Hello everybody, I'm a songwriter, actor and playwright from Turin, Piedmont, Italy. I started very early writing songs. I studied technique of singing and acting in performing schools in Turin and I got a master in D.A.M.S. (Department of Arts, Music and Performance). Further on, Mexicat Records - a little italian label - published my records. Besides I wrote dramas and plays and journey's reports as green journalist. But I consider myself as a songwriter, a performer and - last but not least - a walker.

Few years ago a managed a cultural project named "from Orlando to Santiago", meaning the will to do the whole Camino de Santiago de Compostela on my feet with the tools of the songwriter: a little portable guitar to compose songs inspired by the way and a smart phone to share the Camino, its places and stories and the many encounters along the way. An artistic and digital travel-log on the Camino. Three years on, From Orlando to Santiago has become a cd (collecting the songs composed along the way), a performing show, and is going to become a book.

I live my day by day life by teaching music and theatre and having shows, and of course by renting out a room at home.

www.orlandomanfredi.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm new here but I do believe in sharing economy, and its opportunities, like living a foreign city hosted by inhabitants, having experiences apart from tourism and so on.

Once, I met a man from Brixton along the way to Santiago. He was walking with a hat on his head looking like Mr. Crocodile Dundee and dressed up with rags. But he wasn't a poor at all. He earned lots of money with his job, and he told me: "When you travel, you can buy almost everything with money except for one thing: experience. Since I've been traveling by couchsurfing I've learned that the best word you can hear and say is "Welcome".

Interests

Literature
Music
Cinema
Trekking
Nature
Travels

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• singing
• performing arts
• acting
• concerts
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• journalism
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

So little time to put down a list!
The first ones that come to mind (for all the others!):
The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan
Me and You and Everything we know
Condominium by James Ballard

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A few years ago, I managed an innovative cultural project called "from Orlando to Santiago", meaning the will to do Camino de Santiago de Compostela (by walking of course) with the tools of the songwriter: a little portable guitar to compose songs inspired by the Camino and a smartphone to share the way, its places and stories and the many encounters I've done. An artistic and digital travel-log on the Camino. Three years on, From Orlando to Santiago has become a cd (collecting the songs composed along the way), a performing show, and is going to become a book.
www.fromorlandotosantiago.com

Teach, Learn, Share

Guitar playing
Singing
Italian language

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer guitar lessons or chant lessons but most of all I would like to offer house concerts in your home in exchange of a couch.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy