It is not easy for me to describe myself in words, and I would say it is quite impossible if they are written. Anyway, it will be nice to have a try. Ok, let's start. My name is Alan. I am 29 years old and I live in Prato, around 20 kilometers from Florence (Tuscany). I am a Ph.D. student in Florence where I study Linguistics and teach Italian to foreigners. I love being a teacher!

I like going to the cinema and I love watching movies, above all Italian B-movies from the '70s. My favourite directors are Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Sergio Martino. I also love British literature: I am crazy about Jane Austen. As for poetry and life in general, I really hate "the mind-forged manacles (that) I (often) hear."