CURRENT MISSION

I won a city trip in a travel blog contest 2 years ago and I really want to visit the Baltic States or Malta. My current mission is to plan it and make it happen. If you are reading this and living in Malta, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania, feel free to reach out to me!

ABOUT ME

Hey! I am always looking for contact with new people. Feel free to contact me whenever you are near! I am passionate about great food, cinema, music, photograhy, and travelling. Special passion for Spain. Friends call me hedonist / bon vivant. Love to smile!

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy: Hedonism

Enjoy as much as possible, every day has something beautiful in store - could be the rich taste of food, a paper postcard from a friend, or the kind smile of a perfect stranger. Many times we tend to forget it is all about those little things...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Each year I make a photography trip and try to connect to the CS community. When not travelling, I try and pay it forward.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I returned to Palermo and surfed the same couch, again!
I surfed 2 couches in Budapest
I surfed 1 couch in Palermo
I surfed 3 couches in Bologna
I surfed 1 couch in Krákow
I surfed 1 couch in Brussels
I surfed 2 couches in Porto
I have hosted 11 times in The Hague
I have had couch surfing coffee or drinks in Budapest, Istanbul, Palermo, Bologna, Krákow, Lisbon, Porto. Brussels, and The Hague.

Interests

Passionate cooking, delicious food, strange people, thrilling travels, dazzling landscapes, soothing music, intriguing cinema, photography, photography, photography, quality of life.

Did I mention photography?

PS: My guilty pleasure: boardgames!

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
1Q84 (Murakami), Foucault's Pendulum (Eco), Brave New World (Huxley), Animal Farm (Orwell), The Alchemist (Coelho), De Donkere Kamer van Damocles (Hermans), De Ontdekking van de Hemel (Mulisch), Le Petit Prince (De Saint-Exupéry), If This Is A Man (Primo Levi), Leven als Gort in Frankrijk (Gort)

Food:
Cornetto al Pistacchio; Gambas; Solefish; Jamón Ibérico; Paella; Käsekuchen; Laugenbrötchen; Chorizo; Pulled Pork; Paneer Tikka

Film:
The Grand Budapest Hotel; Her; Intouchables; The Help; Children of a lesser God; Solas; Mar Adentro; Festen; Cidade de Deus; Fight Club; Mystic River; Sleepers; Pane e Tulipane; The Godfather; La Stanza del Figlio; Ben X; K-PAX; Match Stick Men; Der Krieger und die Kaiserin; Lars and the Real Girl; Amélie; Pushing Tin; and many many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done:
-Scuba diving in Bali seas (Tulamben ship wreck)
-Sapa mountain hiking in Vietnam
-Visiting Auschwitz
-Scuba diving to 30 meters in Thai seas
-Listening to live Fado in some lost restaurant in Lisbon
-Eating a cornetto al pistacchio in Bar Alba Palermo
-Talking to a lady in Budapest who was deported to Auschwitz at 14 and came back!
-Walked 4 days in Peruvian Andes and spent 5th day in Machu Picchu
-Crossed the Uyuni salt flats and desert by 4WD in Bolivia
-Saw Taj Mahal at sunrise

Planned:
-Northern Light in Sweden (in desperate need of a couch!! Please PM me!!)

Teach, Learn, Share

Ehhhh - I could teach languages, cooking, boardgames, and a bit of photography. I know some tricks in Photoshop and talking about tricks... I could teach you a card trick.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My travel experiences, my photography, and my cooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Netherlands, Spain

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