Never done Couchsurfing before, so it'll be a new experience meeting new people and interact with the culture personally through a different perspective.

Music (to name a few bands): Bruce Springsteen, Chris Cornell, Gorillaz, How to Destroy Angels, Mumford & Sons and Sting. Movies: Too many to choose but love David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club and The Social Network) and Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception). Books: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.