Tag Couchsurfing

Top 5 things every girl Couchsurfing on her own should know

If I could have received a penny every time somebody told me: “But… aren’t you afraid?” during my two-month Couchsurfing trip all across the United States, I would have probably won a lot more than I won in Vegas. Yet,…

How to travel across the USA on a budget – plane, bus or train?

The United States is a huge country – so how can you go from one place to the other on a low budget? It’s fair to say that, during my two-month Couchsurfing trip all across the USA, travelling from one city to…

A very Google dinner: greetings from Google HQ

My San Francisco experience wouldn’t have been complete without a trip across Palo Alto to Google’s headquarters and Campus in Mountain View’s Googleplex. How did I get in? Thanks to my Couchsurfing host of course. I joined my host for…

Inside LA’s studios for free… Did I mention I love Couchsurfing?

If you have doubts on why Couchsurfing is the best thing ever, read about my first Los Angeles experience: sneaking into the Warner Brothers studios for free thanks to my host. Couchsurfing doesn’t only mean free accommodation – in fact,…

Things to do in New Orleans

New Orleans is one of America’s most beautiful cities. Here’s a summary of things to do in The Big Easy with an eye on safety. If you fly into New Orleans, the safest way to get to the centre is taking…

The joys of Couchsurfing

I’ve just started Couchsurfing and I’m already loving it. Here’s an update on my impressions on the Couchsurfing community. My host, Laura, lives in the perfect place: close to both the beautiful Georgetown historical district and the main Washington sights,…

First impressions: jet-lagged in Brooklyn

Read about a nine-hour flight, a yellow taxi, a sleepless day, my first couchsurfing host and my first tour of New York’s version of Shoreditch: Brooklyn.

ESTA and… Ready to go!

-2! In two days I will be flying across the Atlantic Ocean en route to New York. But what do you have to know when you travel to the United States of America? Foreigners who wish to be admitted to…

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