To connect with local people and make friends all around the world. I got to known to couchsurfing by doing a trip together with two friends of mine who are experienced couchsurfer. Together we traveled trough Ecuador and Peru mostly by staying on somebody's couch. For me it was a much more intense and worthwhile experience compared to staying in a hostel as I learned about the way people live in different parts of the world. Instead of going to hostels which kind of look the same everywhere I definitely prefer staying with locals. For me 80% of traveling is meeting people, making friends and trying out something new!

I barely watch movies as I want to motivate myself to read more ^^. Last english book I read was "After many a summer" from Aldous Huxley. Left some lasting impressions, so I can definitely recommend it ;) Besides that I read a lot of German literature. Lastly I also started to read in Spanish, but I still need to improve my vocabulary.