a place to live

I said earlier I would explain in more detail my living situation for the next two months. So, the last four days I have been staying in the Stray Cat while looking for a a room in a shared flat or something. I really like this hostel and I have met a lot of really cool people, including the workers and the owner. I came across an ad for another hostel offering housing in exchange for work in the hostel. I went to check it out and the owner wasn't there. The owner of the Stray Cat, Sedat, has been asking me every day about my search for a place to live, so when I came back I told him about it. A little later he asked me if I wanted to do this sort of thing at the Stray Cat, so we went next door to the cafe and had tea and cake and he told me the parameters of the job. On Sunday he is going to show me what I do and in exchange for 25 hours a week, I can stay in the hostel for free. It is perfect really. I save money on housing (which I can spend on more traveling later on) and I get to talk to and help travelers while they are in Istanbul!