ABOUT ME

Well...I'm Italian and, like many other young people today, I'm still waiting for better times.

I was born in Ragusa, where my family lives, and I attended the first three years of my degree in Rome and in 2010 I moved to Tuscany. Last year, through an exchange program, I went to Mexico for 9 months (there I finished my exams and I worked for my thesis).
After a month I decided to go to Ireland 'till Juin as aupair and improve my English. After coming back few months in my hometown, I lived in Valencia, working as a volunteer in a no-profit organization but at the moment I'm living in Sicily again doing a work experience internship.

I'm pretty sociable, friendly (even if just a little bit shy) and honest. I like meeting new people and discover new places and different cultures. Travelling will change you like little else can. It will put you in places that will force you to care for issues that are bigger than you. The world is a stunning place, full of outstanding works of art.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Whenever possible, I'm glad to host couchsurfers. Otherwise I am always available for a coffee or a drink and to show them around my city.

Interests

Reading good books, listening to good music, watching good movies, going to the theatre or to modernist and documentary photography exexhibitions. Besides, since I was a child I've always drawn, I really like it.

• arts
• culture
• books
• folklore
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• coffee
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• languages
• volunteering
• immigrant and refugees

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Lars Von Trier, Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Hayao Miyazaki, The Coen Brothers, Pablo Larrain, Richard Linklater, Paolo Sorrentino, Michelangelo Antonioni, Kim Ki-Duk ecc;

Series Tv: Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Homeland, Treme, True Detective, Game of Thrones, Utopia, Les Revenants.

Music: Fabrizio De André, Paolo Conte, Quintorigo, Litfiba (the old one), Radiodervish, Marlene Kuntz, Afterhours, CSI, CCCP, Chavela Vargas, Buena Vista Social Club, Björk, Led Zeppelin, Blur, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Jeff(&Tim) Buckley, Nick Drake, Janis Joplin, David Bowie, Bon Dylan, The Smiths, The Verve, Etta James, Morphine, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Bessie Smith, Tom Waits, Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, Simply Red, Mazzy Star, Antony and The Johnsons, Norah Jones, John Frusciante, The Arcade Fire, Cocorosie, The National, Massive Attack, Alt-j, Mogwai, Hindi Zahra, Ben Harper, The Kings of Convenience, Bonobo, Quantic, Tamikrest, Souad Massi, ecc.;

Books: Fedor Michajlovic Dostoevskij, Heinrich Böll, Herman Hesse, Roland Barthes, Roberto Bolaño, Pier Paolo Pasolini, ecc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling (it is the best thing you can do)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach, Learn, Share everything you can.
Traveling is a form of teaching. Travelling is a form of learning. Travelling is a form of sharing.
Discover and learn new cultures, new languages, new opportunities. Discover the inherent similarities among people of different cultures.
Be versatile. Be adaptable. Experience everything. The culture, the language, the food, the tradition and even the politics and government of people who are probably unfamiliar.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good vibes :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Morocco, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain