ABOUT ME

I'm OK (or at least people tell me so)! I'm not the sort of person who will cause you any trouble. I have quite strong views on many issues, however I try to listen to other people's opinions.

PHILOSOPHY

"I have tried to write paradise" Ezra Pound

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Officially elementary (but I hope this will change soon)! Unofficially, I have hosted many people during the past 2 decades, and some of them I didn't know in advance.

Interests

I am interested in everything multicultural, multinational, multifunctional, multiemotional, 'multi' of any beautiful thing like Couchsurfing.

• culture
• survival
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Wim Wenders, Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Pedro Almodóvar, Nanni Moretti, Wong Kar-wai, Ingmar Bergman, Peter Greenaway, Darren Aronofsky, Joel and Ethan Coen, Michael Haneke, Gaspar Noé, Jim Jarmoush

Music: Amalia Rodriguez, Amparanoia, Ane Brun, Anita Lane, Anne Clark, Anthony & The Johnsons, Arpioni, Astor Piazzola, Bajofondo, Bauhaus, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Buena Vista Social Club, Caetano Veloso, Cake, Calexico, Carlos Gardel, Celia Cruz, Cat Power, David Bowie, David Byrne, Diana Krall, Dusty Springfield, Evan Lurie, Fabrizio De Andre, Iggy Pop, Janis Joplin, Jem, Johnny Cash, Gogol Bordello, Goran Bregovic, Gotan Project, K.D.Lang, Laurie Anderson, Leonard Cohen, Lila Downs, Lou Reed, Luz Casal, Madness, Madrugada, Mano Negra, Manu Chao, Marianne Faithfull, Marc Almond, Mark Lanegan, Matt Elliott, Mecano (Dirk Polak), Mercedes Sosa, Midnight Choir, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Otros Aires, Paolo Conte, Peter Hammill, Pink Martini, Radiohead, Serge Gainsbourg, Sigur Ros, Sophie Solomon, Stuart Staples, Talking Heads, Tindersticks, The Black Heart Procession, The Clash, The Cure, The Rolling Stones, The Stranglers, The Velvet Underground, This Mortal Coil, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits, Tonino Carotone, Tori Amos, Tuxedomoon, Van Morrison, Vinicio Capossela, Violent Femmes, Walkabouts, Wim Mertens, Yasmin Levy, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Manos Hadjidakis, Trypes, Diafana Krina, Monika, Chainides

Books: Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Milan Kundera, Georges Perec, Italo Calvino, Fernando Pessoa, Joseph Conrad, Jeanette Winterson, Henry Miller, Choderlos de Laclos, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Stendhal, Mikhail Bulgakov, Gesualdo Bufalino, Giorgio Manganelli, Luther Blissett, Georges Bataille, Gustave Flaubert, Anthony Burgess, Henry James, Thomas Mann, Pauline Réage, Virginia Woolf, Nikos Kazantzakis, Stavros Kritiotis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is due to..

Teach, Learn, Share

What you give is what you get. However, bear in mind that every rule has exceptions...
Teach: backgammon, basics on contemporary Turkish culture (mostly music and lit), survival tips in Turkey.
Learn: I already know everything (but modesty)!
Share: views on existential issues. My lovely cookies as well. My generosity is so unlimited that I might even give you as a present my innumerable MP3s...

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Poland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Turkey