Anna+Cogo

Hi! My name is Anna, I am 23. I live in Sossano, a small town in the country, 40 km far from Padova, where I'm studying. Though the place where I live is not very exciting and I don' t have the chance of meeting new people, I feel comfortable with the nature surrounding my little town and I often enjoy taking walks on the near hills. Now I am trying to learn the names of plants and flowers growing there, because I know that many of them eatable and I would like to use them for cooking experiments. Since I like fresh and unpolluted air, I try to spend just few time in Padova, but unfortunately I have classes every day, so this city has become another home to me. One of the places I often visit in Padova is a comic-books store, where I waste heaps of money each months (well, not all that much!): particularly I love japanese comics, and since I was 13 I spend a lot of time drawing them, even if I am not very good. Besides drawing, I like reading: recently I have been fascinated by the biographies of famous people from the past, such as Jim Morrison (I love his songs and his poems, too...), Rasputin and Oscar Wilde, but my favourite genre remains the novel. I am particularly fond of Jane Austen, but I really like short stories dealing with vampires, too. I have a real passion for what is inexplicable and mysterious, and I have always thought there must be a little of magic in the world. That's why I have grown fond of stories written by indian medicine-men: they explain that everything in the world has a soul, even rocks, and if we learn to be sensitive we can communicate with nature. I think this philosophy is wonderful and instructive. As soon as I can I would like to go for a tour into some indian reserves, in order to learn more about their traditions. I expect it to be a touching experience, even though some friends disillusion me by saying that the indian culture is now very corrupted. I am quite lazy. I have tried to practice lots of sports, like horse-riding, volley, football, and tennis, but none of these attracted me much, so after a few months, I gave up. Since I love horses, I would like to start horse-riding again, but it's quite expensive and requires a lot of time, which I don' t have at the moment. When I don' t have classes, sometimes I work as an interpreter during international fairs, but it's not really the job of my dreams, because fairs are full of snobbish people, and I find everything so fake that I don't feel at ease with it. What I would like to do is to become a tourist guide, because I like travelling and meeting new people.