Couchsurfing is a great opportunity to meet interesting and open-minded people, get new point of views and experience cities and places with locals, which is the best thing you can do;)

Zaz, Avishai Cohen, Robert Glasper, Damien Rice, Tschaikowsky, Bonobo, Esbjörn Svenson, Elis Regina, Tom Jobim, Oscar Peterson, Eddie Vedder, Pink Floyd, Beirut, Igor Stravinsky, Manu Chao, Ayo, Nneka, Sting, Nick Drake, Jason Mraz (...) -> Just to mention a few musicians I enjoy;) A couloured mix of, well not everything, but a lot of different styles. One of my favourite movies is "Into the wild" and concerning books I love Hermann Hesse and Jostein Gaarder.