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Groups I Belong To Forlì 48:162 Why: I live here with my girlfriend Simona!
| Emilia-Romagna 2239:1051 Why: I wander through the region and I live in Forlì!
| Modena 109:286 Why: I lived in Modena for a year
| Catania 277:998 Why: My hometown
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Couch Information
Couch Available: Yes Preferred Gender: Any Max Surfers Per Night: 1
Shared Sleeping Surface: No Shared Room: No--^_^--- In this apartment, you will find two human beings called Roberto and Simona. :)
We live in the historical center of Forlì, a nice city in the heart of Romagna (approx. 50 minutes by train from Bologna). We have a very comfortable and wide couch in our living room.
We have blankets and pillows for you. The bathroom is barely two steps far from your couch. We have towels too, if you want to have a shower.
1-2 days is fine, but if we're particularly in feeling we can host you more!
We don't smoke, but if you want you can go smoking on the balcony.
There's always music sounding through our rooms - oftimes played by ourselves. So if you're a musician, you're double-welcome! :)
If you'd like to share a meal with us, that would be great. Don't panic if you prefer vegetarian cuisine: we love it!
We can generally show you around and go for a beer or a concert. Better during weekends!
Please write us a message and tell us something about you if you're keen to be our guest! It would be a proof you've read this few words :)
Roberto and Simona
[PHOTOS SOON!] Friends (39)
Adelaide Fontana 19, Female Catania, Sicilia Italy Friends since May 2007 "my master of life :)" Friendship Type: Close Friend
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Iman El Shami 21, Female Aberystwyth, Wales United Kingdom Friends since December 2006 "looong story :D" Friendship Type: Good Friend
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Adriana Riela 26, Female Catania, Sicilia Italy Friends since October 2007 "thanks to music" Friendship Type: Close Friend
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Giusy Maccarrone 22, Female Catania, Sicilia Italy Friends since May 2008 "We surfed the couches of Catania's malls :D" Friendship Type: Friend
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Karmen Giorgio 41, Several people Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since July 2009 "met at Loianobalkanfestival" Friendship Type: Good Friend
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Francesca Montanari 26, Female Granada, Andalucia Spain Friends since June 2008 "He came to Fano and we spent some time togheter, eating a typical sicilian dish, drinking wine and speaking english :)" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Anna Aglietti 32, Female Milano, Lombardia Italy Friends since September 2008 "surfed my couch for a week" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Jacqueline Lewin 27, Female New Haven, Connecticut United States Friends since July 2008 "i was unable to host him but we met for a meal and a chat" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Stéphanie Le Fresne 27, Female Valencia, Valencian Community Spain Friends since July 2008 "Met in Valencia" Friendship Type: Friend
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Costanza Ghirardi 22, Female Parma, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since October 2008 "a bit...and i know he likes to have his own vodka always with him! :)" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Personal Description Briefly: I'm a very unregular student, a freelance journalist, a cultural operator for an association based in Modena, a film-maker and an audio/video editor. I compose, play and sing my own music. I usually live at night.
ABOUT ME : Pirru.net | Myspace | Anobii
MUSIC : Pirru | Vers mon oubli | Postcard Paper
WORDS (in Italian) : Blog | Fugitive Motel
THE WANDERER Music Magazine : followthewanderer.net
PLEASE, TAKE A LOOK AT:
Survival - il movimento per i popoli indigeni
Peta - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Care2 - Online community for healthy and green living
MY NEXT CS EVENTS
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NEXT MOVES
6-7 Nov: San Felice del Benaco, Lombardia, Italy.
TRAVELS IN 2009
Dec 30 - Jan 2 : Catania, Sicilia, Italy.
Jan 3-5 : Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
Feb 8 : Mantova, Lombardia, Italy.
Feb 15 : Firenze, Toscana, Italy.
Mar 10 : Chambéry/Lyon, France.
Mar 11 : Tours/Rennes, France.
Mar 12 : Rennes, Bretagne, France.
Mar 13 : Lorient, Bretagne, France.
