HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I participate by hosting, by being hosted, having cultural exchanges and interesting talks with my guests and hosts and attending CS meetings in different cities around the world. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I had participated to the Monthly/Weekly CS meeting in: Budapest (Sept.23rd, 2009); Freiburg (Nov.2009); Bruxelles (Nov.2009); Montréal (March 6th, 2009); Cluj-Napoca (June 24th, 2011); "Les Couchsurfeurs explorateurs" conference on Romania Montreal (Dec, 2009); I hosted so far in: MONTRÉAL,QC,CANADA Leo Butler and Caleb Robert from Sydney, Australia (4 nights, 2010); Michael Verdirame and his girlfriend Ellen from Toronto, Canada (1 night, 2011); PIATRA-NEAMŢ, ROMANIA Irina Dihori & 2 friends from Bucharest, Romania (1 night, 2011); Ellise & Jean from Paris, France (1 night, 2011); Przemek Skwarczyński & his 3 friends from Poland (1 night, 2011); Fanny & Marine from France (1 night, 2011); Ulrich from Germany (3 nights, 2011); Otilia Lefter from Călăraşi, Romania and Davide Vadala from Rome, Italy (1 night, 2011); Sergej Chapoknysch from Ukraine/Germany (2 nights, 2011); Marcia Luz from Portugal and Eric Conrath from Germany (3 nights, 2011); Catherine Leonard and Toby Bond from UK (1 night, 2011); Jessica London Shields from Chicago, USA (2 nights, 2012); Matteo Speranza from Italy and his 2 friends from France (1 night, 2012); Rémi Begassat & David Chédane from France (3 nights, 2013); Yuri Zavarin (4 nights, 2014); HERLEV, DENMARK Timothy Jordan and his friend (2 nights, 2013); Omri Lahav (2 nights, 2013); I have been hosted by: HUNGARY Gergely Timar (Budapest 3 nights); Bálint Halmi (Budapest 1 night); Yannick Lamour(Pécs,1 night); Csaba Kocsor (Pécs, 1 night); Árpad Faludi (Keszthély,3 nights); AUSTRIA Matthias Albert (Wien, 4 nights); SLOVAKIA Kostas Gougas (Bratislava, 3 nights); POLAND Paulina Kielar (Krakow, 2 nights); Krzysztof Leski(Warszawa, 4 nights); CZECH REPUBLIC Martin Nedved (Praha, 2 nights); GERMANY Peter Ridder (Nürnberg, 3 nights); Lena Ra (Berlin, 2 nights); Valentina Pireddu (Potsdam, 1 night); Judith Winter (Dresden, 2 nights); FRANCE Pascal Pernot (Strasbourg, 4 nights); Christophe Kriscom (Paris, 3 nights); Julie Prissette (Lille, 2 nights); BELGIUM Sébastien Pepinster (Liège, 3 nights); Vlad Ciocotişan (Bruxelles/Brussel, 1 night); Sven Van Den Meerssche (Bruxelles/ Brussel, 3 nights); NETHERLANDS Irina Cojocaru & Horia Ciochină (Utrecht, 1 night); Jérémie Robichaud (Den Haag, 2 nights); Sjoerd Vosse (Haarlem, 2 nights); René van Rijsselt (Eindhoven, 1 night); ROMANIA Ionuţ Radu (Cluj-Napoca, 4 nights); Răzvan (Craiova, 1 night); Narcisa Postu (met for coffee in Bucharest); Iuliana Melțer (met for coffee in Bucharest); U.S.A. Lester Black (Boston, MA, 4 nights); Cameron Walker (Livingston, MT, 2 nights); Zondra Skertich (Jardine, MT, 1 night); Jeffrey & Deborah F. (Idaho Falls, ID, 3 