Irene Coggi

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• Italian^Expert
• English^Expert
• Dutch^Intermediate
• Spanish^Beginner
• German^Beginner
• French^Beginner

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Milano 4761:31902 Why: I live in Milan	COUCH IN TRANSLATION 253:691
Invasions and Events organization 78:222	Stockholm 5296:11636 Why: Going to Stockholm soon!!!
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My couch is in the living rooms. Me and my mother have our own rooms and my rabbit lives in my room. Sometimes we have a dog which stays in the living room also at night but it's only for a few weeks every year when my father goes on holidays.

HOW TO REQUEST:
I will accept only request made with the CS request form and with the word STAR in the subject line. This is just to be sure that you have read my profile. Don't ask me for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow because I don't live alone and I can't tell my mother that I have guests tomorrow :) The couch is in the living room, where she does part of her work, that's the reason why she doesn't like to have people around too often but if I say YES don't worry..she doesn't bite and has been super kind with any of my previous guests :)

UPDATE
I host people to get to know them and spend time together. So from now on I will host only when I have time to show you around or if you are a fellow hiker, runner, climber. I'm sorry but I had a couch surf experience where my guest was leaving early and coming back late in the evening so that I talked more to people I met at aperitivos. Well, I'm not the one the do CS only to help someone.

HOUSE:
I live in a quiet garden suburb of Milan. The center can be reached in less than half an hour with subway. I live in a flat with my mother and a dwarf rabbit (which stays in my room). We have a computer with internet and the televison (a few channels in English should be there, we have pay-tv lol). My mother and I don't smoke. We can host smokers as long as they don't smoke in the house.

COUCH:
I have an air bed, which can be used by 1-2 people.
You can use the bathroom.

FOOD:
We cannot afford to guive you food. Surfers will have to pay for their food, I can show you where the supermarket is. You can use the kitchen to cook your food.

PETS:
I have a dwarf rabbit, which stays in my room, and a dog that comes every now and then when my father goes on holiday. Also the dog doesn't bite :)

WHEN IS BEST TO COME:
I'm a university student and I have lessons during terms at university so in that period I'm pretty busy during the weekdays but we can stay together at night. During the weekend I usually run or hike in the mountains, it depends on the weekends if I can find time for you. You can always ask! My term breaks are JAN FEB and JUN JUL and SEPT. I always have to study sigh! and give exams sigh sigh sigh! but I have more chances to have time for you ;)
I like hosting people with same interests because I spend a lot of spare time running and in the mountains so you have more chances I will say YES even if I know you can follow me!

TRASPORT:
Close to my house we have, like I said before the subway station and some buses. but I think you will use mainly the underground as it is the fastes way to get to the center. You can make a daily ticket. There is a bus terminal for buses which goes outside the city.

FACILITIES:
A shopping center, with shops and a supermarket is close to my house. I can bring you there or show you where it is.

SHOWING AROUND:
I can show people around in weekends and in the periods when I don't have lessons at university (Jan-Feb and Jun-Sept).


SUGGESTIONS:
If you want to know more about Milano try the CS wiki about Milano. Some amazing guys have written there pretty anything you may need to know about Milano. It gets to be useful for locals too....I've never claimed to know everything about anything lol!!!

RUNNING IN MILANO:
There are some parks where you can practise running

MONTAGNETTA
QT8 STOP Red line underground
It's a hilly park so it means many up and downs. You'll meet many other runners and there is a wonderful panorama from the summit. There is a 10KM route but i've never learnt it. You can always try to ask.

TRENNO PARK
It is right close to the San Siro stadium, but you can always ask me to show you around.
There is a 4KM route, you just have to look down and you'll see direction on the asphalt every km.

PARCO LAMBRO:
never been there

PARCO NORD:
never been there

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Kurty Adams 25, Male Epping, New South Wales Australia Friends since June 2007 "Surfed her couch :)" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend    7	Reia Chmielowski 42, Female Milano, Lombardia Italy Friends since August 2009 "I attended a hike she organized, and very much enjoyed it." Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Emanuele Sabbadin 34, Male Milano, Lombardia Italy Friends since July 2009 "meeting" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend	Roberto Marangoni 34, Male Busto Arsizio, Lombardia Italy Friends since September 2009 "Trip to Stockholm" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend    3
Isaac Clerencia 29, Male Dublin, Dublin Ireland (Republic of) Friends since July 2009 "Hosted me in Milano" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend    2	Aman Khan 39, Male San Donato Milanese, Lombardia Italy Friends since August 2009 "through CS Milano and went togather for hiking" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
FURUUU 29, Male Milano, Lombardia Italy Friends since July 2009 "Picnic @ Bosco in Città" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend	Gabriele Vigoni 35, Male Brivio, Lombardia Italy Friends since August 2009 "I met Irene at a hiking meeting in canzo" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
[HUN]NORA 23, Female Budapest, Budapest Hungary Friends since August 2009 "She was my host in Milan." Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend    3	Carmine D_Alessio 30, Male Milano, Lombardia Italy Friends since August 2009 "We went together hiking at Monte Cornizzolo" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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From Roberto Marangoni
 Busto Arsizio, Italy
 ^{Sep 30}    

Positive

This could be the "Irene Personal Anthem":

"There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough"

From [HUN]NORA
 Budapest, Hungary
 ^{Sep 7}     

Positive

I have spent a very nice weekend in Milan, the capital of fashion... :) I have to say thanks to Irene and her mom, Nanni for hosting, they were very kind and friendly. It was really nice to meet them. Irene is a really cool girl, she can run marathon and climb high mountains... :) Good luck for your runs, climbs and studies and I hope I will see you again. Thanks!

