Emir Kustirica)
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Lost River (Ryan Gosling)
Leon The Professional (Luc Besson)
Subway (Luc Besson)
Memento (Christopher Nolan)
The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Space Balls (Mel Brooks)
Human Nature (Michel Gondry)
Office Space (Mike Judge)
No Man's Land (Danis Tanović)
The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner)
Primer (Shane Carruth)
Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino)
Source Code (Duncan Jones)
Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
and many more...

Some of my favorite music bands:

Ayreon, Flaming Row, Division by Zero, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Silhouette, The Who, Threshold, Twinspirits, Unitopia, Yes, and many more...

Some of my favorite books:

Italo Calvino - I nostri antenati [trilogy]
Miguel De Cervantes - El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland
Rudy Rucker - The Fourth Dimension
Voltaire - Candide
George Orwell - Animal Farm
Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I almost lost an arm for a friend!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you a lot about how 3D animated movies and videogames are made. I can literally talk about that for hours.
Also, I can cook reasonably well (by Italian standards I mean).

I like to listen to other people stories and learn more about them.
If you have anything interesting to teach me, I'm all ears!

If you're into rock music, I'd love to share some bands names with you. I bet you're going to love some of them. ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Gibraltar, Lithuania, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Italy, Poland, Scotland