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Overview

  • 16 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Italian; learning English, French, Portuguese
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • studying physics
  • scientific high school degree, now studying physics.
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About Me

generous, a little shy, doubtful, sometimes silent, enthusiast, I love to change my mind.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I traveled a bit through couchsurfing some years ago, now it's been a while I don't do it, it didn't adapt to the way I used to travel lately.

Now I finally have a place to host, so it's time to give back!

I read a good night story with Alessandro to his wonderful daughter Bianca, i knew about Paolo's Santiago plans, i spent a great night in a haunted house in Viareggio, I stayed in the most incredible home in Amsterdam, and lots of other stories.

Interests

Thinking. about serious stuff, about stupid things.

Playin (with) music, mostly with my tenor sax. Also guitar, my voice, some percussions, harp, berimbau, but i'm not good with these. Well, i'm not that good with sax either, i define myself as a reed-chewer.

Physics, I've studied it for years, now I'm taking a break from it, but I still love to talk about it!

Activism.

Discovering and experimenting alternative ways of living.

Busking.

Reading everything, I mostly enjoy nutrition charts on corn flakes' boxes.

Writing stuff that probably nobody will every read.[an example: this list]

Listening to the music, the perfection of Coltrane's sound, the whispering trumpet of Miles, Jaco's groove, the touching voice of Tiken, the perfect music machine of Groundation and lots of other emotions.

reach any place by bike.

streetbasket: poor skills, lots of application.

Living with less.

Dancing dnb, reggae, other electro stuff, or anything else(if i'm drunk enough).

Hitch hiking!

  • writing
  • dancing
  • shopping
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • trumpet
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • emergency services
  • physics
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Dostojevskij, Gogol, Kafka, Borges, Svevo, Rimbaud, John Barth, Pynchon, Foster Wallace, Bolano, Burroughs, Prevert, Pirandello, Denis Johnson, Baudelaire, Wu Ming, Dick, Watterson, McGruder, Bulgakov, London, Melville, Leopardi, Merini, Caproni, Villon, Chatwin, Proust, Gadda, Landolfi, Kleist...

jazz, fusion, funk, ska, dubstep, dnb, trance, reggae, some good italian music, jimi, progressive rock, a little bit of metal and other stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made a stone bounce six times on water once, I'm pretty satisfied with that.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to jam if you play music. If you don't, I can teach you some basics so that we can jam! If you are a singer, I'd like some tips on the technique.

I want to hear about anything you know quite well, listen to people talking about "their thing" is always amazing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I live with a friend in the13th arrondissement. The house isn't huge and we have no living room, but I have some space in my room. If you are small sized you can fit on the couch, otherwise I can share half of the double sized bed or we can make space on the floor.
The ones who come by Hitchhiking get the whole bed for the first night. Proof required (a panel, a police fine, a half-rotten sandwich from the gas station shop)

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy

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