I think Couchsurfing is perfect to meet people and enlarge our culture. When I'm not traveling, to have people from others countries close to me is a way to travel listening their stories.

Music: Mostly rock and metal, but I'm really tolerant. If your music is so different to my music... it's ok, that is not a problem for me. Also, I love folkloric music. Each country has a particular kind of music and I like that, the sounds of the world. I like so much arabic music, turkish music and all the kinds of sounds from Middle East (Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.), tribal sounds from Africa, nordic music as well. Each sound brings back to me memories, just delightful. Books: Usually I read about philosophy topics, things that shake the mind. But I enjoy to read a common interesting story, for example books set in the Middle Ages. Also horror books catch me. Movies: Hard decision. Films set in another era (Middle Ages, Century XVIII, about the First or Second World War, 60's, etc). Drama films or about history. I don't like so much Hollywood movies, I prefer independent movies.