I'm Massimiliano, Italian, Mediterranean, a couchsurfer officially since 2011 and proud of it!

I lived in Trieste (home city), Venezia, Torino (Italy), Paris (France), Lisbon (Portugal), San Paolo and Belo Horizonte (Brazil), and now since 2 years in Barcelona (Spain).
I'm a globetrotter and my soul is a geographer :)
I play drums, sometimes I dance (I used to dance Salsa, I'm learning Forrò, I love to dance electronic music)
I surf, when I lived close to the sea and to surf spots I surfed a lot. Now, in Barcelona, it's not so easy to surf...

I studied urban planning in my Bachelor and Master studies and now I'm a Pro in the field!
They call us urban planners...
I worked as a free-lancer in GIS and Urban Planning sectors, as an intern and assistant in Research centers and NGOs, as an official collaborator for a European Union program under the European Space Agency in the field of disaster rapid mapping.
Currently, I'm finishing my Ph.D. thesis at Politecnico di Torino in URBAN PLANNING and GOVERNANCE.
My Ph.D. thesis focuses on Climate Change Adaptation of urban areas (south Europe) analyzed from the policy and governance perspectives

I promise you, my life is not just Academia or Urban stuff...
I'm happy to chat on several other topics, e.g. food, travels, spirituality, music, modern art, among the many others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

TRAVELLING

ENJOYING TIME WITH OLD AND NEW FRIENDS

Interests

Gooooood food
Goooooood Wines
Beaches and Seassss, but also lakes and rivers
Surfing (not so often, unfortunately)
Readings (Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Jodorowsky, Castaneda, Gaiman)

• arts
• modern art
• concerts
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• electronic music
• drums
• surfing
• beaches
• reading books
• old movies
• gin tonic

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
Pirsig "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance"
Jodorowsy "Cabaret mistico"
Gaiman N. "American Gods"

Music
Foo Fighters "The colour and the shape"

What I Can Share with Hosts

My skills in cooking
I can also wash the dishes :)
Chatting

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain