COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I was recently in Berlin and of my flatmates were members of couch surfing. We hosted many a traveller in our apartment, all really fun people with whom I had some great fun. Then I stayed with a fantastic Guatamalan girl in Amsterdam and she just pampered me so much that I really loved the idea of joining so that one day I could do the same for others.

The music list is endless, but a few to name would be a lot from the 60s and 70s, The Doors, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchelle; then early 80s trash stuff, Madonna, Jackson 5, Ace of Base; I like a lot of Aussie music, The Cat Empire, Architecture in Helsinki, The Waifs; and then anything from Rufus Wainwright to Radiohead to Basement Jaxx to Beastie Boys. Books are anything that is recommended to me, though I do have a soft spot for fantasy. I never really made time for movies but a few favourites would have to be Woody Allen stuff, Puff the Magic Dragon, most of Ghibli's films (Anime), Wes Anderson films (Life Aquatic, Royal Tenenbaums).