HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I talk! I love cultural exchange. Discovering how cultures have developed different explanations of life and meaning is exhilarating. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE The only way to truly experience a country is by engaging with its people and CouchSurfing has proven one of the best ways of doing this. Hosted (x 68): Jean - Belgium Jamy - Taiwan Julie & Ludo - France Bastien - France Sheila & Carolyn - China Claire & Pierre - France Rasmus - Sweden Demir - Germany Diana & Franzi - Germany Marco - Germany Nate - US Beau - US Clare, Claire & Rosie - Nth Ireland Jess - England Moritz - Germany Jules - Germany Louis - England Diego - Spain Damon - Canada Ruth - Australia Louis - China Pascal - Canada Jess - Canada Juho - South Korea Billy & Vera - Germany Heike - Germany Greg - US Boris - Belgium Bengt - Germany Michael - US Steve - Australia Sadie - US Raphael - Germany Ivren - Indonesia Ryan - US Maria - Germany Marianne - Denmark Venus - Hong Kong Carly - US Piotr & Aneta - Poland Jessica - England Inga - Germany Jing - Taiwan Eunji & Mia - South Korea Phillip - Germany Franziska - Germany Tim - US Pasi - Finland Jessie - US Carmen - Germany Evi & Nadine (x 2) - Germany Anne - Germany Zsuzsa - Hungary Carolin - Germany Tanya - Germany Marloes - Holland Ellen - Belgium Mike - Germany Yindy - Hong Kong Paula - Argentina Wilson - US Julia - Germany Okan - Czech Jonatan - Sweden Isobel - Spain Alice - China Nanni - Germany Ranni - Phillipines Surfed (x 58) Nikos - Greece Lena - Greece Ivan - Bulgaria Boyana - Bulgaria Mihai - Romania Similia - Romania Joanna - Hungary Felix - Hungary Time - Kosovo Tommaso - Czech Republic Marienka - Czech Republic Wolfgang - Austria Daniela - Slovenia (x 2) Melita - Slovenia (x 2) Ira - Slovenia Mehdi - Hungary Katja - Slovenia Malgorzato - Poland Marcin - Poland Katka - Poland Monia - Poland Gabriella - Hungary Pedro - Portugal Joao - Portugal Bruno - Portugal Jeygun - Spain Joanna - Spain Ho Lim - US Aileen - Australia Ian - NZ Saifon - NZ Susanne - NZ Lua - NZ Urzula - NZ Jeremy - NZ Hauseaufgaga - NZ Marijke - NZ Vanessa - Australia Steve - Australia Selby - Australia Cem - Turkey Bijan - Turkey Mehmet - Turkey Murat - Turkey Özgün - Turkey Mahmut - Turkey Alexis - Greece Barbara - Slovenia Marco - Germany Liliana - Germany Eva - Germany Tilo - Germany Nina - Germany Boris - Germany Fabrice - Germany Luisa - Germany Gab - Spain Molly - Australia

MOVIES ~ Dirty Harry, Midnight Cowboy, The Wicker Man (UK), Rosemary's Baby, Lawrence Of Arabia, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Great Dictator, The Grapes Of Wrath, Don's Party, Pixote, Police Academy I-VI, most Capra & Woody Allen. TV ~ Simpsons, Degrassi (Classic), Family Guy/American Dad, The Chaser, Dexter, Yes Minister, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office/Gervais, Parks And Rec, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Twilight Zone. MUSIC ~ blues-based guitar music, Beach Boys, Who, Kinks, Beatles, Doors (most of the 'The' bands of the sixties really), White Stripes/Jack White, M Ward, Daniel Johnston. Australian - The Fauves, Midnight Oil, Regurgitator, The Go-Betweens, The Missing Links, early Something For Kate, Dan Kelly, Tame Impala, Legends of Motorsport, TISM/DC3, Hungry Kids of Hungary. Not a fan of unduly percussive or synthetic gear though I try to keep an open mind. BOOKS ~ mostly non-fiction commensurate with my interests above, but: The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, All Quiet On The Western Front, What's It All About?, The Little Prince, A Wrinkle In Time, dystopian novels Huxley/Orwell/Wells/Bradbury/Verne. I'm warming to Vonnegut.