HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I offer people a place to stay :) So far I have hosted: 2009 Oct 2009: Estelle Faure Haute-Garonne, France Nov 2009: Sandrine and Laure Paris, France Dec 2009: Julia and Marco Bologna, Italy Dec 2009: Alba, Irene and Titus Barcelona, Spain Dec 2009: Catherine Madden Montreal, Canada 2010 Jan 2010: Elise and Julie France Feb 2010: Olivia and Vincent Geneva, Switzerland Mar 2010: Eve and Magda Estonia and Poland Mar 2010: AndreaFreiburg, Germany Mar 2010: Paul Briedis Canberra, Austarlia Apr 2010: Nadine Smith Melbourne, Australia Jun 2010: Marius Oldenburg, Germany Jul 2010: Elenna and Paula Germany COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE There were 9 of us that went to Prague and stayed at a very nice couple's house. They were amazing, just like the trip! I surfed in Gdansk and Krakow and it was great to meet such wonderful and helpful people. Couch surfing is awesome, and to quote a friend: "[the CS experience] exceeded my expectations!" To sum it up "CS is awesome!" It is so good on so many different levels: getting to meet wonderful people, getting to see places that as a tourist you wouldn't have seen, feeling really good wherever you are!

This list is nothing really, just an idea. Films: Mulholland Drive, Inglorious Basterds, Songs from the Second Floor, Royal Tenenbaums,Le Scaphandre et le papillon, Control, O Brother Where Art Thou, Les Triplettes de Belleville, Man on Wire, The Holy Mountain by Jodorovski The Big Bang Theory, Flight of the Conchords Music: Sublime, Badly Drawn Boy, Beastie Boys, Madlib, Manu Chao, Wes Montgomery... well jazz, hip hop, electro, rock... a lot of stuff, for more see www.last.fm/user/gladutz Books: The Alchemist, Shantaram, Treasure Island, The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem, Cosmos by Carl Sagan, All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque