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Overview

  • 14 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian, Spanish; learning French
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • working in business development consultancy
  • Master in Business in UK and Spain
  • From Torino, Italy
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

finding my house keys... where are they??!!

ABOUT ME

Well ..it would be too easy to write key-words like "easy-going" and "open-minded". I'd rather prefer if you have a look at my tastes (usually it tells something about personality!) and my references (I prefer to be described by the others! It's fairer!)

PHILOSOPHY

Peace and love, but pragmatic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm always happy to help people, even by hosting them and/or by giving advises, ...this is CS: helping each other, ain't it?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great, every experience has been perfect.
I also participating to French language tandems.

Respect is the key-word, put yourself in the other's shoes, everything works with that condition.

Interests

Photography, Travelling, Music, Languages, Swimming, Hiking, Jogging

  • photography
  • concerts
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • bungee jumping
  • swimming
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Just to mention few artworks...

Music: Mostly Sixties, psychedelics is my passion (Beatles, Pink Floyd at the top).
Other names who give me wonderful sensations: Radiohead, Muse, Raconteurs, Ben Harper, Shins, Patrick Watson

Books: Eco "Il Nome della Rosa". Suskind "Perfume". Huxley "Brave New World". Wilde: "The picture of Dorian Gray". Orwell "Animal Farm". Perez Reverte "La Tabla de Flandes". Harford "The Undercover Economist". Golding "Lord of Flies". Carlos Zafón "La sombra del viento"
I'm now struggling to read Lapierre's "La cité de joie"

Movies: I tend to like movies which tell real stories, or describe real environment like "Blow" or "La Haine" and I appreciate any movie expressing some form of art (acting, direction, scene painting) ...Traffic, The Wall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amoresperros, Cidade de Deus, Blow-Up, Fight Club, Frida, most of Oliver Stones, Cohen brothers and Kubrik's movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
...No, wait a sec, that wasn't me......

This is me:
Bungee jumping.
Being a hippie during the best years of my life.
Seeing Roger Waters in concert.
Travelling through Cambodia's remotest regions alone.
...and other things which is worth to try at least once in a life-time...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Italy, Scotland, Spain

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