To meet new and interesting people. I've found that staying in people's homes when I travel has been some of the most enriching experiences I've had. You learn so much more about a place and its people. My husband and I enjoy cooking for people and hosting people in our home. We've both experienced hospitality from many people in our travels and want to pay that forward. We live in an out-of-the-way little corner of the world and want to extend hospitality to travelers that manage to wind up out here.

music - Sigur Ros, Iron and Wine, Ibeyi, Radiohead movies - Life is Beautiful; Run Lola Run books - 100 Years of Solitude