Hi! I’m Mert from İstanbul. I’m a geographer&cook. If you are coming İstanbul let me know and I’d like to show less touristic parts of my beautiful city. Also if I’m avaible I’d like to be your host too.

You can take a look at my travel and food themed Instagram account, which I opened to improve my Italian —-> gastro.viaggio

My bucket list:
- Traveling by Trans Siberian Express 🚂
- Drinking green tea in Japan 🍵
- Walk the Camino de Santiago Trail 🌳
- Touring Slovenia by bike 🚲
- Going from London to Paris by train 🚅

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting new people from around the world

Interests

• architecture
• photography
• wine
• beer
• minimalism
• stamps
• classical music
• archeology
• art history
• geography
• universe
• naturism
• national parks
• museums
• gastronomy
• bicycle
• postcards
• maps
• botanical gardens
• roman history
• open mind
• railways
• italian language
• interrail
• greek mythology
• duolingo
• leonardo da vinci

Music, Movies, and Books

🎼 Tiziano Ferro-Coldplay-Madonna-Metallica
🎬 Interstellar-Titanic-Seven Years in Tibet-Ratatouille
📚Crime and Punishment-Around the World in Eighty Days-Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I traveled around Europe alone with a backpack for a month 🚆

- Swimming in the atlantic ocean 🏊🏼‍♂️

- I lived in London for three months 🇬🇧

-I climbed to summit of Anti Taurus Mountains(3723m)🏔️

Teach, Learn, Share

Some basic Turkish words

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United Kingdom