ABOUT ME

I guess I am a "cervello in fuga", as they say in Italian. That is, a researcher who abandoned Italy because of despair about Italian universities.
I have just come back to Italy, my home country, after six years in the UK. Unfortunately, this is most probably just a short parenthesis - of 1 year, 2 if I am really lucky - before going back to rainy England (for which, though, I have also developed a lot of affection). But you never know, and anyway I am determined to enjoy every minute of it.

Also, even if this is a return to Italy, Floreence is totally new to me, so all in all I feel in the middle of a (re?)discovery.

I enjoy dancing, cooking, travelling, activism of different kinds, hiking, spending time with friends. I think I have a good sense of humour.

PHILOSOPHY

I guess you need to be warned that I am left-wing, and quite strongly so.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just through hosting and being hosted, so far, I'm afraid.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I can only say great, but boring and predictable, things about Couchsurfing. It simply delivers what it promises: much deeper and more personal insights on the places you are traveling in, and the chance to meet good people.

Interests

Travelling, Hiking, Dancing, Graphic Novels, Philosophy, Politics, Global Justice, activism, Cooking

• dancing
• cooking
• politics
• traveling
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm afraid I'm not a music expert, with the exception of the Italian songwriter Fabrizio de Andre'.
I am going through a Balkan phase at the moment, and listening to a lot of Goran Bregovic - and Pada Kisa, by Alen Islamovic!
Books - some random choices: The Tin Drum, The Day of the Owl, Anna Karenina. I am a big fan of Ryszard Kapuściński, although I have to confess I'm not a very good fan in general - in fact, I only found out that he (kind of) recently died (sniff) because I googled his name to check the right spelling to write his name here...

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, United Kingdom

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