Lucio Venturelli 41, Male Mahe, Greater Victoria Seychelles Friends since April 2006 "evrything" Friendship Type: Best Friend 113
Giuseppe Colla 45, Male Parma, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since October 2006 "Work" Friendship Type: Best Friend
Kerstin Brückner 31, Several people Casalfiumanese, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since June 2006 "We've met lots of times in Bologna on CS meetings and other funny events-he's GREAT!!!!!!!!" Friendship Type: Good Friend
CIANFRY 31, Female Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since April 2007 "chat" Friendship Type: Best Friend
GASPERO 39, Male Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since April 2007 "Met in Paganello 2007!" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for Nicola Lucchetti 30+1
Alida Rubini 38, Female Parma, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since November 2009 "I met Nicola on a Sunday morning among children ..." Friendship Type: Friend
Marta Sandri 28, Female Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since June 2007 "cs par tot" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend I vouched for Nicola Lucchetti
I love CS, when I meet new people I speak always of Couchsurfing.
I have participated and organized some meeting in Italy and in London. I am moderator of some groups and I was ambassador of my city for some years.
FRAMMENTO DI UN DIARIO DI VIAGGIO.... Comè - Benin - Africa
....Primo giorno di scuola!!! Sveglia presto, dobbiamo essere a scuola alle 8, devo fare il fotografo e installare la multifunzione sull’altro computer. Ma invece faccio l’aiuto maestro, se cosi mi posso definire.
Mi metto a fare un po’ di foto, poi inizio a far giocare i bambini con lo scivolo, poi con la palla e così via. Una grande emozione il primo giorno d’asilo, qualcuno che si adatta subito, qualcuno che come vede il suo amico si mette a giocare e qualcuno che inizia a piangere e vuole la mamma.
Da subito qualche bambino mi prende in simpatia e come mi sposto mi segue. Alle dieci sono già stanco come se fossero le ventidue. Mentre i bambini fanno la merenda, con un po’ di riso, vado con suon Nadine e un bambino, che non ha ancora smesso di piangere da questa mattina, a fare le nostre commissioni. Gommista, elettrauto (che non c’è) e a cercare il materiale elettrico per collegare il regolatore di tensione.
Torniamo e come ovvio non mi metto a fare il tecnico ma a giocare di nuovo con i bambini. Il sole picchia forte e stiamo al coperto, ma nelle aule c’è caldo perché non ci sono i plafoni e il tetto in eternit fa come effetto forno. Per fortuna delle nuvole ci aiutano. I bimbi iniziano ad andare in crisi e uno dietro l’altro iniziano a piangere. Che bel concerto!! Mi metto a giocare con un bimbo, poi inizio a chiamare quelli che ci guardano, allora metto un po’ di sedie per formare un semicerchio e inizio a farmi battere un “cinque” sulle mani. Uno alla volta, sempre più veloce.
Arriviamo ad essere in otto, qualcuno che partecipa e qualcuno che guarda. Mi diverto un sacco, è un emozione fortissima. Dopo un po’ si perdono in altri giochi, e il bimbo che era venuto con noi riprende a piangere, però standomi sempre vicino. Me lo metto sulle gambe e inizio a farlo saltellare. Dopo un po’ smette di piangere e poi crolla addormentato, che spettacolo non mi era mai capitato. Se ne sta buono per circa una mezzoretta, mentre ormai non sento più le gambe e ho il sedere devastato dalla sedietta di legno, ma non voglio svegliarlo.
Arrivano i genitori a prendere i bambini che non stanno a pranzo, e arriva anche la mamma del mio piagnucolone/dormiglione, che me lo prende dalle braccia e se lo carica sulla schiena. Mentre cerco di far circolare il sangue nelle gambe, mi viene quasi da piangere al pensiero che fra un mese tornerò a casa (cavoli siamo alla prima mattina, chissà fra un mese).
Il mio primo giorno di scuola non me lo ricordo e non avendo figli non so cosa si prova portarlo a scuola, ma questa mattina sarà difficile da dimenticare.
Una piccola considerazione, se mi sono preso gli orecchioni dando la mano a qualche bimbo in giro, non oso pensare cosa mi sarò preso oggi avendo avuto tutti quei bimbi addosso......
