HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING * I used to organise monthly language exchange meetings in my city. * I was the team leader of Hindi and Bengali translation groups. * I attend CS monthly meetings in my city and CS meetings/gatherings outside of my city whenever possible. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Experience As a Host: Till now I have hosted 22 CSers. Jonas and Niclas from Sweden (2 days): 04/2008 Rico from Gabon (1 day): 05/2008 Emanuel from Germany (1 day): 05/2008 Rachel from the US (2 days): 09/2008 Sasha from Germany (2 days): 09/2008 Fabian from the Netherlands (2 days): 09/2008 Nicolas from France (3 days): 09/2008 Frederic and Rozeliene from Belgium (1 night): 10/2008 Matt from England (2 days): 10/2008 Tom and George from Australia (1 day): 12/2008 Ashok from Germany (1 day): 01/2009 Sofie Stas from Belgium (4 days): 02/2009 Manu from France (1 night): 03/2009 Clara from France (1 day): 12/2009 Christina from Belgium (2 days): 06/2011 Nicole from Germany (2 days): 05/2012 Helene from France (2 days): 11/2013 Hemant from India (1 day): 07/2018 Edith from Sweden (2 days): 10/2018 Elva from Mexico (2 days): 10/2018 Meetings: 4th June, 08: My 1st CS Lille Monthly Meeting 1st July, 08: My 2nd CS Lille Monthly Meeting. 5th September, 08: Braderie Meeting 19th Septbember, 08: CS Meeting in Stockholm 28th-30th November, 08: Sinterklaas Meeting,Rotterdam 13th January, 09: CS Lille Monthly Meeting 24th-25th January, 09: Martine and Bernard's Birthday Party, Brugge 29th January, 09: CS Lille Jungle Speed Meeting 30th January, 09: CS Lille 1st Language Exchange Meeting 22nd April, 09: CS Lille 2nd Language Exchange Meeting 6th May, 09: CS Lille 3rd Language Exchange Meeting 10th June, 09: CS Lille 4th Language Exchange Meeting 1st Dec, 09: CS Lille Montly Meeting 4th-6th Dec, 09: 3 Countries Xmas event (Fr/De/Ch) 11th-13th Dec,09: Aachen Xmas Event 10th-12th Sep,10: Czechsurfing Event 31st Dec - 1st Jan,11: New Year Eve Party, Brussels 1st May,12: CS Soup Festival, Lille 26th June, 12: CS Picnic, Lille 15th Apr,13: MMM CS Party, Barcelona Experience As a Couchsurfer: 7th - 8th July'08: at Taras' place, Brussels, Belgium. 17th Sep'08: at Freddy's, Paris, France. 18th - 20th Sep'08: at Rajiv's place, Stockholm, Sweden 21st - 22nd Sep'08: at Hannu's, Stockholm, Sweden. 28th-30th Nov'08: At Nicolas', Rotterdam, The Netherlands 25th Jan'09: At Tina's, Brugge, Belgium 4th Dec'09: At Pascal's, Strasbourg, France 6th Dec'09: At Mel's, Basel, Switzerland 11th-13th Dec'09: At Marco's, Aachen, Germany 11th-12th Sep'10: At Eva's, Prague, Czech 13th-14th Sep'10: At Tina's, Vienna, Austria 14th-15th Sep'10: At Michael's, Bratislava, Slovakia 31stDec-1st Jan'11: At Jean-Christophe's, Brussels 23rd-24th Apr'11: At Federico's, Verona, Italy 25th-27th Apr'11: At Fabio's, Treviso (Venice), Italy 24th-26th May'11: At Andrija's, Zadar, Croatia 2nd-4th Mar'12: At Giovani's, Cagliari, Italy 5th-8th Mar'12: At Marta's, Budapest, Hungary 23rd-25th Apr'12: At Ola's, Krakow, Poland 10th-12th Sep'12: At Veronika's, Riga, Latvia 12th Sep'12: At Piia's, Tallinn, Estonia 13th-14th Sep'12: At Arnoldas', Vilnius, Lithuania 14th-16th Apr'13: At Charles', Barcelona, Spain 28th May'13: At Kritopher's, Zadar, Croatia 1st-2nd Jun'13: At Josip's, Split, Croatia 3rd Jun'13: At Mirela and Nino's, Mostar, Bosnia 4th-5th Jun'13: At Sanjin's, Sarajevo, Bosnia 8th Jun'13: At Hakan's, Tirana, Albania 10th-11th Jun'13: At Babis', Thessaloniki, Greece 27th Jun'14: At David's, Paris, France 29th Jun - 1st Jul'14: At Gaspar's, Lisbon, Portugal 2nd - 4th Jul'14: At Peter and Ana's, Olhão, Portugal 9th - 11th Jul'14: At Walter's, Granada, Spain 6th - 8th Nov'14: At Dan and Corina's, Bucharest, Romania 11th-12th Aug'15: At Marie and Yoro's, Marseille, France 13th - 14th Aug'15: At Sarah's, Marseille, France 15th Aug'15: At Emma's, Nîmes, France 16th Aug'15: At Martin's, Montpellier, France 17th Aug'15: At Yann and Dominique's, Carcassonne, France 18th Aug'15: At Julien's, Toulouse, France 19th-20th Aug'15: At Lyza's, Cahors, France 21st Aug'15: At Laurent's, Figeac, France 22nd Aug'15: At Lea's, Sarlat, France 23rd-24th Aug'15: At Leo's, Souillac, France 25th Aug'15: At Matteo's, Clermont Ferrand, France 26th Aug'15: At Pawel's, Paris, France 15th - 17th Apr'16: At Rikke's, Copenhagen, Denmark 14th - 16th May'16: At Ivan's, La Spezia, Italy 17th - 19th Jun'16: At Dan's, Ljubljana, Slovenia 12th - 14th Aug'16: At Nico's, Annecy, France 28th - 30th Jul'17: At Tilemahos', Thessaloniki, Greece 5th - 8th Aug'18: At Michael's, Edinburgh, Scotland 6th - 8th Oct'18: At Shakhti's, Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)

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