Because for me traveling is especially about meeting people from all over the world. Exploring any given place is much more interesting if you are with someone who knows their way around. I also like the concept of sharing and think that the best things in life can not be bought, which is why I support the idea of Couchsurfing.

Music: I am into very different kinds of music so it is hard for me to narrow it down to a specific artist, album or even genre. Generelly, I listen to a lot of electronic music (mostly not very commercial), especially Ambient, Techno and weird experimental stuff. I also love me some old-school Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul, Funk, and Disco or whatever floats my boat at that moment :-) Movies: Again, not an easy question so I'll just make a list with a few directors and some of their movies which I like: Richard Linklater (Waking Life), Darren Aronofsky (Pi), Christopher Nolan (Memento), Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void) Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Robert Rodriguez (Sin City), Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), + a few Austrian/German/other European ones Books: While traveling I like to read literature about traveling (e.g. Paul Theroux), nature (e.g. Jack London) or philosophy (e.g. Robert Pirsig). At home, I am pretty much busy with reading stuff for university but sometimes I manage to squeeze in some additional science books or some fiction.