CURRENT MISSION

Raising sail at the river's mouth

ABOUT ME

I live in Piedmont, but my roots are in Tuscany. I have a strong passion for knowledge. I like reading, listening and making questions. I'm passionate with writing. I travel as much as I can.

As for my profession, I work for a bank, dealing with communication.

My blog: www.talkingaboutitaly.com

PHILOSOPHY

"Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators." (Albert Camus).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I stumbled across CouchSurfing on Spring 2009 and I soon understood that this kind of social network was probably the most appropriate to my life-style.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was hosted thrice, in England. So far I hosted twice. The experience was enjoyable, unexpected and very interesting. I hope there will be time in the future to get more into it.

Interests

Languages, Politics, History, Economics, Writing, Reading, Hiking, Swimming, Cooking and Having Fun :)

• writing
• books
• cooking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• hiking
• sailing
• swimming
• economics
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Apocalypse Now, Big Wednesday, Excalibur, Land and Freedom, Million Dollar Hotel, Land of Plenty, C'era una volta in America, Bianca, Aprile, La meglio gioventù.

Music: Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Queen, U2, Luigi Tenco, Fabrizio De Andrè, Francesco De Gregori.

Books: Dante Alighieri, Miguel De Cervantes, William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Michail Bulgakov, Ernest Hemingway, Primo Levi, Vasco Pratolini, Romano Bilenchi, Beppe Fenoglio, Carlo Cassola, Charles Bukowski, Erri De Luca.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a year living with homeless people as a civil servant at Turin railway station. Quite a tough experience, but it made me learn a lot.

Teach, Learn, Share

I taught Italian and Writing. I would like to improve my knowledge of English. Every person you know is a book to read and there are always lots of things to tell each other...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy

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