I am a 23 year old from the UK, who just finished studying English Literature at university. In February and March 2015, I cycled from Utrecht to Florence, and then back to England through France. I couchsurfed along the way, and it was talking to the kind, wise, generous people who hosted me that made it such a great and eye-opening experience. In the summer of 2015, I spent three months working in St Petersburg (the Russian, not the Floridian one), which was interesting, to say the least. In 2016, I cycled around the Baltic Sea with a friend, doing a loop from Hamburg to Hamburg. We passed through Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad and Poland. If we hadn't stayed with local people in those countries, it wouldn't have been half the experience that it was. In 2018, I cycled from Calais to Athens with my dad and brother. We couchsurfed a lot, particularly in the Balkans, which was fascinating. My flat is tiny, and always seems to be being deconstructed and fixed. Nevertheless, please do send me a message; if someone in my family is away (as is often the case), and it's not too busy a time, there might well be space for you. Given how small it is, though, stays of one night are probably the maximum I can offer.