I think spending time with locals while travelling is a great way of getting to know open-minded people, their culture and attitudes. For me, Couchsurfing seems like an awesome opportunity of bringing people together, creating a community and eventually realising the benefits and personal gains of offering and receiving help as well as trusting unknown people - all of which tends to be forgotten way too often in our society and in my opinion would turn the world into a better, happier and more enjoyable place.

Music: I would say I have a really wide taste of music and it really depends on my mood, what I want to listen to. It ranges from classical music, to Jazz, 60s/70s pop, Psychedelic Rock, singer songwriter and, especially for night outs, electro and techno. A random collection of artists I like: Pink Floyd, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bonobo, Detroit Swindle, Bon Iver, Snarky Puppy, Jacob Collier,... Films: Victoria, Her, Into the Wild, We the Animals Books: George Orwell, 1984; Patrick Süskind, Das Parfum; Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns; William Morris, News from Nowhere; Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost