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Meet my new friend Ben.

You see it’s actually a pretty strange coincidence how Alex and I met up with Ben in Amsterdam. Alex, who is from Germany, first encountered Ben in Paris at a couch surfing hangout. For those of you who do not know, couchsurfing is a site which connects travelers to locals or to other travelers. One may stay at a person’s home and or they may just meet up with others.

Anyways, Alex and I decided to have a reunion in Amsterdam. We both were searching for a couchsurfing host and lo and behold Ben, who is originally from the U.S., showed up. She didn’t even remember that he was living in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a hold of him in time, so we opted to book a hostel. We ended up booking seperate hostels that were thirty minutes apart due to availability.

Surprisingly, we actually did end up staying at Ben’s lovely home. We decided to meet up with him Saturday night and he offered for us to stay there since it would be way more convient. So yup, we paid for our hostels and ended up not even staying the night in them. Instead we were hosted by the amazing Ben and had a wonderful time.

The above photo is the brunch Ben whipped up. It’s definitely funny how somethings work out. Spontaneous meetups with people who have the same passion of culture exchange always makes for a memorable time.

The roots of loneliness are very deep … They find their food in the suspicion that there is no-one who cares and offers love without conditions.

(via purplebuddhaquotes)