CURRENT MISSION

Living consciously and sustainably

ABOUT ME

I'm trying to do my best - and I could do even better, for sure - to live consciously and sustainably, in accordance with my own values. I do believe we need personal growth and common degrowth to make this world a better place to live.

I'm not looking for affairs, just not to be misunderstood.

I love to have conversations, to learn and share experiences and points of view. I express my creativity in the kitchen, always preparing different dishes (I mainly use foods of vegetable origin). I find it very relaxing to read: a good book allows me to totally abstract myself. I feel good practising yoga and walking in nature. I also like to visit cities, to appreciate their architecture and see how people live.

PHILOSOPHY

I am a free spirit and conventional life does not satisfy me; the key to my freedom is to need less of what I have. Thanks to a limited need for stability, I have allowed myself to live 'many different lives', discovering lifestyles different from what I was used to. Finding alternatives to consumerism is my 'ideology'. Making my small contribution to social and environmental change is my daily mission.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Cooking a meal both for my hosts when I'm couchsurfing and for my guests when I'm hosting.
Offering a couch to visitors. I use CS more than you can see in my profile, some references are in my partner's profile :-) https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/stebla?action=show&controller=user_profiles
I also have a new profile on Bewelcome: https://www.bewelcome.org/members/simonam

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just good experiences so far. Sometimes couchsurfing is the best part of a whole trip. I also love learning about other cultures hosting people in my home.
I'm not looking for affairs, just not to be misunderstood.

Interests

Traveling, yoga, skating, cooking, hiking, reading novels and essays.

• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• hiking
• languages
• hitchhiking
• english
• mindfulness
• inline skating
• vegetarian cooking
• vegan cooking
• spanish culture
• spanish language
• reading novels
• hiking,
• cooking together

Music, Movies, and Books

Just to mention a few of them

BOOKS: La storia (E. Morante), Un uomo (O. Fallaci), Un giorno perfetto (M. Mazzantini), Girl, woman, other (B. Evaristo), Radio Silence (A. Oseman), Angela's ashes (F. Mc Court), The Nutmeg's curse / La maledizione della noce moscata (A. Ghosh)

MUSIC: F. Battiato, N. Fabi, M. Gazzé, D. Silvestri, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Smiths, U2, Brunori Sas, Vetusta Morla, Radiohead, REM, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Kirtan

FILMS: La pazza gioia, Goodbye Lenin, L'eleganza del riccio, La mafia uccide solo d'estate

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living different lives in different countries - Staying for two days at a metereological station on top of a mountain - Working in a few places in Europe in exchange of an accomodation - Hitchhiking in Morocco and ending up having a tea with a eighty-year-old man and his family

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to share stories and experiences. I'm fluent in Italian, Spanish and English. I'm a beginner in yoga practice. I like cooking - eating even more!

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good meal and a good conversations. I like cooking and chatting, sharing experiences and points of view. I can help learning/practicing Italian, English and Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Spain, United Kingdom