Hey there!! I am Mattia :) I was born in Northen Italy and i grew up and studied in Milano until my early 20s. Ever since I was a kid I was fascinated by travelling and one day, tired of my city, I decided to drop Uni and start travelling. I didn't know where to start from and choose as first step London! That was probably a mistake because, as often happen with London, I was soon swallowed by such a big and powerfull city! Every single time I was close to a change and ready to leave, something was holding me there! A job opportunity, a girl, my studies, a promotion at work involving more money but also more stress and less time to dedicate to myself.
After 5 long years, after many good and bad experience, after meeting many different people and friend from all around the world, after learning a lot about life in a big and over populated city, I eventually managed to get away from that mess.
I Travelled a bit around Italy, visit some friends in Sweeden, France and Spain and then decided to start a long pilgrimage along the north cost of Spain, walking across Basque country, Asturia , Cantabria and Galitia. I lived in the nature, walking in the countryside, in the wood, over beautiful cliffs for over a month and understand that the quality of the time I had spent there was much more valuable than the time I had ever spent in a big city.
I also met many amazing people and I discovered a new possibility of travelling, or living! I tried to go back to my old life but I just couldn't live that way anymore. I understood that what I want for myself at the moment is travelling, learning different skills that can allow me living closer to the nature! I've always been a city boy unfortunately but I'm sure still on time to coltivate the love I have for the nature and a simple life!
For the last 5 months I 've lived and worked in Portugal where I became a professional diver! I will now move on to Australia to travel and work for the next year!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I chose couchsurfing cause I believe that true essence of travelling is to LIVE the place you are going to. Couchsurfing gives the possibility to get to know a new city, a new environment by sharing time with someone that already lives there! I find it amazing.. I a love to share my experiences of life and my stories with other people as much as I love to hear theirs (maybe in front of a nice meal and a glass of wine :) ). And also is cheaper and warmer than a hostel :P

Interests

Did i mention I really like travelling??
I love cooking and music, any kind of music! I wish I could play some instrument but I just strum away the guitar some times! I am interested in almost everything as in don't know much about many things I love to learn, share informations, sotries, thoughts and so on..

• perfumes
• environment
• cooking
• wine
• walking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

My favourite movies are about time travel.. I don't have a favourit director though.. in general I Like weird movies.. Have you ever watched "Waking Life"?? that's actually one of my favourites!

Books?? "The Unbearable Lightness Of Being"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camino de santiago del norte!

Teach, Learn, Share

anything useful and interesting

What I Can Share with Hosts

good time! :)

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Italy, Portugal