CURRENT MISSION

savor life, do good for others, see the world

ABOUT ME

To me life without challenge, spontaneity, and diversity is life not fully appreciated. My dream is to be a diplomat, dürümcü, and paragliding instructor. My favorite cities in the world are Berlin, Istanbul, and New Orleans, and the country I'd most like to visit but haven't is India.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in tolerance, happiness, and saftbaeren.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted visitors in Washington, DC (2007-2008) Now I am in Istanbul, and I have a more comfortable couch.

Interests

I love spontaneous adventures, avant garde photography, saftbaeren, tavla, gambling, savoring the moment, interesting sauces, unsettling films, sleight of hand, the nuanced relationship of religion and politics, Sébastien Tellier, and yamaç paraşütü.

• photography
• instructor
• politics
• movies
• paragliding
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: grahm greene, william faulkner, ernest hemingway -
I'm also completely addicted to news and read the newspaper everyday mostly radikal (istanbul) and the new york times

music: david bowie, radiohead, fischerspooner

film: wes anderson movies, esp Rushmore & the Life Aquatic; also Lost in Translation; City of God; anything from christopher nolan, esp Momento & Inception; Casablanca & other classic films; and James Bond movies with Sean Connery esp From Russia with Love

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I really enjoyed paragliding.