COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Best CS experiences so far: September 2012 -- I posted 2 events in 2012 while visiting Barcelona -- La Merce festival, where 8 others managed to find me and we checked out the parades & festivities at night... And a second event, where 4 other CS'ers joined me for a 13-tapas dinner meal at a popular restaurant. Got to meet wonderful new friends exploring the city at night, and over a delicious meal...Who says traveling alone has to be boring? ;)

Being in Munich and, by chance saw a poster of my favorite American author in the department store, all in German (which I couldn't read) with that day's date ...Asked around and found she had a book release party in the evening somewhat nearby. Figured out how to get to the event site (after nearly getting lost & asking 5 strangers for help), and was able to gain entrance, talk briefly and get a photo with her at the end of the night. (This was amazing to me at the time -- I don't know any German, was without any electronic gadgets/cell phones and yet came upon that poster and found my way to the venue, all manually). Now her books are being brought to a television series, 9 years later(!). The unique things one finds on one's travels... ;)