CURRENT MISSION

TRAVEL, LOVE, WORK, TRAVEL FOREVER

ABOUT ME

LISTEN SOME COOL MUSIC..WHILE SURFING MY PROFILE...MY LIFE 'S SONG...JOHHNIE B..
LISTEN SOME MORE COOL MUSIC..WHILE SURFING MY PROFILE...SWEET DISPOSITION..
Hello everybody!!!!

My name is Yiannis and i am from Greece..I really love my country (especially at these difficult days..) and i have had the luck to explore it for many years, when i was a child with my parents!

But since i also do love the ''whole world''..the last 15 years i am travelling mainly abroad, exploring new places, cultures and people!

The only place of Greece thai i am still visiting all the time is Volos and Pelion mountain since its really very beautiful!!
And I strongly believe that:HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH I have finished the Aristotele 's University of Thessaloniki and later I went to England where I did my MSCi in Finance at the University of Essex (UK). Nowadays..I am an economist at the private banking sector....
AND I AM HELLENE (GREEK) BUT ALSO CITIZEN OF THE WORLD!!
I like travelling very much and I could say that TRAVEL IS MY FIRST PRIORITY. I believe that the travel makes the people friendly, open minded and united, because when they meet other cultures, civilizations, people, religions ecc, they understand that they are not enemies with the others and don't have anything to separate.
How I participate at COUCHSURFING?: I host as many people as I can, I am CS Ambassador, Moderator of several Greek Cs Groups, I welcome the new members, I organise meetings, I travel as much as I can, but most of all I give my best for COUCHSURFING and TRAVELLERS!
As you may know the word ''PHILOXENIA'': which means hospitality and not only, is Greek, so I think all the Greeks CS have to do their best in order to verify this!

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME..MY LIFE'S SONG..

So...the main charecteristic of my life ιs the ''too many movements''....for ..travel reasons...and my crazy wish.. is to travel to more than 100 countries... You see my best friend is my baggages. And my worst enemy is the.... "immobility"....

And u know.. I do like Couchsurfing because with CS u are a TRAVELLER and not a tourist......

But i also do love hosting and knowing people of Cs

FINALLY.. I LOVE LIFE (too many loves..sorry..)BECAUSE, EVENTHOUGH ITS SHORT, ITS VERY BEAUTIFUL, IF U ARE REALLY LOOKING TO DISCOVER ITS BEAUTIES!

AND I DO LOVE COUCHSURFING!!
AND THERE ARE MANY ''BEAUTIFUL SOULS'' AROUND US AS WELL, AND.. CS HAS HELPED ME TO REALIZE THIS FACT EVENMORE THE LAST YEARS!

Moreover, I am almost always busy but ''easy goin''Generally I could say that I am a CITY PERSON. Ok I like nature but after some days I am bored from the quiteness. I love big cities because u can do so many different things both during day and night.I also like the nice cafe and bistrots, going there not only with friends but also alone with a book or a newspaper.WITH OR WITHOUT U......NO COMMENT MY FRIENDS

Generally?: LIFE, TRAVEL, Sea, swimming, New York and Paris, football, pizza, books, cappuccino, European and independent cinema,smile, international politics, HUMANS!

I love swimming and I can watch the sea daily.I do love Paris... JE VEUX and New York... EM?PIRE STATE OF MIND since u can find everything there! I do love the cinema ( the european one and the american independent), the italian culture (food, language, football, culture, beauty)and finally I like the arts generally (I love meeting museums everywhere I go).

TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE SEVEN SEAS!!

I DROVE ALL NIGHT..

AN INTERVIEW OF ME AT THE GREEK NATIONAL TELEVISION CHANNEL, ABOUT COUCHSURFING AN INTERWIEW AT A GREEK NEWSPAPER ABOUT COUCHSURFINGLINK:www.tanea.gr/ellada/article/?aid=4643408

AND I LOVE PARIS!!!..

PHILOSOPHY

I live in life for meeting people and cultures, sharing, travelling, loving and not hating. Also trying to learn as many things as possible. I think it is better considering the others like friends and not enemies although may be one two times I will be hurted. It is better than being closed to my ''refuge'' the whole of my life and not trying anything. Better risk than be a blind. THE WORST ENEMY OF HUMANITY IS THE FEAR.

Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber,
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction.
Whether you're Soaraway Sun or BBC 1,
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction.
You coulda Caucasian or a poor Asian,
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction!
Whether inflation or globalization
FEAR is a weapon of mass destruction!
Whether Halliburton, Enron or anyone,
GREED is a weapon of mass destruction...

WE NEED TO FIND THE COURAGE, OVERCOME...
INACTION is a weapon of mass destruction!
b.f.M.B.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

COUCHSURFERS I HAVE HOSTED:
SARA CAVALLERI -ITALY
ANDREA LORIA- ITALY
JAVIER HIDALGO-SPAIN
MAGALI YASMINA-FRANCE
ERDE EMRE PINAN- TURKEY
GIZEM EVRENSEL-TURKEY
DIMITRA MAGNI-GREECE
VASW-GREECE
GUNDI-GERMANY-
MICHAL HRABI- CZECH REPUBLIC
GIRLFRIEND OF MICHAL HRABI
ALESSANDRA KARINA- ITALY
HUW WILLIAMS-ENGLAND
MIHALIS -GREECE
DAVID-CANADA
JESSICA-OHIO USA
MARY-OHIO USA
DIMITRIS KARAGEORGIOU-GREECE
SWEE KENG AW-MALAISIA
Anne-Laure Gobé-FRANCE
Audrey-FRANCE
Elise Guillemette-FRANCE
Gwenn-FRANCE
Julie-FRANCE
Jeremie Molho-FRANCE
Tomohito-JAPAN
Kayo-JAPAN
Yuchi-JAPAN
Yuichi's girlfriend-JAPAN
Tugce-TURKEY
friend of Tugce-FRANCE
Ernest-SERBIA
Savanah-CANADA
Giovanni' ITALY
Franco° ITALY
Ewa Grabowska-POLAND
Ewa's friend-POLAND
Anna Wojciechowska-POLAND
Anna Przybylska-POLAND
Marion-FRANCE
Julien-FRANCE
Marjolaine- CANADA
Pam-CANADA
Thanos Dinas- GREECE
Eleanna-GREECE
David-FRANCE
Delphine-FRANCE
Renata-POLAND
Adam-POLAND
Magda-POLAND
Ntina-GREECE
Pere-SPAIN-CATALONIA
Ivi-SLOVENIA
Ivi's boyfriend-SLOVENIA
Sebastian-GERMANY
Adrian-GERMANY
Adam-GERMANY
Andrew-NEW ZEALAND
Suzan-GERMANY
Alexis-FRANCE
Brenda Holoboff-CANADA
Priam-INDIA
Neilson Richard' MALAYSIA
Anne MALAYSIA
Maria GERMANY
Chantelle USA L.A.
Josh USA L.A.
Isabelle CANADA
Mirjam ESTONIA
Hannah ESTONIA
Lindsay-USA
Lauren-USA
Giorgio Prosperi ITALY
Chris Joy Webb-USA CALIFORNIA
