CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

My name is Engin. The letter "g" is read as in the word "give". I was born and grew up in Istanbul. Istanbul is more than 5000 years. It has been the capital of 3 leading empires in the history: Roman, Byzantian and Ottoman. I have a B.Sc degree.

PHILOSOPHY

-It is the first day of the rest of your life.
-Live like It is your last day on earth..

These two complete each other.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted, been hosted, attended to gatherings.

Interests

Water sports: I am a former swimmer. I swam from 1999 to 2006 professionally. My profession is Monofin Swimming. I participated in Monofin Swimming, Underwater Rugby and Underwater Hockey Championships. I attended the Bosphorus Swimming Marathon for two times (2002-2005) and swam from Asia to Europe for 6.5 km.

Skiing: My favorite sport. It makes me feel the freedom and adrenaline.

Etymology and foreign languages: I like to learn the origin of the words and study foreign languages.

Travelling: Like every couchsurfer.

Sokoban

Cuisine: I like to try different cuisines and Moldovan cuisine is the best after Turkish out of those i tried so far.

History

Music, Movies, and Books

Vivaldi
Schubert
Dvorak
Yo yo ma
Tchaikovsky

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skating in Tyumen/Siberia in a large open football stadium which was converted to a natural skating arena under -30 temperature. It was unusual for a southern guy. I liked it.

I and my two friends quit our jobs in Niagara Falls/USA, rented a Chevy Trial Blazer, opened the map, picked up a random place (Miami), drove all the way down to Florida. We were in USA just for the summer, we were totally out of money, threatened to get our visas cancelled and could rent the jeep for only 3 days. We had to reach to Miami which was ~2000 km away, find a job and a place to live and give the car back in these 3 days. We succeeded.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Turkey

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