Surf's Up Dude!

When I was in Dublin with my roomies, we befriended a brother and sister from Northern California (which always feels like it ought to be a separate state) who were traveling around Europe for three months. I remember the brother telling us that they were going to backpack it through at least ten countries and stay with friends studying abroad and couchsurfing.


There's a pretty neat site that allows people from different countries to volunteer their couches to other users, or look up people in countries they want to visit. It's presented as a project, with global participants, and I'm curious enough to want to sign up for this!