Hayley Yau-HONG KONG
Joseph Wright-UNITED KINGDOM
Aiste-LITHUANIA
Chloe Cheng-MALAYSIA
Mareks Gaidamovics-LATVIA
Andrejs Gravitis-LATVIA
Vangelis Karamoustos-VOLOS GREECE
Julien Lassauque-FRANCE
Irena-CROATIA
Irena's sister-CROATIA
Marie-CANADA
Laurence-CANADA
Yenny-SINGAPORE
Mario-ITALY
Giovanni-ITALY
Μaria Sipkova-SLOVAKIA
Ivi-SLOVENIA
Nikola-SLOVENIA
Alla-UKRAINE
Lucia-SPAIN
Christina-ATHENS
Liz-CANADA
Filippo-ITALY
Luciana-ITALY
Kirsty-ENGLAND
Chloe-ENGLAND
Mathilde-FRANCE
Leila-France
Maddalena-ITALY
Lubomira-SLOVAKIA
Stefan-SLOVAKIA
Dora-HUNGARY
Τοm-POLAND
Veronika-POLAND
Annabelle-GERMANY
Mimi-GERMANY
Saskia-SWITZERLAND
Ursina-SWITZERLAND
Yoshiko-JAPAN
Αna Bakran CROATIA
Thomas Perko CROATIA
Marina CROATIA
Dando CROATIA
Carla ITALY
Chris-ENGLAND
Elise-Australia
Funda-TURKEY
Maya-FRANCE
Nicolas-FRANCE
Vesna-SERBIA
Vangelis-GREECE
Fleur-GERMANY
Michel-GERMANY
Steffi-GERMANY
Ηuseyin-TURKEY
Huseyin's girlfriend-TURKEY
Andreea-ROMANIA
Onur-TURKEY
Burcu-TURKEY
Justin-KANSAS USA
Amy- MISOURI USA
Robby-URUGUAY
Stephen-NEW YORK USA
Ioanna Ts.-ATHENS GREECE
Eva-AUSTRIA
Georgi-AUSTRIA
Emilia-POLAND
James-ENGLAND
Francesco-ITALY
Maria-ITALY
Alba-SPAIN
Luca-ITALY
Reka-HUNGARY
Vicky-HUNGARY
Doruk-TURKEY
Dilan-TURKEY
Ana-SPAIN
Bea-SPAIN
Vangelis K-GREECE
Alba-SPAIN
Viktoria-LITHUANIA
Claire-MICHIGAN USA
Silvana-GERMANY
Vicky-GERMANY
Susanne-GERMANY
Ushi-JAPAN
Shira-ISRAEL-SPAIN-GREECE
Zibbi-USA
Libby-USA
Lilla-HUNGARY
Zoli-HUNGARY
Zsigi-HUNGARY
Ede-HUNGARY
Ludovico-ITALY
Giulia-ITALY
Εileen-GERMANY
Nanni-GERMANY
Hannah-GERMANY
Lucia-ITALY
Jan-Sijmen Zwarts-TEH NEDERLANDS
Maya-PALESTINE
Liz-AUSTRALIA
Giulia-ITALY
Elan-USA COLORADO
Molly-USA COLORADO
Marcelle-MEXICO
Bruce-MEXICO
Jon-UK
Anna-UK
Ugne-LITHUANIA
Luisa-BRAZIL
Heather-CALIFORNIA USA
Graig-CALIFORNIA USA
Elena-ITALY
Giakomo-ITALY
Roberto-CHILE
Tatiana-UKRAINE
Marcin-POLAND
Yuliya- KANSAS USA
Ilona- LATVIA
Εleftheria-ATHENS
Annabelle-FRANCE
Jo-FRANCE
Lill-FRANCE
Medo-FRANCE

Archie-USA
Stephen-SCOTLAND
Holly-CANADA
Holly friend-CANADA
Vaggelis-VOLOS
Rachel-USA
Marija-SERBIA
Nevena-SERBIA
Tamara-SPAIN
Gregorio-SPAIN
Yulia-RUSSIA
Zhenya-RUSSIA
Tahsin-TURKEY
Fanny-FRANCE
Andreas-GERMANY
Aleksandar-SERBIA
Jacqueline Von Angern-GERMANY
Matilda-SWEDEN
Cecile-FRANCE
MATILDA;S Zan-FRANCE
Eva Maria-GERMANY
Marion-FRANCE
Ivana-CZECH REPUBLIC
Ivana's friend-CZECH REPUBLIC
Jaroslav-CZECH REPUBLIC
Andrea-CZECH REPUBLIC
Gundega-LATVIA
Ivana-CANADA
Kristaps-LATVIA
Santa-LATVIA
Maryse-CANADA
JAN-FRANCE
Huan-SPAIN

Mayka-SPAIN
Elsa-COLOMBIA
Jan-GERMANY
Uzi-MEXICO
Koni-CHILE
Jim-UK
John-UK
Valentina-ITALY
Valentina's sister-ITALY
Αl-UNITED STATES
Ushi-JAPAN
Yuka-JAPAN
Amii-FINLAND
Wendy-BELGIUM
Vanessa-ATHENS
Anita-ITALY
Selvaggia-ITALY
Julieta-CHINA-
Haera-CHINA
Merve-TURKEY
Xanath-MEXICO
Ella-AUSTRIA
Sara-GERMANY
Mayri-ESTONIA
Mayri's boyfriend-NETHERLANDS
Εκin-TURKEY
Can-TURKEY
Can's friend-TURKEY
Radek-CZECH REPUBLIC
Stefan-CZECH REPUBLIC
Alma-LITHUANIA
Toma-LITHUANIA
Noemi-HUNGARY
Ariane-FRANCE
Irena-SPAIN
Anna-SPAIN
Elsa-FRANCE
Leandra-GERMANY
Andrei-RUSSIA
Mariia-RUSSIA
Maiia-RUSSIA
Nikky-AUSTRALIA
Nolwenn-FRANCE
Mael-FRANCE
Ronan-IRELAND
Vesna-SERBIA
Maria-SERBIA
Marina-SERBIA
Snjezana-SERBIA
Marija-SERBIA
Bogdan-ROMANIA
Elena-ROMANIA
Didem-TURKEY
Justyna-POLAND
Justyna's friend-POLAND
Didem-TURKSY
Erhan-TURKEY
Egemen-TURKEY
Selim-TURKEY
Mica-JAPAN
Alessandra-ITALY
Carlo-ITALY
Αleksandra-POLAND
Skaiste-LITHUANIA
Dovile-LITHUANIA
Bianca-ITALY
Diana-ITALY
Raphael-BRAZIL
Lai-CHINA
Vivianne-THE NEDERLANDS
Shirley-USA
Danny-
Ana-CROATIA
Jimmy-UK
Dom-UK
Maryam-IRAN
Fiona-UK
John-UK
Katrin-GERMANY
Katharina-GERMANY
Vangelis-GREECE
Paulina RUSSIA
Viktoria-RUSSIA
Megan-AUSTRALIA
Alitia-AUSTRALIA
Jim-UK
Johanna-ROMANIA
Luciana-ITALY
Antonella-ITALY
Felicita-GERMANY
Bogdan-ROMANIA
Helena-ROMANIA
Radu-ROMANIA
Radu's girlfriend-ROMANIA
Sophie-CANADA
Marina-ARGENTINA
Drew-USA
Angela..USA
Matteo-ITALY

RESPECT TO CS. IT'S TRAVEL AND CULTURE. NOT AN INSTRUMENT OF FLIRT! I MEAN FLIRT IS NOT BAD OF COURSE. IT'S STH BEAUTIFUL WHEN ITS ON THE RIGHT WAY, BUT WE CAN DO IT EVERYWHERE IN THE DAILY LIFE. SOMETIMES IT MAY HAPPENS AT CS ALSO OF COURSE (I KNOW PERSONS THAT HAVE BECOME COUPLES AND I THINK ITS VERY BEAUTIFUL), BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CS IS THE ONLY WAY! ON CONTRARY THE USE OF CS ONLY.... FOR FLIRTING SHOWS LACK OF PERSONALITY AT LEAST....CS ITS NOT ONLY FOR SAVING MONEY! IF SOMEBODY WANTS ONLY THAT ITS BETTER TO GO TO A HOSTEL OR HOTEL.CS IS ALSO MANY OTHER THINGS! SHOW INTEREST ABOUT OUR HOSTS-GUESTS AND THEIR CULTURE.

