Hello world!
My name is Massimo and I live in Palermo, the capital city of the island of Sicily, in the south of Italy.
I'm a Civil Engineering but since I'm rather insane I started university again, this time studying Medicine.

I really like to travel (not an astonishing revelation being here on CS :D) , today I've visited Spain, France, Tunisia, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia and Portugal, and I hope to expand this list very soon.

I'm passionate about South American places and culture and I wish I can to visit it "all" by car one day.

I also enjoy exploring my big island and I know its places and its culture very well so, if you want to discover anything about Sicily you can ask me!

Furthermore I like to play the piano, I like to dance folk music, I'm trying to learn photography and I'm in love with parks, mountains, volcanoes, hiking and generally speaking all that is green and related to nature.

I speak Italian (my native language), English and Portuguese. I am learning Spanish and I wish to pick up French too, one day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To join travellers who come to Sicily to go around, and to meet local people when I'm travelling

Interests

Piano, photography, technology, math and physics, languages, travels, buildings, infrastructures, arts, reading, running, mountain biking, hiking

• arts
• culture
• photography
• running
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• engineering
• languages
• mathematics
• physics
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

A lot of classical but especially Bach, Chopin and Beethoven.
Italian singer-songwriters and groups like Franco Battiato, Giuni Russo, Fabrizio De Andrè, Francesco Guccini, Lucio Dalla, Carmen Consoli, Baustelle, Brunori Sas, Caparezza and many others...
Singer-songwriter in Sicilian language like Franco Battiato, Giuni Russo, Rosa Balistreri, Kaballà.
Muse. Radiohead. Coldplay.
Portuguese fado (especially Amália Rodrigues and Carminho) .
Brazilian bossa nova.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling alone! For some people it's depressing, for me it's really awesome and I think it's one of the few occasions we have to really know ourselves.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to practise my English and to reach fluency in Portuguese so people from Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Timor Est, São Tomé or Macau (I hope I haven't forgot someone) are more than welcome :D .

Nevertheless, feel free to contact me from any corner of the world.

And of course, if you are studying Italian, I'd be glad to try to help you! :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My deep knowledge of the island of Sicily and its cities and natural places!

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Portugal