Because it's such a chance to meet new people while visiting new places. I like learning new things about different cultures than mine and there is no better way to do this by staying in a local house. Also, it's the best way to help somebody to travel, by hosting.

I am gonna put just whatever comes first in my mind: Music: Lena Platonos, Grouper, The Velvet Underground, alt-J, the xx, Nico, Father John Misty, Grimes, The Smiths, Chet Baker, Chet Faker, Jake Bugg, Lady Gaga, Jeff Buckley, Mazzy Star, James Blake, St. Vincent, Movies Scenes from a Marriage, The Lobster, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Call Me By Your Name Literature Favourite poets: Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, T.S. Eliot, K.P. Kavafis, Katerina Gogou, Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda, Kiki Dimoula, Katerina-Aggelaki Rouk, Yiannis Ritsos, Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, Jackques Prevert