Since today the world is full of rejection, it is even more important to come together, to open your hearts and homes :-) I like it a lot more to stay with locals instead of being one of many in a hostel. You get to know so much more about a country, its culture and people by being in contact with locals.

Books - Perfume (Patrick Süsskind) / The reader (Bernhard Schlink) / La petite fille de Monsieur Linh (Philippe Claude) / all the Harry Potter books... Movies - almost every genre except horror or suspense movies - The Danish Girl / the Harry Potter movies / Nerve / Zootopia / Pets / Australia... Music - genres as Salsa / Bachata / Indie / Rock / Salsa / - Mumford and Sons / Imagine Dragons / 77 Bombay Street / Ed Sheeran / The Hoosiers / The Script/ 2cellos / Bomba Estéreo / Systema Solar / Die Ärzte...