I like alternative music, Black and white photography, social sciences, quality beers, philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I visited a few CS events in Brussells, Paris, Bratislava, Rome and Istanbul. I met with a lot of friends which I am still friends in Facebook. I hosted a CSer in Paris and many in Istanbul.

Interests

I permanently shut my dark room many yrs ago. Rembetiko, fado and other deep music is welcome. I am very happy that I divorced and no kids.

• arts
• photography
• festivals
• environment
• human rights
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

My Favourite Movies:
City of God
Snatch
Fight Club
The Matrix
Star Wars
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Magnolia
The Big Blue
Memento
Pink Panther
A Fistful of Dollars
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Zorba
300
Rembetiko
Watchmen
Quentin Tarantino Movies
Inception
Amelie
Der Baader Meinhof Complex
Michael Moore Documentaries
Old Boy

My Favourite Music:
Muse
Radiohead
Coldplay
Bob Dylan
Moloko
Pulp

My Favourite Writers:
Gogol
Dostoyevski
Milan Kundera
Paul Auster
Orhan Pamuk
Isaac Asimov
Alain de Botton
Arthur C. Clarke
Nazim Hikmet (Poet)

My Favorite TV Series:
Fawlty Towers
Lost (except the last season)
Coupling UK
Seinfeld
How I met your mother
Breaking bad
Better call saul
Gibi
Ethos

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- arrested in Brussels
- banned to enter Kazakhstan
- my wallet stolen in Munich
- I couldn't find my wallet after I forgot my backpack in an Irish striptease club at NYC
- slept in the street at Paris (only 1 night :))
- swam at the Dead Sea (the lowest point at earth)
- had a traffic accident in the woods and stayed 4 days in hospital (France)
- climbed to the now collapsed world trade towers (NY)
- gambling in Atlantic City (USA)
- watched Sumo championship in Japan
- ate real Kobe beef in Kobe (I went to Kobe just for that)
- visited world's largest fish market
- chat with a real Geisha
- drived a big truck in Florida for some hours
- stayed in a capsule hotel in Tokyo
- saw Guernica the painting
- visited Herman Hesse's grave
- worked for homeless people in Maastricht, Holland
- worked in a toy museum in Brussels
- worked in a organic farm in Switzerland
- worked in a castle in Parma, Italy
- photographed St. Petersburg during the White Nights
- was in Sziget Festival
- drunk in St. Pauli at night
etc.

Teach, Learn, Share

almost everything...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Orange cat

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States

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