HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I'm new to the CS2 project, here to find out what it's all about! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Crashing with college friends in DC and in Europe led to meeting a few new friends, one who gave me a tour of Brugges and Brussels as well as an off the beaten track tour of its produce and flea markets as well as a visit to the city's African restaurants; and a second with whom I had a blast touring Plzen during a summer jazz festival where I was able to try lots of good street food including havlusky, drink great beer and slivavitza, toured the bars and did a somewhat wobbly but wonderful bicycle-ride through the Czech countryside past plum trees on tranquil, pretty roads.

Too many to list...I'm a movie junky (I see at least one movie a week) and even try to catch flicks while I'm traveling even if they're in a language I don't understand. Music...eclectic interests from Rock to Electronica to Jazz and R.L. Burnside. Books...I'm off fiction and more interested in real life...but NOT memoirs!