I was born in the south of Italy at the seaside but then my family moved to a region in the north in the Alps where people speak both German and Italian. So when I was 12 years old I had to learn German and I grew up with this strange mix of cultures: I am very extrovert and passionate like many people in the south but I learned to become more precise and accountable like the typical German person.

When I was at elementary school I found my "vocation" and decided I wanted to help fight climate change and environmental destruction.

I moved in 2018 to Bologna to create my startup in sustainable transportation sector.

In my free time I like writing, mostly books. I enjoy dancing a lot. I used to dance Lindy Hop but now I discovered Folk Dance and find it even more fun.

I consider myself a people person and in fact I socialize a lot and therefore enjoy Couchsurfing too.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Now that I have a free room, I want to pay it forward to those many friends who hosted me around the world by helping young people to travel cheaper. I would like to meet people with whom I can practice speaking foreign languages and learn from them to cook better by learning one new dish from each person.

Interests

Sport (open water swimming, cross-country ski, yoga, basket)
Dancing (Folk, Swing: Lindy Hop and Charleston)
Music (I played alto saxophone)
Environment and Energy
Personal Growth (I used to teach a course on this at my university and I think everyone should learn more about topics like time management, how to learn languages faster, public speaking, personal finance etc.)
Movies (I watch a lot of them). Do you know someone that could be interested in reading the script that I wrote?
Geopolitics, History

• culture
• books
• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• yoga
• partying
• politics
• movies
• cars
• blogging
• music
• cycling
• skiing
• sports
• swimming
• business
• entrepreneurship
• languages
• lindy hop

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Queen, Daft Punk
Movies: Inception, The Shawshank Redemption, Indiana Jones, Twins, Trading Places, Limitless, The shop around the corner (and many with James Stewart), Pulp Fiction
Books: (many by Ken Follett), (many by Jules Verne), the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Alchemist, le petit prince, (many by Seth Godin), the 8th Habit etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am not sure it is amazing for everyone, but once I had the opportunity to learn to use the boomerang and I trained for two hours when others gave up and finally I managed to throw it right and get it back consistently. I never had the same opportunity again. It was so much fun.

More recently I walked for 50 km, mostly uphills, from Bologna city to the mountains nearby, alone, starting at 7 pm to avoid the heat. I stopped for a pause between 2 and 5 am because I was followed by wolves (I am not joking). One wolf was in the bush at some 10 meters from me. I could not see it beacuse it was pitch black but I could here it. A striking experience. It was my #walkchallenge to protest against government not doing much about climate change.

Teach, Learn, Share

As I mentioned, I used to teach personal growth so I can share what I learned through the years.
I can also teach you some dancing
I am always happy to learn other languages and cultures and listen to the stories of other people and how to cook new dishes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy