Hello! I’m an Italian-Brazilian who’s been traveling the world nearly full-time for the past 6 years. I began my journey as a traveler in 2017 when I moved to Australia and fell in love with this lifestyle.
As you can see in my profile, two years ago, I fulfilled an old dream: a solo Vespa trip around Italy. This dream was only possible thanks to the support of this amazing platform and the wonderful people I met along the way. 🫶🏻

Right now, we’re finishing up a trip around Asia and are currently in South Korea. We’ll be in Paris from the 13th to the 15th of October and are looking for a place to stay for those two nights.

My partner, Lorenzo, is Italian but grew up in Belgium (he speaks French!) and has spent the past 9 years in Amsterdam. He’s a fantastic pizza chef and great in the kitchen overall, so if you host us, you can expect fun cooking nights—or even pizza nights if you’ve got a good oven 🤌🏻😜.

If you’d like to follow the adventure, feel free to check out my Instagram @mariaponzioo ✌🏻

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I love meeting new people with the travel mindset and I think Couchsurfing is the perfect platform
for it

Interests

• traveling
• backpacking
• languages
• food
• beach
• ocean
• italy
• new experiences
• vespa

Music, Movies, and Books

To kill a mockingbird, The Alchemist, The 4 agreements

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bought a Vespa 125cc and traveled the whole Italy just by myself for 2 months carrying only a daypack.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share lots of stories and good vibes to whoever crosses my way. I’m very easy going, respectful and clean (:

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Italy, Netherlands