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Overview

  • 27 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian; learning German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 46, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Language teacher (English&Italian)
  • MA in English and German philology
  • From Bari, Apulia, Italy
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I've recently found out that I've visited only the 6%of the world, so my mission is definetely to visit the remaining 94% !!!

PHILOSOPHY

"Life is like riding a bike: to keep your balance you have to keep moving!" (A. Einstein)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted and surfed!
Moreover, I've been the co-founder of the group SPEAKERS CORNER BARI, an informal group that promotes language and cultural diversities in Bari, since October 2010.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Since 2008 I've had some cs experiences, both like host and guest! all very positive! :)

I can host, better if girls, only at weekends, ie from Friday evening to Monday morning.

Interests

Art (paiting and sculpture), music, photography, travelling, reading novels and poems, blogging, drinking, cooking, eating, discovering new places, meeting interesting people, learning foreign languages...

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: As Good as it gets; Lisboa Story; Death Poet Society; Shrek 1-2; My name's Joe; Bread&Roses; Brassed Off; Le fate ignoranti; Buongiorno Notte;
Music: Pearl Jam; Audioslave; Stone Temple Pilots; REM; Italian songwriters, raggae, 70's rock, r'n'b.
Books: Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Mark Haddon, JM Coetzee, Pessoa, Benni, T.S. Eliot...Novels&Poetry above all!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

They're too many! probably the most amazing has been moving to Poland...and Bulgaria!!!! :))))

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Italian language and cousine!
Learn: foreign languages, foreign literature&cousine.
Share: languages, photography, culinary secrets!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Well, I can share travelling tips about the countries I lived or visited, especially about street food! ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia

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