Snowboarding down a steep mountain.

traditional meals food, uy food for you AND your host Cook for your host and clean up afterwards Treat them to a movie and entertainment Fill up their car with gasoline Bring a useful, practical gift: food is best, but once I brought 20 rolls of toilet paper for my host! They loved it, saying, "Finally a gift I can use!") Clean their house, bathroom, car and/or yard* Help them repair their house, garden, run errands, babysit*

• Advertising – methods and systems, and efficiency • Animals and wildlife • Art – contemporary art and artists – I like discovering interesting Italian artists • Boats Business – strategy, development • Cars,) • Coffee machines – Italian espresso makers, especially the coffee bar versions • Cooking • Culture – what it is, how it differs and evolves • Current affairs – news, views, and happenings in Italy and elsewhere • Design – combining function and form – why I like guitars, cars, motorbikes, tools, knives & guns • Economics • English teaching – how to help people learn English, develop & consolidate their skills • Environment – maintaining and enhancing it • Firearms – always found them fascinating. Don’t really know why. • Films and entertainment – Science fiction is my favourite genre • Food and drink – discovering new flavours, and nutrition • Guitars – had a couple, cannot play them – love the sound, and the form, though. Want an electro-acoustic Ovation model – one day. • High speed surface water travel. The amazing