I'm a 23-year-old student of Psychology living in Valencia for 9 years, but this is the first one I'm living in the city center, where I'm experiencing Valencia from its bitting heart.
I spent my last 2 years living in Belgium - the first one as an Erasmus student, and the second year as an official citizen.
I was born in Rome, Italy. When I was 5, we moved to Ibiza, my grandma's birthplace. Perhaps I can consider myself as a lucky one for spending my boyhood swimming in the Mediterranean sea, at the shores of a pretty, busy island.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The reason why I chose to participate in an exchange with Bulgarian students, to go 3 weeks to London, to go on Erasmus, to live one more year in Belgium, to go to Barcelona by my own, etc. it's because I really like being around new people, be exposed to some degree of uncertainty and say "Ciao!" to my comfort zone for a while as I learn new stuff from anyone/anything.
When I was told that one could be with someone who shares these same feelings and thoughts, staying in their places for some days, a cartoon-like bulb got lit up over my head.

Interests

Nowadays, I'm pretty devoted to my degree - it's time I got it done!
Nevertheless, whenever I've got some money saved and spare time, I like to travel around and hang out with friends. If I can do both, even better!

I enjoy hiking around the not-so-high mountains of Valencia and its surroundings, running in and along the old river crossing the whole city, reading books of all kind (specially now in summertime), and, as I said, going out and meeting new people.

Languages are my passion about to become a fetiche. Not sure whether I'll master as many as I'd like to. Still, I'm committed to challenge myself and get surprised during the process.

• books
• running
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• swimming
• languages
• psychology
• study abroad
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I should start doing a list for all them because sometimes I start listening to a song on YouTube or Spotify, and I end up discovering a nice new one. From my time in Belgium, I developed quite a taste for Deep House and Techno Music. Is that all what it is? No way! My preferences from music still stay pretty eclectic: you could see me waking up with 70-80s' pop music and going to bed with Debusy.

I'm in love with Woody Allen's sarcastic yet hilarious way of depicting reality as he perceives it, specially in "Scoop" and "Whatever works". I still feel amazed when recalling movies like "Inception" and "Shutter island". And the list goes on and on...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Italy, Spain