Ozbek American 🌈
I’m lucky to be living and working in Turkey for the past two years, and traveling to visit friends and family nearby. Highlights from 2022: Dalyan, Marmaris, Alaçatı, Ölüdeniz, Foça, Tunis, Sousse, Bizerte. 2023: Plovdiv, Haskova, Urla, Copenhagen, Helsingor (and Helsingborg too), Cambridge, Norwich, and the Norfolk English countryside. Plans for 2024 *fingers crossed*: Riga, Vilnius, Erbil, Tbilisi, Diyarbakir, Urfa, Antep.

2024 firsts: Eskişehir and Bursa

22 May-2 June: Lithuania and Latvia (and possibly Estonia and Finland)
June-July: Denmark (plus a lil bit of Sweden)
Back in Turkey July/August!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I help run a weekly meetup for expats from all over the world living in Istanbul as well as travelers -- join us on Fridays at Motto pub in Kadıköy! Additionally semi active within Izmir communities.

Interests

• animals
• reading
• languages
• food
• outdoors
• meeting new people

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some of the best journeys I’ve had recently have been on the road: driving down the Aegean coast to visit secluded beaches (in the car of my Couchsurfing friend I met whilst karaoking three days prior to the trip!), or doing a last-minute border-crossing trek over to Bulgaria. My next dream road trip: going along the Black Sea via Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Trabzon, Rize, and onto Georgia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Azerbaijan, France, Russian Federation, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan