everything's not lost.

(my couchsurfing guest Dirk when watching a game at the Neuer Platz, but we soon went over to the Claddagh because it was raining)

after the Couchsurfing guests from Germany left I immediately got new ones from Zagreb, Croatia: Lovro and Brum who were staying at my place for 3 nights and we had a great time hanging out for some games and beers. or beers and games, it’s a thin line. we spent most of the time at the Claddagh again and soon noticed that they obviously only have one CD, because for at least 3 evenings in a row we heard the same songs. but at least there was some Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys and other great stuff on it, so it was OK.

when the guys were here I got an SMS to my Couchsurfing-phone from Sascha from Graz who had no place to sleep because a friend or something just left town. so i called him back, met up and decided to take him for two nights. the rest of the time he will stay with another Couchsurfing host from Klagenfurt, we’re a tiny, but well organized crew by now :)

and when Sascha was here, i got another emergency request from Mariusz from Krakow, Poland who was staying at my place in February. Mariusz is a Euro-volunteer who was staying at the Fancamp or Camping or whatever but then he got robbed in Vienna and I took him in on last minute for one night.

now this morning i kicked everyone out all of the guys left and now everything is back to normal. so far, it’s been a great few days and I’m glad that I’ve taken a time-out from work to have the chance to do this. it never really felt like stress or anything having up to 4 people over at the same time, i just had to buy some more toilet paper :D

but I also got something out of it, besides having a great time of course, Dirk brought great salami, cheese and wine from Verona, Italy. the German guys brought cheep beer from Switzerland a flag of their local team Hertha BSC and the Croatians brought a scarf for the Croatian team, a scarf for the Zagreb team, a small Croatian flag and best of all some honey-schnaps which i have yet to try.

and i notice that all the couchsurfing hosts I had were connected with the Euro2008 – fans with tickets, fans without tickets, volunteers for their volunteer-interview… I wonder how Couchsurfing in Klagenfurt will continue after the Euro, i guess it’s not a very busy town, which is great, because that way you may invest some more time in the few guests you’re having.

(uhhhhh me like shiny flag)

(me, my cs guest Lovro, my cs guest Brum, my cs guest Sascha, fellow Klagenfurt couchsurfing host Bettina)

my couchsurfing guests with the mayor of Klagenfurt, Harald Scheucher, at 2 a.m.

Both guys are from Zagreb, but they exchanged shirts and stuff with Polish fans after the game! just like the German guys did with Croatian fans. I love that.

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