CURRENT MISSION

tomato and feta salads

ABOUT ME

Someone in Turkey told me that I would function best as a university professor with three children. I have no idea what to make of this, especially since I would make a horrible mother.

PHILOSOPHY

"Dos y dos serán siempre cuatro y el dia que seán cinco es hora de echarse a correr." - guillermo cabrera infante

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I tell my friends about it. Share the news and the love. And I try to meet up with people as often as possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met up with a few groups of CSers in Cairo - in bars, at parties, or because my friends were hosting. Once a Canadian CSer showed up at a party at my apartment, because he heard it from the street below.

Some day, when I don't live in a dorm, I will offer up my couch. Before that though, I have to get a couch...

Interests

Arabic, Farsi, cello, yoga, ballet, choreography, public space, crossword puzzles, design, hummus, travel (but that applies to just about everyone else on here)

• arts
• design
• ballet dancing
• yoga
• partying
• news
• traveling
• puzzles
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

music: mogwai, ms. john soda, the books, beta band, burial, couch
movies: things by pedro almodovar, wes anderson, abbas kiarostami
books: kafka on the shore, midnight's children

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For two hours in the dead of night I hiked to the top of Mt. Sinai with a group of international travelers and several pilgrims. When the sun rose, it was pentecost and said pilgrims burst out into song, and I took many photographs with people I don't know and will never see again.

I also had my art on display in a gallery in Cairo, although I think that was more due to connections than actual talent.

Teach, Learn, Share

I sort of taught myself to play the cello, so I could sort of teach you too. And I am always looking for a yoga partner.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Hungary, Spain, United States

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