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16 August 2010

This is a "Couchsurfing.org = YAY!" post! [More:]

So I signed up a week or so ago and filled out my whole profile, a little bit peeved at how counter-intuitive the process and site design seemed to me (I've visited *way* too many countries!). I joined a few of my local groups - and was shocked at how many members there were!

Busy with work this weekend, I put it aside, thinking I'd post a message to the groups of the places I'm going on vacation soon (Rseszów, Poland, and Lviv, Ukraine) more toward the end of this week.

But I found some time today. I posted a super-brief "hey, I'm visiting your cool city, let's meet up for coffee or a drink!"-sort-of-thing, and *BOOM*, five hours later, now my whole social calendar is totally full!

One of the things I hate about visiting a new city is not having someone to answer my questions about a certain thing I noticed, or having to hew to what the guidebook mentions; that's all over now!

What are your great Couchsurfing experiences? Hosting, being hosted, meeting up with people? :)
Mefi-centric, but after dropping in on the Toronto meetup this past weekend on a whim—because it happened to be on my direct walking route to the subway station I was going towards from my other online meetup—within five minutes of sitting down and mentioning that I'd only be having a drink because I was headed back to Mississauga, I was able to get a ride back from another MeFite, thus being able to stay longer!
posted by TrishaLynn 16 August | 16:01
I really want to eat at this place. || I liked this

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