Never Alone with Couchsurfing

I remember signing up for couchsurfing the summer Daniel, Colin, and I were going to be backpacking Europe and not having too much luck with it. I realize now how difficult it is to host 3 people. As a single traveler, I've been much more fortunate. The place I'm staying in now is with a fellow couchsurfer who graciously offered to host me. And the conversations I had with many before leaving the States, left me with lots of names and numbers of people to contact if I wanted to meet up or needed anything at all during my stay. Later today I will be meeting up with Lionel, also a CSer, to walk around Palermo before going to a CS event in the area - a picnic in one of Palermo's many parks. I love the networking and I love the insight it allows you to another culture. But most of all, I love that there are so many people who want to share and compartir with foreigners - allowing people like me a much more comfortable and authentic stay and insight into the city.