Well,it took me some time to finally start filling out this "about me " paragraph. :) I would start with : I'm italian and I live in Düsseldorf,Germany. I study linguistics and translation and work as after school teacher, translator and assistant for the faculty of romanistics. I'm firmly committed to ecological/ environmental /animal -rights/human rights issues. Vegetarian (although when I eat eggs or milk products I choose the ethical ones) and pacifist. I love travelling and definitely need a second life (at least !) to visit all the places I'd like to visit and do all the experiences I'd like to do! So I try to take everything from life,I would say this is my philosophy :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am on couchsurfing because I think that visiting a city with the eyes of a local person is much more interesting and fun then having common touristic tours. Furthermore I really enjoy getting to know new people and listening to their stories. Therefore I believe Couchsurfing is an amazing opportunity for us to get in touch with unexpected people, places and experiences! Every now and then I like to escape monotony and routine and have a get-away in a different place.
I think creating a wide network of friendships is the key to a better world, with no barriers and prejudices.

Interests

Since I grew up in southern Italy, where the sun shines even in winter, I really like outdoors activities...walking in the city centre, cycling in the countryside,playing volleyball in the yard or just chilling in the park are just few of my favorite activities.
I also really enjoy listening to live music, even better if accompanied with beer or red wine and obviously good company.

• animals
• human rights
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• vegetarian
• walking
• traveling
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• volleyball
• teaching
• languages
• study abroad
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

"[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “
Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it."
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Redemption song,Bob Marley
La strada, Modena City Ramblers
You've got a friend, James Taylor
Signorina, Alessandro Mannarino
Everybody hurts, REM
Bad moon rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
Il sociale e l´antisociale, Francesco Guccini
La canzone dell´amore perduto, Fabrizio De André
Tu non mi basti mai, Lucio Dalla
I don´t want to grow up, Ramones
Comfortably numb, Pink Floyd
People are strange, The Doors
Layla, Eric Clapton
Vedi cara, Francesco Guccini
Society, Eddie Vedder
Hold on, Tom Waits
Il paradiso dei calzini, Vinicio Capossela
Un uomo, Eugenio Finardi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing I've done is partecipating in the Erasmus program :) It showed me the way I wanted my life to go :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, saying that I am able to teach something to somebody sounds kinda show-off to me, but I think I could say that I can teach my language (Italian) and German as well, if you don't need a technical jargon, like maths and stuff :)

I enjoy learning anything new actually! And I love sharing time with other people...although I have to admit it, I've always been kinda selective, so I usually prefer to spend my time in a qualitative way :) So if you like to talk about boots or gossip I might not be the right interlocutor.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Italy