CURRENT MISSION

Travelling, observing, learning, making friends, sharing

ABOUT ME

We are a couple, Margherita, Italian, 29 years old and Nick, Australian, 34 years old. We have been married for 5 years. We met in London nearly 8 years ago, and we have been travelling since July 2009. We visited South America, Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and India. We moved to Milano in February 2011, after over a year on the road, at the moment we are working on our travel writing and photography business. However, travelling is far from over for us! We travelled overland between Milano and Georgia between July and September 2011, and in summer 2012 we went to Mongolia and China. We see travelling as an important and enriching life experience, and we would like to share this passion with the rest of the world.

PHILOSOPHY

We love travelling, experiencing new cultures and meeting new people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and surfing. We love the couchsurfing spirit, we like sharing and learning from our guests and hosts.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always great. We had amazing experiences, from the first time in Thailand with Tyler to the last one in China, also we couchsurfed in Italy several time and made good friends. Now we have the opportunity to host we are really looking forward to having guests!

Interests

My husband Nick is a photographer, especially interested in wildlife and travel. I (Margherita) am aspiring to become a travel writer, at the moment I am working as an English teacher. Besides travelling, we're interested in food, cultures and religions. We've also recently started diving and we absolutely loved the experience.

• wildlife
• writing
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• scuba diving
• business
• teaching
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Margherita: Movies anything by Ingmar Bergman, Hitchcock, more recently Wong Kar Wai and Kusturica.
Books: travel literature, Latin American and Russian classics.
Music: 60-70's rock, world music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visiting Ladakh, doing the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu, visiting the Galapagos Islands, spending 5 nights in the Amazon Jungle, trekking in the magical Svaneti region of Georgia, sleeping in front of the Tigris river in Hasankeyf, visiting nomads in Mongolia... we love anything which involves nature and the outdoors.

Teach, Learn, Share

Margherita: I can offer my language skills, I am a native Italian speaker and I speak fluent English and Spanish, as well as decent Portuguese. I can offer help if anybody needs translations or anything else involving languages. I am also a keen cook and I make a good risotto and lasagne.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy