Because hostels and hotels are expencive for me! But seriously, I think that this is a great way to know the country inside out, such as it is. Meet with an interesting man, know the culture, the language, cuisine of the country.

MOVIES: Donnie Darko, The Battle Royal (all parts), Into the Wild, La vie est belle, One Day, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Catch me if you can, Across the Universe, Scott Piligrym VS World, Melancholy, Home Alone, Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, Star Wars etc. BOOKS: Notre-Dame de Paris, War And Peace, Chekhov novels, Edgar Allan Poe novels, Harry Potter, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Pasternak, Bradbury... MUSIC: The Beatles, Radiohead, Muse, Oasis, Artic Monkeys, Woodkid, Lumen (russian band), Florence and the Machine