HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I've hosted people in Madrid when I lived there and I've cousurfed in the UK, Spain, Germany and counting. When I return to New York, I am hoping to offer a "couch" there. And by couch I mean a mattress on my floor. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Climbing a mountain in Cuenca. Bringing Germans to hidden spots in Madrid and talking about how creepy/AMAZING couchsurfing is. Hanging out with Cambridge students for an afternoon and watching them beat Oxford in a rugby match. Picnicking in a little town outside of Rome. Attending the most amazing midnight parade during Carnival in Germany and meeting the most incredible people everywhere.

To name a (VERY) FEW: Movies: Flight Club, Before Sunrise, After Sunset, Good Fellas, Star Wars. There's more. Music: Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Jazz, CAKE, tango, Yann, Muse. Sam Cooke. There's more. Books: Slaughter-House Five. Billy Collins. The Alchemist. Mrs. Dalloway. Shakespeare. Orwell. Brave New World. Qué me quieres, amor? Oscar Wilde. There's more. & soso much more.