Fragment of a journal.... Comè - Benin - Africa
…First day of school!! We have to wake up early to be at school at eight o’clock. I have to take some pictures and to install the multifunction on the other computer. But I am the teacher assistant instead, if I can define myself like that…
I start taking some pictures, then I let the children play on the slide, then with a ball and so on. The fist day of nursery school is a huge emotion. Someone adapts immediately, someone starts playing as soon as he sees his friend and someone starts crying and calls for his mother. From the beginning some children take a liking to me and keeps following me everytime I move. At ten o’clock in the morning I’m already tired as it would be ten o’clock in the evening. While the children are having a snack (a little of rice), I follow Nun Nadine and a child, who has not stopped crying till this morning and we go all together on errands. Tyreman, car electrician (who was not there) and a search for electrical equipment (we have to connect the voltage regulator). We are back and obviously now I am not the technician, but I keep on playing with the children instead. The sun is beating down and we stay under cover, but it’s very hot in the classrooms because there are no ceilings and the roof is made of eternit (the room is like an oven). But we are lucky and some clouds help us. The children start to go into crisis and one after the other they start crying. What a beautiful concert!! I start playing with a child, then I start calling those who are looking at us. Then I take some chairs to make a half-circle and I start asking them to give me a five. One at a time, faster and faster. At the end we are eight with someone who participates and someone who simply looks at me. I’m having fun, it’s a huge emotion. After a while the children start doing other games and the child who was on errands with me and the nun before starts crying again, but always staying next to me. I put him on my legs and I start making him hop about. After a while he stops crying and falls asleep, a real spectacle, It has never happened to me before. He stays calm for half an hour; I can’t feel my legs and my ass is devastated because of the little wooden chair, but I don’t want to wake him up. The parents arrive taking home the children who are not staying for lunch; there is also the mother of my little crybaby/sleepy-head. She takes him from my arms and she carries him on her back. While I try to make my blood circulate in my legs I almost start crying thinking about the coming back home in a month (and it’s only the firts morning, I can’t figure out how it will be in a month). I don’t remember my first day at school and I don’t have children, so i don’t know how you feel when you take them to school. But I think that it will be very difficult to forget this morning. A little consideration: if I’ve taken epidemic parotits shaking hands with some children around, I don’t dare thinking about what I have catch today with all those children on me….
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Incontrato per caso su un treno, conosciuto meglio a La Digue. Anche se non ho viaggiato con lui lo ritengo un ottimo compagno di viaggio per il resto a La Digue ho vissuto esperienze che ancora mi emozionano...soprattutto il mio battesimo del mare
Diciamo che non vedo l'ora di incontrarlo in giro per il mondo e vivere nuove esperienze
Nicola is a great man with great CS spirit,he organize events and met anyone whenever he goes around the globe.He is so adventurous and he loves what he do best.He is so kind that he invited me to his place for dinner and we share a great talk and laugh. I believe he will definitely live up his dreams and I'm glad I get to know him.Cheers and all the best in your future undertaking and we shall meet again somewhere someday =)
The funniest memory I have of Nicola is the PAREOPARTY, great night, great people, great party! Something about Nicola? Maybe the craziest of the group!
I met Nicola by chance through my couch surfing friend Lucio. Nicola is a very honest, reliable, friendly and sociable person. I loved listening to his active couch surfing life and activities he was involved in London. Nicola is a person everyone would love to travel with not only because of his kind, outgoing personality but also because of being reliable and willing to share his experiences. I feel lucky I came to know Nicola
Nicola is very kind bubbly and easy going guy. We met in London and we shared good time together.Thanks to him I joined CS and I now much enjoy it!!!!
Well,definately meeting Nicola has been a very good experience and I wish him all the best.
Nicola is a great man, with a very open mind and an adventurous spirit. He will help you out if he can, and show you some real Cs attitude. Good luck in your crazy traveling around the world!
Nicola is always in good humour which is contagious. Always smiley and chatty. He is very pleasant to be around. We used to play Ultimate Frisbee almost every weekend and he told us he would be leaving for Seychelles everyone was sad. we hope to see him again in London for more fun. I improved my Frisbee playing skills Nicola but I still can't jump high like you.
simply magnificent!
despite the age difference I never had so much fun in one evening! is a man of great experience and with an action eh has saved me and a night that started on the wrong foot !!!!! the most reliable
We met at the Give MI 5 event in Milan!
Great event we spent a big part of the time partying together!
Nicola is a nice, dynamic and smiling person!
Hope to see you again one day!
Can come to Paris anytime you want!
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