nights); Dylan Schwindt & Mike (Cortez, CO, 1 night); Madeline Powers (Farmington, NM, 4 nights); SERBIA Nenad Bumbić (Beograd, 3 nights); Artu (Užice, 1 night); UKRAINE Oleksandr Kravtsov (Kiev, 3 nights); Gerard Garcia (Sevastopol, 1 night); Pavel Parfenchik (Mariupol, 1 night); ITALY Valerio Chiurchiu (Rome, 1 night); Nicola R. (Senigallia, 1 night); DENMARK Lily Lee (Odense, 1 night); SWEDEN Kristoffer Linde (Helsingborg, 1 night); David Granqvist (Linkoping, 1 night); Memo Abbeholm (Stockholm, 2 nights); FINLAND Sara Luotonen (Turku, 2 nights); ESTONIA Xavier Arnaud (Narva, 2 nights); RUSSIA Margarita Zubkova (Saint Petersburg, 2 nights); Boris Stadnik (Rostov on Don, 2 nights); GREECE Yannis Lazanas (Athens, 1 night); KOSOVO Attila Nagy (Mitrovica, 2 nights); IRAN Shaheidari Shahab (Tehran, 4 nights); Milad Rabie (Tehran, 1 night); Saeed Sadeghian (Isfahan, 1 night); CANADA Erin Murphy (Whitehorse, 6 nights); Gelly Mandapat (Fort Saint John, 3 nights); Cynthia Livingstone (Dawson Creek, 1 night); EL SALVADOR David Tajtapepechul (1 night); COSTA RICA Walter Rojas (Liberia, 2 nights); Julio Chaves (Quepos, 1 night); PANAMA Andres Alvarado (Panama city, 4 nights); COLOMBIA Juan Sebastian (Apartado, 1 night) Monica Alejandra (Carepa, 3 nights); Mauricio Mellan (Medellin, 3 nights); Milo Osorio (Medellin, 3 weeks); Rene Reyes (Bucaramanga, 3 nights); Karen Manrique (Pamplona, 2 nights); Angie Porras (Cucuta, 2 nights); Eliceo Matapi (Leticia, 3 nights); VENEZUELA Esthela/Hady Gomez (El Poblito near San Cristobal, 2 nights); Chicho Sayago (San Cristobal, 3 nights); Jeri Lee (El Tigre, 3 nights); Katherine Hidalgo (Puerto Ordaz, 2 nights); BRAZIL Natascya (Boa Vista, Roraima, 3 nights); Altamiro Vilhena (Boa Vista, 2 weeks); Anny Caroline (Macapá, 5 nights); Thiago Antonio Pimentel Ferreira (Manaus, 11 nights); Ney Nascimento (Manaus, 5 nights); Janete Crosa (Manaus, 2 weeks); SURINAME Abbz Conejos (Paramaribo, 3 nights); FRENCH GUIANA Clément Béguet (Kourou, 2 nights); Meyer Fabrice (Kourou, 1 night); Franck & Marie Ostermann (Cayenne, 4 nights); PERU Gabriel Garciar (Iquitos, 5 nights); Elena Peña (Piura, 2 nights); Valentina Lozada (Chiclayo, 1 night); Willy Tejeda (Chiclayo, 1 night); Nino Garcia (Lima, 7 nights); Fanny (Lima, 2 nights); Giancarlo Goicochea (Lima, 2 nights); ECUADOR Alexis Martinez (Quito, 6 nights); Carlos Naranjo (Quito, 1 month); Pilar Lindo (Ibarra, 3 nights); Miguel Gonzalez (Cuenca, 3 nights); PARAGUAY Chris Sorbi (3 nights); ARGENTINA Germán Suárez (Buenos Aires, 6 nights); CHILE Samuel Troncoso (Puerto Montt, 5 nights); AUSTRALIA Rajeev (Adelaide, 2 nights);

BOOKS: *"Zorba The Greek" by N. Kazantzakis; *"Siddharta" by Hesse; *"Ion" by L.Rebreanu; *"The Little Prince" by A. de Saint Exupéry; *"Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni by Marin Preda *"Noapte de sânziene" by Mircea Eliade *"The Shah of Shahs" by Ryszard Kapucinski *"Women" by Charles Bukowski