Traveling is my favorite hobby. I enjoy exploring new places, learning about other people’s culture/history, meeting locals and other travelers, and trying the local food.

My favorite type of souvenir is the music I listened to during my trip. It’s the best way to recall the experience I had, and it’s free :)
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Currently learning Turkish, after which I plan to learn French and Spanish (Fluent in English and Arabic)

I have read some of the classics, but am in a constant struggle where I feel I will never have enough time to read everything I would like to and to learn all the languages and acquire all the knowledge I wish to have

I can talk about economics and finance all day, if that interests you. Most people can’t stand a conversation about economics/finance, but tell them it’s about money and they’ll probably listen closely :)

I think its important not to lose touch of how we once were as children, how we were curious about everything, had no biases or preconceived notions regarding others, and were able to find pleasure in the simplest things (on that note, I recently started playing the Pokemon games again :) )

I work in taxes in the financial services industry

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people and make friendships all over the world. Through CS, I have met a number of great people, some of whom have become friends that I have stayed in touch and met with several times

Couchsurfing and traveling in general make you realize how very similar we all are, despite our different cultural backgrounds. Making friendships with people from another side of the planet has become as easy to me as making friends with someone from my own background, but the former is definitely much more interesting :)

Interests

• culture
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• soccer
• history
• road trips
• food
• nature
• gym
• meeting new people
• cruises

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Too many to list but favorite genres relate to WW movies, historical movies and sci-fi movies

Books: Classics + finance stuff. Currently reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cruise ship trip from Barcelona to Dubai

What I Can Share with Hosts

My culture, experiences, and anything of interest to them

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United States