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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian; learning Spanish
  • 29, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Student
  • Human Rights Master
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I'm a easygoing, curious and positive person.
I love to sing, take photographs at details around me, eat pizza, laugh and give hugs.
I have a passion for elephants, plants, political debates, weirdos and the south of the world.
I have studied Political Sciences and International Relations in my BA and currently I am studying Human Rights in Padova, a beautiful city near Venice, hoping to make with my life and future job a good impact on this world.
I have spent 6 months living in France, 10 days backpacking around Bretagne, one month wanderlusting between Argentine and Chile and 3 months living in Bethlehem, Palestine. I have friends all around the world and I am looking forward to meeting new ones!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people, especially if they have different cultural or religious backgrounds, and exchange point of views and stories.
I am absolutely fond of the idea of sharing what we have with the others (car rides, abilities, clothes, couches...) and of living as much as I can a zero-cost life, since money affect us too much and in a rather bad way.
Since I am a student and I don't have a steady job, it is also amazing to have the possibility to travel even if you're not wealthy.

Interests

All english accents, feminist poetry, hippies, the Mediterranean sea, photography, animals, snow, polka-dots, gigs, flea markets, old legends, bear hugs and weird people.

  • photography
  • wanderlust
  • laughing
  • people
  • sea
  • feminism

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Reggae, italian indie like Gazzelle and Calcutta, songwriters like De André and Rino Gaetano, Mumford and Sons, Ed Sheeran, typical folk songs from the south of Italy ("tarantella"), old French music, well-known oldies to sing out loud, George Ezra's voice, angry female bands of the '80s AND LOT MORE.

BOOKS: Susan Abulhawa - Each morning in Jenin, Jane Austen- Pride and prejudice, Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre, Edward Said - Orientalism, Louis de Bernières - Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Tahar Ben Jelloun - Moha le fou, Moha le sage, Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend, Caitlin Moran - How to Build a Girl, Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights, and essays on migrations, feminism and class struggle.

SERIES: Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Peaky Blinders, New Girl, Charmed, Superstore, The Handmaid's Tale.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch-hiking in Bretagne for one week.
Sleeping on the doorstep outside my house in Bordeaux and washing in a supermarket at 6 AM.
Wanderlusting around Argentina and Chile for one month.
Follow the sun and the green lights on the street just with the purpose to get lost and meet new places.
"Free hugging" around with some friends.
Sleeping on a roof in Hebron with some Palesinian friends and their old beautiful granny.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you with great pleasure how to cook italian pasta, give you various cooking tips and share some dialect from the southern region of Calabria. I am super good at listening, talking about politics and sharing weird past stories. I am willing to teach you some French as well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Palestine, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Palestine, United Kingdom

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