Mar 14-15 : Poulancre, Bretagne, France.
Apr 10 : Pisa, Toscana, Italy.
Apr 18 : Oggiono, Lombardia, Italy.
Apr 21 : Brandizzo, Piemonte, Italy.
Apr 24 : Marcallo con Casone, Lombardia, Italy.
Apr 25 : Varese/Velate, Lombardia, Italy.
May 9 : Castelmaggiore, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
May 10 : Crevalcore, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
May 18 : Fiorano Modenese, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
May 19 : Medolla, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
May 20 : Mirandola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
May 24 : Colorno Folk Festival, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
May 30-Jun 2 : Ireland.
Jun 11 : Lucca, Toscana, Italy.
Jun 12 : Balkan Night, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Jun : Livorno, Toscana, Italy.
Jul 4-6 : Friction Festival, Spilamberto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Jul 5 : Monterenzio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Jul 18-19 : Certaldo, Toscana, Italy.
Jul 19 : San Gimignano, Toscana, Italy.
Jul 31-Aug 1 : A Boxful Of Treasures Folk Festival, Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Aug 8 : Bolbeno, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Aug 12 : Montecreto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Aug 25 : San Giovanni in Persiceto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Sep 3: Cento, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Sep 4-5: San Vigilio di Marebbe, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Sep 5: Novellara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Sep 19 : Loiano Balkan Festival
TRAVELS IN 2008
Jan 18 : Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Jan 19-21 : London, England, United Kingdom.
Apr 10-12 : London, England, United Kingdom.
Apr 13-17 : Glasgow/Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Apr 15 : Highlands/Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Jun 24-26 : Macerata, Marche, Italy.
Jun 27 : Fano, Marche, Italy.
Jun 28-Jul 3 : Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Jul 4-6 : Loiano Balkan Festival, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Jul 7-16 : Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.
Jul 17 : Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Jul 18-20 : Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Aug 10 : Castelbuono, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Aug 26 : Maranello, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Aug 27-Sep 6 : 65. Mostra del Cinema. Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Sep 8 : London, England, United Kingdom.
Sep 9-14 : Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
Sep 15-21 : Milano Film Festival. Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
Sep 23-26 : La Notte dei Ricercatori. "GraalFiction" e "Triste Tristano" screenings. Catania, Sicily, Italy.
Sep 30 : Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy.
Oct 4-5 : Palio di Parma. Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Oct 18 : Florikultura. Loiano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Oct 21 : Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Oct 24-27 : Wien, Austria.
Nov 7 : Scandiano, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Nov 15 : Montecchio, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Nov 16 : Nonantola, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Oct 22 : Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Nov 23 : Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Nov 28-29 : Maranello, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Dec 2 : Carpi, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Dec 5-8 : Filmfestival del Garda. Salò, Lombardia, Italy.
CouchSurfing Experience PEOPLE WHO HOSTED ME:
Francesca Montanari (Fano, Marche, Italy)
Stefano Canziani (Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Barbara Rotovnik (Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Giulio Rosalia (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Valentina Miozzo (Maranello, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
DJ FLUFFY (London, England, United Kingdom)
Anna Aglietti (Milano, Lombardia, Italy)
Costanza Ghirardi (Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Marco Bertini (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Iman El Shami (Wien, Austia)
PEOPLE I HOSTED:
Iman El Shami at Loiano Balkan Festival
Stephanie Sworniowski (from Krakow, Poland)
MEETINGS I JOINED:
Jul 4-6 : Loiano Balkan Festival
Oct 4-5 : Palio di Parma
Oct 18 : Florikultura
Oct 19 : MoMe! (organizer)
Oct 24 : CS Vienna Party Night
Nov 28 : In a Country House in Maranello.
Apr 4 : A Lunch On The Hills!, Monghidoro, Italy.
Jun 12 : Balkan Night, Bologna, Italy.
Sep 19 : Loiano Balkan Festival
Interests Even more than I can truly imagine.
Philosophy Still missing a lot of pieces for the whole European puzzle :)
JOURNEYS I'D LIKE TO DO:
- Go down along Istria from Trieste, crossing Slovenia and finally reaching Croatia. Possibly cycling the Slovenian seaside.
