It's the best addition to the interwebz since... facebook? Google even?
An entire online community of really kind, chill people interested in seeing the world and meeting other world travelers.
I spent a couple of hours perusing profiles, searching for couches that accomodate my July itinerary, and now my inbox is flooded with offers for free places to stay, cool people to share meals with, locals to act as tour guides or take me to cool bars, even introduce me to their friends.
My experiences so far have been nothing short of incredible. I have a whole family of friends back in Berlin, I've met rad people from Finland, Australia, Italy who came to Copenhagen, and I'm sure after the month of July, I'll be able to boast friends all throughout France, Spain, and Portugal. If you're a solo traveler or even a group of travelers who'd prefer local flavor to following the rambunctious hostel crowd, couchsurfing.org is the way to go.
I don't mean to be such a promoter, and surely no one is paying me to say these things. I just... I'm looking forward to my trip that much more, now that I know of a few rad looking people I'll be meeting along the way.
I guess it's scary, being a young solo female, entering into strange apartments... ok. It is scary. Hopefully I survive the month of July without any horror stories. Perhaps I hope I survive in general...
But so long as wonderful people keep using the site, and creepers stay the hell away, I should be fine. I'll be fine!
Look! Another offer for a couch in Lisbon just popped up. Woo! Options!
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