I am currently settling in in San Diego, CA, and looking to move to a place where I may be able to accept visitors. I look forward to hosting surfers, as a Day hostess until I have my own space, and in the meantime, meeting lots of fellow hosts in San Diego.

I was a night and day hostess in Izmir as a member of SERVAS Turkey in 2005, and had stayed with SERVAS hosts in Athens and Istanbul in 2004.
While I work full time as a writer and consultant, I try to remain active for peace (I worked weekly with the Bath Stop the War Coalition and Time Banks) via NVC and Enercoop, the BioCoop, La Cimade, and The Holocene Calendar.

I now live in Albuquerque, NM but am looking to move in a month or two.
27 August, 12017 HE
Shira

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to continue my tradtion of day hosting which began with SERVAS. I also want to help build local community as we connect with our travellers and with each other (the local hosts).

Interests

• folk dancing
• social justice
• sharing economy
• nvc
• economic democracy
• greek folk dance

Music, Movies, and Books

Zembekikos, Zeybek, Kalamatianos, Tsamikos, Hasapikos
Le Grimoire d'Arkandias, LImmortel, Meurtres à Carcassonne, Deux jours à tuer
Amistad, LoR, original Star Wars, Nanny McPhee
Ustedes los Ricos, Nosotros los Pobres, El Viento Negro, La Historia Oficial

Books: Please see my WorldCat profile: https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ShiraDest/

TV: Sihirli Annem (Kanal D, Turkish family show), El Ministerio del Tiempo (TV España)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've started a Singing community cooperation walking tours company, then written a book about it.

Teach, Learn, Share

https://www.goodreads.com/ShiraDest
http://www.bewelcome.org/members/ShiraDest
https://www.facebook.com/shiradest
https://shiradest.wordpress.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiradest

What I Can Share with Hosts

Turkish cuisine and stories from Istanbul, Izmir, Brittany and Mexico.

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Mexico, Turkey