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Overview

  • 6 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian; learning German, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Sculptor/Educator
  • BFA 2007 The University of the Arts/ Philadelphia PA
  • From Ventnor, NJ
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Make Art/History.

ABOUT ME

I am a sculptor and world traveler, an avid reader and an amateur art historian. . I like living in places that used to be the center of civilization.

PHILOSOPHY

Such a shame, My defenses have become my own restrictions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Using it to learn another language and meet people. I have hosted a number of people, not all the time through couchsurfing, but when I was a tour guide, I met about 20 people a day, and sometimes helped them out with accommodation and historical tidbits.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I lived on a mattress on the floor for 3 weeks in Tivoli... pre-joining this site. I basically lived in my art studio. I have lived in a new apartment every two months for more than a year. Does that count?

Interests

Music, Art, Italian language, monumentality, books, history.

  • arts
  • books
  • socializing
  • music
  • art history
  • history
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutiz
One Thousand Years of Nonlinear History By Manuel DeLanda,
Anything by Tom Robbins or Hemingway or Nietzsche.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I met Ghaddaffi.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been to the Vatican Museums over 200 times. If there is something you want to know about that place, I think I am the guy to ask.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good stories, beer, offer of friendship and hopefully one day, a couch in return.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States

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