HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING So far I never surfed but I hosted a few people and went to the local CS "Stammtisch" a few times.

Books: J.R.R. Tolkien Walter Moers Jasper Fforde Franz Kafka Michael Zalewski ("silence on the wire") Victor Klemperer ("LTI") Movies: Dr. Strangelove Lord of the Rings V for Vendetta Inside Man Tutta la vita davanti ("Das ganze Leben liegt vor dir") Music: Air Andrew Sisters Bad Religion Blind Guardian Comedian Harmonists The Dubliners Enya Falco Incubus Knorkator Loreena McKennitt Lou Bega Ougenweide Rise Against Stonesour Classical music in general but I don't know enough to name a musician which I like in particular.