- Cross the Italian/French border from Liguria to Nice, passing by Monaco.
- Enjoy the Oresund strait and take the bridge that connects Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden.
- Sail the Baltic Sea from Helsinki to Tallinn and then go east for St. Petersburg.
Music, Movies, Books PAINTERS: Ray Caesar, Daniel Martin Diaz, Mark Ryden, H. R. Giger, Gustave Doré, Trevor Brown, John Tenniel, Elizabeth McGrath, Miss Van, Tim Biedron, Francisco Goya, Lori Earley, Tim Biskup, William Blake, Edward Gorey, Egon Schiele, Caspar David Friedrich, David Stoupakis, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Salvador Dalì, Johann Heinrich Fussli, Todd Schorr, Stanley Donwood, Cédric Tanguy, Michael Hussar...
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Nobuyoshi Araki, Eugene Atget, David Bailey, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Herr Buchta, Farrokh Chothia, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Ernst Haas, Sharad Haksar, Lewis Hine, Shannon Hourigan, André Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sebastiao Salgado, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Victor Trush, Garry Winogrand, Kohei Yoshiyuki...
MUSIC
In this period: Bonnie Prince Billy, Caparezza, Cisco, Combustible Edison, Deanta, Elis Regina, Liz Carroll, Rodrigo y Gabriela.
A random list: 2 Foot Yard, A Perfect Circle, A Silver Mt. Zion, A Whisper In The Noise, Air, Antony and The Johnsons, Apparat, Nicola Arigliano, Angelo Badalamenti, Franco Battiato, Bauhaus, Beck, Bonnie Prince Billy, Jacques Brel, Buena Vista Social Club, Vinicio Capossela, Liz Carroll, Nick Cave, Cinema Strange, Cisco, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Paco De Lucia, Depeche Mode, Devics, Dirty Three, Dresden Dolls, Elbow, Danny Elfman, Elio e Le Storie Tese, Brian Eno, Faun Fables, Final Fantasy, Diamanda Galas, Carlos Gardel, Jonny Greenwood, Lisa Germano, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Neil Halstead, Al Jarreau, Joy Division, Carla Khilstedt, Wojciech Kilar, Kaki King, Loreena McKennitt, Massive Attack, Brad Mehldau, Mogwai, Mojave3, Ennio Morricone, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Narcotango, Nina Nastasia, Nine Inch Nails, Mike Patton, Peeping Tom, Jocelyn Pook, Portishead, Radiohead, Damien Rice, Terry Riley, Shellac, Sigur Ros, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Slint, Luigi Tenco, The Cure, This Is Your Captain Speaking, This Will Destroy You, Yann Tiersen, Tomahawk, Tool, Emiliana Torrini, Jill Tracy, Uzeda, Richard Wagner, Tom Waits, Shannon Wright, Thom Yorke...
DIRECTORS: Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Alejandro Amenabar, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Michelangelo Antonioni, Darren Aronofsky, Ingmar Bergman, Danny Boyle, Robert Bresson, Mel Brooks, Tim Burton, Park Chan-wook, David Cronenberg, Alfonso Cuaron, Manoel De Oliveira, Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood, Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Milos Forman, Jean-Luc Godard, Michel Gondry, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Wong Kar-wai, Kim Ki-duk, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Takeshi Kitano, Stanley Kubrick, Im Kwon-taek, Patrice Leconte, Sergio Leone, Richard Linklater, David Lynch, Takashi Miike, Tsai Ming-Liang, Hayao Miyazaki, Christopher Nolan, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alain Resnais, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Johnnie To, Giuseppe Tornatore, Lars Von Trier, François Truffaut, Gus Van Sant, Luchino Visconti, Billy Wilder ...
ACTORS: Sandrine Bonnaire, Adrien Brody, Michael Caine, Fabrice Luchini, Kyle MacLachlan, John Malkovich, Edward Norton, Guy Pearce, Stephen Tobolowsky, Grace Zabriskie ...
