Hi everybody!

It's Paolo, 31, italian. I recently got back to Europe after 3 years travelling in Asia and Australia and am now looking to spend the summer in southern Spain and Portugal, where the sun hits more than here in Belgium.

I have a background in winemaking and viticulture but I have done different jobs along the way, from sales to hospitality to farm work among others. I'm more than happy to exit my comfort zone and learn new skills.

I'd like to learn Portuguese and improve Spanish, dig into eco-construction, permaculture, animal farming, alternative energies, yoga and massage techniques (but not limited to..).

I've seen a lot of amazing landscapes and monuments everywhere I've been, BUT the best part of a travel is always the people you meet along the road, ain't it?! :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I'm curious and I want to meet people.

Interests

Photography, video-making, reading, travelling (of course!), ethology and being in contact with animals, trekking, horse-riding, kayaking, sailing, self improvement, wine, guitar, vegetarianism, alternative ways of living... and so many other things!

• animals
• photography
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• kayaking
• camping
• sailing
• teaching
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: documentaries; Coen brothers; C. Chaplin; Blade Runner; Arizona dream; Her; La Grande Bellezza; The Big Lebowsky; The Darjeeling Limited, La Belle Verte, Big fish and so many others..

Authors: F.W. Nietsche; Oscar Wilde; Deepak Chopra; George Orwell; Richard Dawkins; Jared Diamond, Pierre Rabhi. Personal improvement and psychology.

Music: everything concerning rock and its experimentations; classical; instrumental and ambient; electronic and minimal; cosmic music; Belgian and French songwriters.
No rap, techno and mainstream pop (like Shakira etc...) please :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One month of life amongst the Berber people in Morocco; trekking in the amazing landscapes of Burma; travelling on the transsiberian train from Moscow to Beijing; sailing the Mediterranean Sea for 3 days; parachute- jumping from 4000 m; 6 months of Erasmus in Montpellier (France); feeding a baby elephant in a rescue camp in Laos or simply enjoying Venice at sunset...

Countries I’ve Visited

Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, New Zealand