HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I joined CS a while ago when my friend Robert (BABBLINJOE) was going on a cross-country travel and found the site useful. I have been fortunate enough to be hosted by a few great people, and I look forward to hosting some in the future. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I stayed at SOMAhaus in Munich and met a few other couchsurfers. German punk songs against Ku'damm and interesting food and drinks -- what could be better? I stayed at Yelena's apartment in New York and had some nice conversations about traveling. I stayed at Tim and Lana's apartment and catsat for them when I was in Canberra. They made me feel very welcome in my first days in a new country. I stayed at Lucio's house when taking a trip around southeastern Sicily. I stayed at Matt's apartment when visiting Chicago for a weekend.