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  • 52 references 21 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Italian, Spanish; learning English, French, German, Greek (modern), Portuguese
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • architect
  • well educated ; )
  • From Florence, Italy
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About Me

(I live in Florence,Italy, don't know why CS still put me in Cali)

I LOVE dancing SALSA and everything about latin dance.

I am an ARCHITECT, a like a lot my job 'cause it deals with lots of different topic. I'am very interested in social-architecture, cultural-historic heritage.

I like readind. I like the magazine Internazionale. (here the web site http://www.internazionale.it/)

I lived more then two year in COLOMBIA (I came back to Italy in october 2015).
http://simonacolombia.blogspot.it/ I can tell you a lot about this country.

I am a curios person. I like to discover new people an places. I like FOREING LANGUAGES al lot. I took once even class of arabic and japanise.

I collaborate with a VOOLUNTEERINGgroup " Gli Anelli Mancanti", an association that provide italian class and help to immigrants and refuges.
http://www.toctocfirenze.it/gli-anelli-mancanti-un-melting-pot-contro-lemarginazione-nel-cuore-di-firenze/

I like to draw portrait, at least I try ;) !!!, you could be my next insipiration ;)

I think I am a simple person but I have several interest.
I like music, wandering in nature, enjoying active city. I like searching for mmushrooms in the very early mornig but also clubbing until sunrise. It depends.

I like people able to adapt theirself in different situation.

I avoid (as much as I can) Italian restaurant when I am abroad.I do not like suv, pick up hummer used in the verysmallstreet city. I would like to understand more about computer.

I like CS a lot, I have always met nice people. Today it's seem that everything is based on money-power-perfetforeverjoungbuinsnessman/woman and people are getting afraid of each others. I think CS help to see things from differents point of view. CS helped me in beeing more openminded, and helped me focus on deeper values. I always suggest CS to y friends.

I From 2012 to 2015 I was going several times to Colombia. I lived there more than two years.
2010-2011 I lived in Berlin and I did a travel in Chile( and Bolivia a little ).

When I met new people I'd always like to talk with them with their motherlanguage, I know it's not possible!but I try to do it at least with latin languages. I worked for a project in chile u can look this web site www.reclaimingheritage.org I really enjoyed this project and also the theacher and my mate were super!

PHILOSOPHY

"La vida es linda, lo malo es que muchos confunden LINDO con FÁCIL." (MAFALDA)

Bogotà
http://www.bogotabiketours.com/
gozando la ciclovia...
(may 2012)I take a tour by bicicle with the guide Mauricio, muy buena onda, I higly recomand this tour, for having a first, but deep in information, perspective of the city

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to behave with the people in the same way I want them to behave with me

I always suggest CS to my friends and relatives

When I am in Florence I go to CSmeeting or I help visitors, I can suggest the place I like, I m thinking of put a list of my favourite place here in CS

When I am travelling I love meeting CSpeople and discovering the culture if the place I am

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

all good...host, beeing, host, several meeting...

it amazing how people can be so nice and helpuful with you even if you don't know each others, I am grateful to CS

with CS you see thath people are able to help each other and this bring me happines

thank you CSurfer in the world!

2011 CS meeting "what's more2" near florence
2011 july BERLIN tango class liked to the Berlin's group learnig and sharing
2011 april CHILE hosted in Santiago by Patricio,met other very Nice people in Santiago and in La by Gonzalo
2011 hosted in munchen and poland
2010 hosted in munchen

I hosted two couple this winter(2009) through my brother Saverio (we live togheter), he was signed in C.S.. I reaaly like this esperience so I decided to sign me up too!

I have been hosted several 4 times and I think this a reaaly different method of travelling, 'cause you always meet interesting people with you can share something.
I think CS help u to open you mind,'cause u can discover many things thath you are not used of.

Interests

sing-music-dance
salsa cumbia champeta forrò(dance)
architecture
books
travelling,knowing new culture and differet peolple
nature
foreing languages
drawing, painting
art
Mafalda!!! me encanta!!! no es un dibujo! es mas!!! una filosofia!!!

capoeira,skiing,swimmimng,ice skating,bike,trekking
Latinoamerica I am dreaming about you
reading

When I go into a foreing country I like to study at least something of its language before arriving

  • arts
  • culture
  • singing
  • architecture
  • dancing
  • tango
  • capoeira
  • cooking
  • clubbing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • guitar
  • violin
  • cycling
  • skiing
  • languages
  • tourism
  • forrò dance

Music, Movies, and Books

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8

the last movies I have seen
EL VIOLIN
TAMBEN LA LUVIA bellissimo
maria eres llena de gracia

It will keep me time to fill this size, ther're so many thing....

Kean Loach, Almodovar...

CAFE TACUBA!
U2(80's),brasilian music,salsa and tango, gipsy und balkanic music
cicho trujillo!
Calle 13
G&R,De Andrè,Vanessa da Mata,Santana,Simply Red,No Doubt...

George Amado,Allende,Marquez,Amin Malouf....

Mafalda!Dylan Dog

Internazionale (a magazine sold in italy)
National Geografic(the magazine)
the plan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

live in Colombia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sb3u7osO_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnSXAAXNPcE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_rS1VBI7c

Teach, Learn, Share

Puedo darte classe de italiano. Ya lo hice algunas veces con estudiante latinos.
Me gustaria aprender a tocar guitarra o/y violin

I can teach you italian and bring you around Florence
cooking
...I'd like to lean drawing portrait..., you could be my subject!

I'd like to learn to play guitar or/and violin

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Colombia, Germany, Italy

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