Have you ever heard of CouchSurfing.org??? If not, and you're looking to travel, it's a must do! Basically, the concept of this is to connect people from all over the world through travel and hospitality. You do this by either hosting travelers in your home, they stay for free and sleep on your couch or whatever accommodations you're willing to provide. If you're the one traveling, you notify any host in the location you're going to travel to, ask if you can surf their couch, and they simply reply with a yes or a no. It's free, it's easy, and it's absolutely fun! It's customary to just clean up after yourself, treat your host to a meal, you can cook it or whatever, or you can go out with them as well and they will show you around town.
This weekend was my first time couchsurfing, and it was an absolutely amazing experience. I traveled with three other friends to Zürich, Switzerland. The first night we stayed with a really nice girl named Anna, and she lived in a nearby town named Winterthur. She lived in a house of 28 people, all of whom were students at a local university. It was basically like a dorm building, but better. After getting settled in, we went out to the grocery store, bought a bunch of food, and headed back to Anna's house and I cooked dinner for all of us. It was a really nice feeling being able to do that again after 6 months of not touching a stove top haha. Regardless, the boys really enjoyed dinner, and aside from the food itself, it was a really satisfying experience to treat my friends :-) Once night time came around, we met a group of guys and girls in the house that challenged us to beer pong. After a lot of drinking and socializing, Anna took us to a house party and we met even more people. Once we were done with the house party, Anna took us to a local club. We left the next day, and made our way to downtown Zürich for sightseeing, shopping, and dining.
The second night we stayed with another girl, her name was Lea. Saturday night practically consisted of the same things as the night before. The point is that it was a really fun experience, and a cheap alternative to staying in hotels or hostels, which are cheap as it is anyways. Yesterday we spent the night in a hostel in Munich, and after meeting a group of 8 girls from Andalusia, Spain...the night consisted, AGAIN, of drinking and socializing. We literally rounded everyone up in the lounge we were hanging out in, and our group consisted of the spaniard girls, us, a few russians, yugoslavians, Austrians, Canadians, and god knows what else. Fucking unbelievable. We hung out a little bit today in Munich, until we decided to come back and regroup. I leave for Barcelona really early tomorrow morning, so my day today will consist of regrouping and prepping for my week in Spain. I have to say, if our experience with the spaniard girls from last night is any indication of what this week has in store, OMFG. Not to mention the fact I'll be meeting up with Eugene and Chetan. Good times are waiting on me :-) Cheers!
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