BOOKS: Isabel Allende, Antonin Artaud, Charles Baudelaire, Stefano Benni, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Bertolt Brecht, Charles Bukowski, Italo Calvino, Albert Camus, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Philip Dick, Fedor Dostoevskij, Ludwig Feuerbach, David Grossman, Herman Hesse, James Joyce, Frank Kafka, Alda Merini, Haruki Murakami, Friedrich Nietzsche, Chuck Palahniuk, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Fernando Pessoa, Marcel Proust, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Leonardo Sciascia, Luis Sepulveda, William Shakespeare, August Strindberg, Elio Vittorini...
Teach, Learn, Share I can teach you some history of photography, cinema, art and literature, singing techniques, some audio and video shooting tips and a few recipes.
I absolutely want to learn everything you would teach me.
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done The breathtaking view from the Arthur's Seat (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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The enchanted atmosphere in Montmartre (Paris, France)
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Taking relaxing walks through the Jardín del Turia (Valencia, Spain)
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Taking a nap on a bench near the Serpentine at Hyde Park (London, England)
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The astonishing seaside of Acitrezza (Sicily, Italy)
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The uncontamination of the Highlands along the road to Inverness, Scotland
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At night, staring at the stars from Westminster Bridge (London, England)
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Cycling among art and history in Ravenna, Italy
Having a talk about life with seamen at the Old Port (Marseille, France)
Eating several kinds of cheese lying on the grass of Parco Ducale (Parma, Italy)
Staying idle on the Halfpenny Bridge over the river Liffey (Dublin, Ireland)
Having breakfast at dawn in Trafalgar Square (London, England)
Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Austria, France, Greece, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Malta, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican LIVED: Italy WANTS TO GO: Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Monaco, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland IS GOING TO: France References
From Karmen Giorgio Bologna, Italy Aug 27 Positive A very nice and decent guy:)
From Giulia Bommaci Bologna, Italy Aug 21 Positive Roberto...what a sweet and nice guy!!!
Able to sing songs in so many different languages, with a good taste for beer and amazing ideas for parties!
It's always so nice when he joins some events in Bologna and always a great pleasure to have him around.
He comes and the atmosphear changes!!
Modena has a brilliant pearl, I strongly suggest to meet him...highly recomended!!!
From Juliana Ferreira Belo Horizonte, Brazil Aug 20 Positive Roberto was one of the first people to answer the call to Caipirinha Party in Bologna, even before we met personally. What a good surprise! Roberto speaks a little portuguese, likes the same music that I do, was my companion for a caipirinha drinks and fun, so... a pity that my time in Italy will never be enough to share and learn everything I want with amazing people like him, but good to know that this time was special enough to leave me with a lot of "saudade" and good memories. Now I'm hoping this new friend to come and do a Caipirinha Party in the sands of a brazilian beach. Ci vediamo, caro!
From Stefano Pellone Bologna, Italy Jun 24 Positive The first time I saw him, I suppose to know "Sandokan"! Great guy, he is applying himself to make things better. Who am I to don't help him? :D
From Riccardo Saponi Modena, Italy Jun 23 Positive I think that if you are looking for an interesting person, a lover of music, cinema, books and concerts, Roberto is the man that you HAVE to know. We met at a insane-festival made by an insane artist(probably pseudo-artist :D). Beetween fiddles, bodhrans and much beer you can have some good time ;)
From Elena Pedroni Modena, Italy Oct 20, 2008 Positive He wrote me about the CS Meeting in Modena and he helped me to joint the group via mobile!!I like his smile and I'm happy I had the time to chat and have fun with him and the other people at the meeting!!!Good and friendly organizer!
From Giusy Maccarrone Catania, Italy Oct 14, 2008 Positive We met up...one time and a half :D and it was enough to endear myself to him :) He outshines for his honesty, sensitivity, sensibility and well, he's a lot of fun.
