I have been traveling a lot for a few years now and I found couchsurfing to be one of the best ways to experience and live the local culture. When life gets me stuck in one place long enough, I enjoy meeting and if able, hosting the ones on the road. Hosting can be seen as a type of traveling in itself, as you get to interact with many diverse people from all over the world while still being in your home.

Books "For Whom the Bell Tols", "The Old Man and the Sea" - Hemingway, "Shantaram" - Roberts, "The God of Small Things" - Arundathi Roy, "The Art of Travel"- Alain De Botton "Tender is the Night" - Fitzgerald, "Narcissus and Goldmound", "Siddhartha" - Herman Hesse, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values" - Pirsig Roberts Music various genres, from jazz, funk, soul to trip hop, electronic, bossanova...