 

From Aman Khan
 San Donato Milanese, Italy
 ^{Aug 16}    

Positive

Irene is really friendly and supportive. We went for hiking and she made lots of efforts to make it successful.
I hope to carry on this activity togather in future.

From Reia Chmielowski
 Milano, Italy
 ^{Aug 16}    

Positive

I attended a hike she organized in the Corni di Canzo region, and very much enjoyed the day. She picked a very good destination and set a very good pace for the hike. I might have liked a bit more hike and a bit less time relaxing on the stops, but with a group such things can't be helped, and it was still fun.

From Carmine D_Alessio
 Milano, Italy
 ^{Aug 16}    

Positive

Irene is kind, nice, punctual, big lover of rock climbing, animals and environment. He have met at a beautiful day hiking at Canzo (to be repeted!). Trusted person!

From Gabriele Vigoni
 Brivio, Italy
 ^{Aug 16}    

Positive

Irene is a very athletic girl, just a little crazy because she does also mountain marathons;)
A good company, and a nice and kind person to stay with...!

 

From Isaac Clerencia
 Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
 ^{Jul 31}     

Positive

Irene hosted me in Milano for a couple of days. She was really nice and her mother too! As I love hiking she took me with a great group of mountain-loving people to the Alps and we had a great day in the mountains :)

 

From Maikel Lourenssen
 Oss, Netherlands
 ^{Jul 20}    

Positive

I met Irene at the CS Milano Picnic in 2009. It was very nice to meetup with her and we had many great chats. Hopefully see you again at the next picnic maybe in Italy or somewhere else.

From FURUUU
 Milano, Italy
 ^{Jul 19}    

Positive

She's a kind, polite and funny girl....it's strange to listen to her talking about rock climbing :-)
Anyway, keep on rockin', girl....

From Emanuele Sabbadin
 Milano, Italy
 ^{Jul 19}    

Positive

She is a very rock & roll girl , i hope to see her soon too :-)

 

From Xavi Tarafa Mercader
 El Masnou, Spain
 ^{Nov 25, 2008}     

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What to say about Irene, Yhe runner, the cyclist, the climber....

three perfect days in Milano with Irene and her mother Luciana as a perfect hosts. Wonderful experience.

Irene, remember
1) March 2010: Barcelona Marathon.
2) Let me know when going to Mt Everest :-)

From Lena Vande
 Gent, Belgium
 ^{Feb 28, 2008}    

Positive

Irene showed me arround on the second day in Italy, in dutch! Thanks maybe see you another time...

From Milan Ruzicka
 Bratislava, Slovakia
 ^{Feb 19, 2008}     

Positive

Irene is a nice girl. She stayed at my place over 1 weekend. We then went to CS meeting in Slovak pub here in Bratislava.

From Amanda Morrrow
 London, United Kingdom
 ^{Feb 7, 2008}    

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Met up with Irene in Milan for drinks. Really lovely girl, cant wait to cheer her on in the London Marathon 2008!!!

 

From FISTULA
 Bruchsal, Germany
 ^{Dec 24, 2007}    

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I also really enjoyed talking to you and hope you are coming soon to my home.
buon natale

From Chaitanya Dongre
 Enschede, Netherlands
 ^{Dec 20, 2007}    

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Irene is full of energy and curious about so many different things! I was really fascinated by her interest (and success) in running marathons! fantastic! I would love to join you but unfortunately it didnt work out the last time, I hope the next time I'm in Milan we can go running together to this "Hill" near your house! Take care! and good luck with your studies and all the upcoming marathons!

 

From Arthur Mulle
 Brest, France
 ^{Oct 1, 2007}     

Positive

I showed in milano one night before the anniversary of the milano community, irene gave all the informations to make the things simple, she is really nice and pleasant person, i which her l the best and i am waiting for her in bordeaux for the maraton.
Her mom as well is really nice and helpful person i hope there were more people like that in the world.
See you soon i n france good luck for this year

From Spiros Poniros
 Athens, Greece
 ^{Aug 16, 2007}    

Positive

We had a nice chat during walking around the central places of Milan. Thanks a lot.

 

From Kurty Adams
 Epping, Australia
 ^{Jun 18, 2007}     

Positive

Irene and her mum were plesant. Her mum is a great cook and very helpful. Irene showed me everything i needed to get started when i landed here which is better then i could have hoped for :) We went to the Giro D'Italia and out for dinner which was awesome fun. Grazie Irene! :D

From Ria Hylton
 London, United Kingdom
 ^{May 27, 2007}     

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Irene was my first host, we had lovely conversations about many things and watched an Italian TV (very interesting), I am forever greatful for her for inviting me into her home, I hope she makes the marathon in London

 

From Alex Mikhnenko
 Groningen, Netherlands
 ^{Apr 15, 2007}     

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Irene hosted my girlfriend Oksana and me at her beautiful accommodation for two nights. It was very nice experience. Irene's mother cooked very nice Italian dinner for us. Thank you very much for a nice stay in Milan =)

From Gerry Tantingco
 Lake Worth, United States
 ^{Mar 17, 2007}    

I met Irene a day before I left Milan and had a nice conversation.

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