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Home sharing

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about our couch surfing experience with Australians Jeff and Gerda.  As we chatted over dinner, conversation turned, as it so often does when I’m around, to sharing and yours2share.  They explained that they shared a ski chalet in the Snowy Mountains with three other couples/families and had done [...]

Couch surfing

Several months ago I stumbled upon the website couch surfing,  a worldwide network for making connections between travellers and the local communities they visit. (According to Wikipedia, couch surfing is the practice of moving from one friend’s house to another, sleeping in what ever spare space is available, floor or couch, generally staying a few [...]