CURRENT MISSION

finally learn how to roll my r's!

ABOUT ME

i learn something new everyday.
vegetables make me really happy.
i am one of the most indecisive people i know.
i want to find a way to be useful in this world.
i love waking up under a down comforter in a cold room.
i love the way that music enriches my life.
i appreciate simplicity.
i believe that gratitude is a great virtue and i try to cultivate it in my life.

PHILOSOPHY

be inspired: by people, by travel, by beauty, by life.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

march 2007--surfed with luigi in granada
april 2007--surfed with jared in sevilla
july 2007 and august 2007--surfed with francisco in paris
august 2007--surfed with martin in stockholm
august/sept 2007--surfed with axel in gothenburg
sept 2007--hosted page (usa)
oct 2007--hosted rodrigo (brazil via portugal)
nov 2007--hosted francisco (argentina via france)
dec 2007--hosted eliza and israel (uk and spain)
dec 2007--hosted marijn (holland)
dec 2007--hosted surya and kai (australia and germany)
dec 2007--hosted lisa (usa via spain)
jan 2008--surfed with nuno in lisboa
march 2008--surfed with barka in agadir
march 2008--surfed with simo in fez
march 2008--surfed with hassan in bhalil
march 2008--hosted veith, jenny, and frieda (germany)
april 2008--hosted petr (czech republic)
april 2008--hosted madeleine (austria)

Interessi

yoga, being outside, travel, (experiencing other cultures as a means of) learning about anything and everything, meeting new people, anything that makes me smile, stimulating conversation, reading, spanish, attempting to read in spanish, my much missed bianchi, spending time with my amazing friends, music

• beauty
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music

Musica, film e libri

music: sufjan stevens, carissa's wierd, gillian welch, american analog set, richard buckner, m. ward, deathcab for cutie, josé gonzáles, iron & wine, modest mouse, bob dylan, johnny cash, pinback, wilco, elliot smith, manu chao, sigur rós, postal service
books: siddhartha (hesse), slaughterhouse five (vonnegut), a people´s history of the us (zinn), brothers karamazov (dostoevsky), 100 years of solitude (garcía márquez), desert solitare (abbey), still life with woodpecker (robbins), me talk pretty one day (sedaris)
movies: donnie darko, amelie, harold & maude, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, little miss sunshine, diarios de motocicleta, todo sobre mi madre, hable con ella, triplets of bellevue

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

hmm...i feel blessed that my life has been full of amazing sights and experiences. one that stands out was a 10 day silent meditation at a buddhist monastary in surat thani thailand.

Paesi che ho visitato

France, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Spain, Thailand, United States

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