Meetings I have organized: 1 New Members Welcome Meeting! Jun 11, 2010 2 GRAND THESSALONIKI MEETING Oct 1, 2010 3 cheap drink and food Oct 13, 20104 Carpet of Love Oct 14, 20105 SATURDAY CS MEETING!!! 21:00 -) Oct 166 MEETING AT CAFE ''THERMAICOS'' BY THE SEA! 7 THESSALONIKI CS MEETING! Saturday 21:30! Cafe 8 1st THESSALONIKI VASILOPITA CS MEETING!JANUARY 15TH. 9 RAKOMELO AND WINE MEETING. BIT BAZAARJan 28 10 New members welcome meeting in Thessaloniki Feb 2011 NMW Meeting at Thessalomiki March 1212 Rakomela at Bit Bazzar, March 18th13 POLYGLOT CS MEETING, CZECH BEER STORE, APRIL 15TH14 Beer meeting -20th May15 Beer picnic at Thessaloniki beach- June 25th16 PICNIC by the Statue of Alexander Great-JULY 30th17 ''Goodbye Summer'' at Ladadika SEPTEMBER 3TH18 ''BLOCK 33 Meeting'' 23th September19 CS REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 7TH20 THESSALONIKI REGULAR CS MEETING! 18TH NOVEMBER.21 THESSALONIKI REGULAR CD MEETING DECEMBER 2TH.22 Secret Santa Party, Saturday 17th23 New Year Pie. January 15th24 REGULAR FEBRUARY CS MEETING25 REGULAR THESSALONIKI CS MEETING, PUSSYCAT26 PICNIC MEETING27 WINE-RAKIA MEETING
28 Pic Nic at Thessaloniki29 Bit Bazaar meeting30 Pic Nic at University31 LADADIKA MEETIMG JULY 27TH 32 DECEMBER'S REGULAR THESSALONIKI CS MEETING, BIT BAZAAR33 February official Thessaloniki CS Meeting34 REGULAR MARCH CS MEETING35 REGULAR APRIL CS MEETING36 REGULAR THESSALONIKI CS MEETING 37 REGULAR THESSALONIKI CS MEETING, -RAKOMELO MEETING-GEFYRA38 MILAN'S COUCHSURFING MEETING.Moreover i have helped at the organisation of other international and local meeting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I HAVE USED COUCHSURFING TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES AND I HAVE HAD MANY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES TO ALL OF THEM!!!

1) Albania
2) Andorra
3) Αustria
4) Bahrain
5) Belgium
6) Bosnia and Herzegovina
7) Bulgaria
8) Cambodia
9) Croatia
10)Cyprus
11) Czech Republic
12) Denmark
13) Egypt
14) England,
15) Estonia
16) France
17) Germany
18) Greece
19)Hungary
20)India
21) Israel
22) Italy
23) Jordan
24) Latvia
25)Liechtenstein
26) Lithuania
27) Luxembourg
28)FYROM
29) Morocco
30) Netherlands
31) Northern Ireland
32) Norway
33) Palestine
34) Poland
35) Portugal
36) Romania
37) Russia
38) San Marino
39) Scotland
40) Serbia
41) Slovakia
42) Slovenia
43) Spain
44) Sweden
45) Switzerland
46) Thailand
47) Turkey
48) United Arab Emirates
49) United States
50) Vatican
51)Kosovo
52) Montenegr
53) CHINA
54) Colombia
55) Ecuador
56) Malta
57) Finland
58) Ireland
59) Monaco
60) Northern Ireland

COUNTRIES I HAVE BEEN BEFORE

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Interests

LIFE!
TRAVEL!
films-cinema
swimming-diving-
cultural and modern art museums
football-Panathinaikos f.c.- Liverpool f.c.
some rock bands
theater
clever people
good people
open people who don't fear their shadows..-)
books (politics, international issues, literature, )
pizza, pizza,pizza
hand-watches
PARIS
JUST SAY YES TO..LIFE

Don't like racists and sexists and my job...!

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• theater
• modern art
• beauty
• dining
• wine
• beer
• picnic
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• scuba diving
• soccer
• swimming
• economics
• religion
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : U2, REM, Robbie Wiliams, Rolling Stones and many others as well which I cant write all of them of course!

Movies: French, Spanish, Italian, Independent american

Best: Fight Club, Memento, Blue Velvet, Dogville, Manderley, The Others, Volver, Diarios de motocicleta Truman Show, Se7en, Amelie, The Usual Suspects,The piano, , The pianist, Billy Elliot, Persepolis, Johnny got his gun Prestige, Trainspotting, The Lord of the rings, Pretty Village Pretty Flame, Godfather, Arizona dream, The hours, No man's land, Big fish, The perfume, American History X, Goodbye Lenin, Requiem for a Dream , Los amantes del circulo polar, The big blue, Green mile, La vita e bella, Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, Frida, Dogville Citizen Cain, Cinema paradiso, Syriana and generally all Hitchock's and Woody Allen's films,

Books: International politics, International relations, ecomomy and sociology, novels and travel books
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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I could write so many many things about this question, since i have met so many beautiful places, so many wonderful people, and I have had a great amount of positive and unique experiences and pictures that somebody in order to estimates them has to ''live'' them, so unfortunately u cant transfer their beauty through words.
Generally i think that the best that everyone of us can do is simply travel and love!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Greece, United Kingdom

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