I am sure he would be a great fellow traveller :)
Ti vogghiu beni xD
From Marco Bertini Bologna, Italy Oct 11, 2008 Positive I met Roberto in Parma meeting, and after I met him again, and hosted him and Simona, in Florikultura meeting.
He is a nice guy, full of energy and with a great culture. We share the same interest on movies; he is an active member of the community and is giving a lot of help to improve the Modena group. See you soon, Roberto!
From Simona Benassi Parma, Italy Oct 8, 2008 unforgettable salt experience !!!
From Valentina Miozzo Modena, Italy Aug 29, 2008 Positive I hosted Roberto for just a night but we had a really good time together, we have been to Ferrara to see buskers and we enjoyed a lot! He's a nice guy with lot of dreams for his life that I hope he will realize soon.
From Gerda Grasmane Waitakere, New Zealand Aug 26, 2008 Positive well you can straight away tell that he is studio kid! we had some great time in Fano. he played guitar upside down and did it pretty well! good times, good people! he is open-minded and it was so easy to talk with him! well, i definitely had a good time!
From Jacqueline Lewin New Haven, United States Jul 15, 2008 Positive I met Pirru when he was in Parma visiting and looking for a place to live. We spent an evening chatting about life, love experience, film and food! I am very happy he will coming to live in Parma so we can get to know each other more! See you soon!!
From Stéphanie Le Fresne Valencia, Spain Jul 14, 2008 Positive Roberto has a brain in ebullition, he is a passionate person with many dreams, unlimited interests, and impressive knowledge of a lot of things. He is so kind, talkative, easy going, and gives you such positive energy! It was a pleasure to enjoy his company, definitely meet him! And don’t believe him if he says he doesn’t speak French and Spanish! : ) I don’t have any doubt on the fact that he will have the specific life he wishes. Really hope to meet you soon, all the best Roberto!
From Colt Cabana Milano, Italy Jul 7, 2008 Positive Also known as Vibra (it's not my fault), Rob is a great guy to stay with. He comes from my hometown, Catania, and I had the pleasure to share chats and drink during the Loiano Balkan Festival. It was great spent my weekend with him, he is brilliant, easygoing and funny! Definitely, you must meet this guy!!
From Roberto Moranti Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy Jul 7, 2008 Positive Ciao Omonimo. It was so nice meet you in Loiano, I hope there will be other chances to spend more good time together. See you
From Barbara Rotovnik Parma, Italy Jul 4, 2008 Positive Roberto was a perfect guest! Very polite, inobtrusive, independent, cooks dinner and cleans dishes, and is overall an enjoyable company. My cats would agree :). Roberto is also a very interesting person, very intelligent, mature, with a huge knowledge of many things, and has daring dreams and determination! We enjoyed parma summer musical scene together and it was great! Roberto, all the best for your future and hope to see you in Parma again very soon! Perhaps over a nice dinner on the terrace with Paolo...
From Francesca Montanari Granada, Spain Jul 3, 2008 Positive Roberto is a very creative guy, able to check out a screenplay from an ice-cream shop. It's a pleasure to hear him telling his stories and to listen to him singing Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah with an upside-down guitar. He's a very eclectic and determined person, and I believe he's an artist :) I hope to meet him again, better if looking like Ray Charles playing the piano in a black-and-white world
From Stefano Canziani Parma, Italy Jul 1, 2008 Positive Roberto is a really kind host,it was really nice to have him arround. He is smart talkative and with a lot of project. Hope to meet him again when he is set here in parma
From Teresa Cooper Richland, United States May 31, 2008 Positive Roberto contacted me when he saw I had logged in in Catania. We met for an evening where he showed me around the city. He knows so much about the history of the area, it was amazing to hear all the stories. I highly recommend you contact him if you are in Catania:) Interesting to hear his views on conditions in Catania as well. Good luck on your move to Parma, and with the journalism career.
From Adelaide Fontana Catania, Italy May 23, 2008 Positive Pirru :) I feel very lucky to have met this amazing guy. He's probably the most open-minded person that I know and also kind, friendly and fascinating, always ready for a talk or for a good tea together.
And he's an eclectic artist :) |