All the places where I couchsurfed
I've been using couchsurfing.com since 2012 or so. Mostly for events and meeting up through the Hangouts feature on the app, but I also stayed with quite a few people.
I will try to make this chronological, and hopefully I won't leave out any.
1. Paris 🇫🇷
This was my first couchsurfing experience. It was for my 17th or 18th birthday, my parents got me a ticket to see Paul McCartney in concert. I looked for the keyword "Paul McCartney" or "Beatles" while looking for a host to increase my chances, and it worked: the guy was also going to the concert. I was an awkward kid back then, though.
2. Malmö 🇸🇪
3. Stockholm 🇸🇪
4. Helsinki 🇫🇮
5. Tartu 🇪🇪
6. Saint-Petersburg 🇷🇺
7. Tehran 🇮🇷
Such a great way to experience top notch Persian hospitality.
8. Montreal 🇨🇦
9. Winnipeg 🇨🇦
10. Regina 🇨🇦
11. Calgary 🇨🇦
12. Vancouver 🇨🇦
13. Portland, Oregon 🇺🇸
By meeting someone at a couchsurfing event rather than sending a couch request beforehand.
14. McKinleyville or Eureka or one of those towns, can't remember, California
15. Chicago, Illinois 🇺🇸
16. Toronto 🇨🇦
17. Copenhagen 🇩🇰
18. Kristiansand 🇳🇴
19. Playa del Carmen 🇲🇽
20. Puerto Morelos 🇲🇽
My first host was a flat earthen trying to convert people. It was WEIRD. My second host was Mireia and she was lovely.
21. Istanbul 🇹🇷
There was my experience with my good friend Ömer (whom I actually met at a Couchsurfing event in the Taksim neighborhood), and a couple of other ones. One of them was weird: it was with a girl I had met up for coffee a few days before. She seemed nice, a bit weird but not necessarily in a bad way. Very friendly. She ended up being a creep.
22. Ohrid 🇲🇰
Lovely, quiet town. Great host, Damian, whom I've met up since in Istanbul and Sofia.
23. Thessaloniki 🇬🇷
One of my favorite hosts, Viki! There was another couchsurfer, Vasya, and we all instantly got along great. So nice when this happens. I miss them both!
No comments.